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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Nakba remembered
5/16/2023 10:30:06 AM
Mahmoud Darwish was born in 1942 in the village of Birwe, in Upper Galilee. Birwe was destroyed in 1948 after its inhabitants were made to flee the village. The extract which follows is taken from a memoir Darwish wrote during the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon. In it, he remembers his first encounter with Beirut in 1948, before his family stole back into what has since become Israel, where Darwish remained until 1972
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Nakba remembered
5/15/2023 1:24:28 PM
Samia Abdennour recalls the diaspora of her family 50 years ago, its impact on her as a child and, later, as a mother
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Nakba remembered
5/15/2023 1:19:49 PM
To those who still remember him, today, his name is synonymous with the bitter taste of defeat: of hope deferred, then disappointed. But he was a hero, then, the man who would liberate Palestine
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Nakba remembered
5/14/2023 6:35:46 PM
Extract from Anis Sayigh's book ‘13 September’, Beirut, 1994
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Nakba remembered
5/14/2023 6:35:01 PM
Kanafani's short story "The Land of the Sad Oranges", collected in his Complete Works, Beirut, 1975
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World
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Region
4/10/2023 11:35:08 AM
It was a cold night 50 years ago when an Israeli commando team led by a man disguised as a woman infiltrated a posh Beirut neighborhood and shot and killed three top officials from the Palestine Liberation Organization in their apartments.
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World
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Region
4/5/2023 8:50:43 PM
A UN expert on Wednesday expressed grave concern about interference in investigations into the 2020 port explosion in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, including threats against the investigating judge.
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World
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Region
4/3/2023 3:59:52 PM
Lebanon is investigating alleged embezzlement of over $300,000 at its Ukraine embassy, a judicial official told AFP on Monday, as sources say cash-strapped Beirut is trying to cut costs at diplomatic missions.
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World
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Region
3/30/2023 1:32:29 PM
Cash-strapped Lebanon has scrapped a deal for a second terminal at Beirut's international airport, the transport minister said Thursday, after critics raised transparency concerns in the $122 million project.
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Egypt
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Tourism
3/25/2023 11:04:57 PM
EgyptAir announced on Saturday that all its Beirut flights will depart one hour earlier than previously scheduled between 25 March and 21 April after Lebanon postponed implementation of Daylight-Saving Time (DST).
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World
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Region
3/22/2023 1:16:59 PM
Lebanese security forces fired tear gas on Wednesday to disperse hundreds of protesters, mainly retired soldiers, who tried to break through the fence leading to the government headquarters in downtown Beirut.
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World
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Region
3/16/2023 11:30:11 AM
Lebanon's embattled Central Bank chief appeared Thursday for questioning for the first time before a European legal team visiting Beirut in a money-laundering probe linked to the governor.
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World
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Region
1/26/2023 3:46:19 PM
Scores of protesters Thursday scuffled with riot police in Beirut as they tried to break into the chief offices of Lebanon's judiciary, after officials moved to cripple the probe into a massive port explosion that wreaked havoc on the capital city.
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World
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Region
1/25/2023 7:13:58 PM
The judge leading the investigation into Beirut's deadly 2020 port blast refused Wednesday to step down from the probe, rejecting charges brought against him by Lebanon's top prosecutor in the politically charged case.
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World
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Region
1/25/2023 3:05:09 PM
Lebanese protesters on Wednesday blocked roads and burnt tires near the central bank in Beirut as the weakened local currency plummeted to a new low against the dollar.
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World
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Region
1/24/2023 1:41:06 PM
The Lebanese judge probing a devastating 2020 blast in Beirut port has resumed work, a judicial source said Monday, over a year after political pressure brought the investigation to a halt.
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World
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Region
1/24/2023 12:03:24 PM
The Lebanese judge probing the Beirut port blast has charged Prosecutor-General Ghassan Oueidat and three judges, a first in the country's history, a judicial official told AFP on Tuesday.
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World
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Region
1/23/2023 4:30:06 PM
The judge investigating Beirut's massive 2020 port blast resumed work Monday after a nearly 13-month halt, ordering the release of some detainees and announcing plans to charge others, including two top generals, judicial officials said.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
1/20/2023 1:44:00 PM
Comments made by the Iranian foreign minister on a visit to Beirut last week have opened up the possibility of a change in the status quo in Lebanon.
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World
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Region
12/16/2022 4:49:16 PM
The United Nations peacekeeping force in south Lebanon on Friday urged Beirut to ensure a "speedy" investigation into an Irish soldier's shooting death near the Israeli border.
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