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Love May Spell Peace in Lebanon

Lebanon's first civil marriage could signal radical change in the country's political system and offer hope to younger generations tired of religious infighting.

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Belly Laughs in Lebanon … With Yoga?

A new take on the belly twist is bringing smiles to the faces of young Syrian refugees.

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Hiking in Lebanon's 'Valley of the Saints'

The mountains of timeworn Bcharre offer incredible feasts, sacred sights and amazing trees.

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Music That’s Like Umm Kulthum on Acid

This Syrian in exile is infusing traditional Arab classics with modern electronica ... successfully.

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Khaled Soubeih + the Lebanese Band That Laughs at Terrorists

The atrocities of the Islamic State group are stoking fears of further horrors. A band in Lebanon is fighting back with an unconventional weapon: ridicule.

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Lebanese Entrepreneurs Are Coming Home, and Bringing Billions

Known for not losing its own to a scattered diaspora, the Lebanese community is focusing on its homeland again.

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The Most Ambitious Clown in the Middle East

Sabine Choucair travels around Lebanon's refugee camps to record and create art based on the stories of the displaced.

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The Garbage King of Beirut

Ziad Abichaker is building a recycling revolution in Beirut on a foundation of refuse and trash.

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Beirut's Favorite Shot: The 'Dou Dou'

We don't know how it got its name. And after imbibing a few, we don't care.

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The Lebanese Singer Who Mocks ISIS

As the only female in an overtly political band, Sandy Chamoun is branching out and expanding her musical vocabulary.

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Beirut's All-Time Favorite Street Food

Cheap, unassuming and filling, this lemon-brightened dish is healthy to boot.

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The Designer Who Opened Beirut's First Free Fashion School

When a Kuwaiti-raised, New York-trained fashion designer teams up with a revered Lebanese fashion expert to create a tuition-free school, fashionistas everywhere benefit.

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Lebanon's O.G. Surfboard Shaper

This surfboard artisan and entrepreneur is catering to a local clientele hoping to take full advantage of Lebanon's gorgeous, rugged coastline.

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The Best Sandwich in Beirut ... Courtesy of Armenia

Beirutis love their hummus and baba ghanoush, but if you ask an in-the-know local for food advice, this sandwich is tops.

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Voices From Another Immigrant Nation

Stories about migration could fill endless bookshelves - but here are a few more, retrieved from the edge of the map.

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How the West Carved up the Middle East

Mark Sykes and François Georges-Picot drew the map of the modern Middle East during World War I. To this day, we're still fighting over imaginary lines.

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I Work at the Hezbollah Museum of Resistance

"I'm 47. I'm not young. I have high blood pressure and I get migraines. But being here helps me relax."

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The Lebanese Scientist Saving the Sharks of the Middle East

Rima Jabado is racing to save sharks in the Arabian seas - before it's too late.

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The 10 Best Street Food Dishes From Around the World

When you want to stuff your face properly, start with the street.

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Do You Read as Much as Arabs?

There's more reading going on in Lebanon and the UAE than in the U.S., according to a new reader ranking.

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The Activist Leading Lebanon’s LGBT Rebellion

This gay lawyer turned activist says success in the Arab world rests on not following the West's playbook.

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Satire Suffers as Lebanon Cracks Down on Free Speech

Rights activists warn of an alarming turn toward repressive tactics.

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Drinking Near the Site of a Lebanese Massacre

This bar - which resembles a bunker - is where carefree Beirutis party through the night.

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Lebanon's Waste Warriors Fight the Rising Tide of Trash

Engineers, architects and colleges in Lebanon are finding solutions to the waste management problem their government is ignoring.

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5 Must-Haves From Beirut's Booming Vegan Street Food Scene

You know all about its meaty shawarma wraps and lamb kebabs. Here are the meatless options in the Paris of the Middle East.

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Fixer, Pedophile, Star Witness for Robert Mueller: Meet George Nader

Many wonder whether this convicted pedophile could help connect the dots from Trump Tower to foreign powers.

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How a California Kid Became an Armenian War Hero

Radicalized at an early age, Monte Melkonian gave his life in the struggle to liberate his ancestral homeland.

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The Five Most Sinister Places to Have a Cocktail

Here are some of the world's most macabre and creepy places to party.

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