Ralph Hage

Youssef Aftimus, born on 25 November 1866 in Deir el Qamar, within the Chouf region of what was then the Otto…

George Hatem, known in China as Ma Haide, lived a life that seems almost improbable. Born in the United State…

Long before oil wealth, nation-states, and global fashion cycles reshaped the Persian Gulf, women across its …

Structural engineering is often viewed as a purely technical field, focused on the precise application of mat…

A Conversation with Mark Speer of Khruangbin on Lebanon, Fairuz, Elias Rahbani, and How Music Travels

Among the rocky slopes of Mount Lebanon grows one of the country's most remarkable botanical treasures: Iris …

In the mid-1990s, a kung fu action film was shot in Lebanon. It moved through Beirut, along the coast, and st…

Between 1700 and 1900, Beit Chabeb flourished as a center of bell-making, with thirteen workshops operating a…

In Season 54 of Sesame Street, Yasmine, a Lebanese-American character, stepped onto children’s television’s m…

There are figures in Lebanese history who belong to a sect, a party, or a fleeting political moment. And then…

Hassan Fathy was an Egyptian architect whose work left a profound impact on both the architectural world and …

Sheikh Abou Hassan Aref Halawi remains one of Lebanon's most revered spiritual leaders. His legacy, however, …

Rising above the wooded slopes of Broummana, Saint George Orthodox Church - known locally as Mar Jirjis - sta…

The Palestine sunbird (Cinnyris osea) is one of the most dazzling birds of the Middle East. Small in size but…

On the northern slopes of the Aurès Mountains in northeastern Algeria lie the ruins of Timgad, one of the mos…

An Italian pianist's memories of a cosmopolitan city, its vibrant nightlife, and the music that defined a byg…

Michel Chiha's intellectual and political sensibility was shaped long before the birth of the Lebanese state.…

When Kenneth Khouri bought a disc-recording machine in Miami in the late 1940s - almost on a whim - he did no…

When most countries select a national animal, they choose creatures associated with power or elegance - lions…

In the heart of Tripoli, Lebanon's second-largest city, lies one of the most ambitious architectural projects…

Misunderstood and often mislabeled, the Alawites of the Eastern Mediterranean are explored through history, f…

Ferdinando Manetti was an Italian painter whose work and teaching played a formative role in shaping modern L…

In Iraq, the date palm is not scenery, it is presence. It stands along riverbanks, at the edges of towns, in …

On a warm Sunday afternoon in June 1964, hundreds of people pressed against the edge of Beirut International …