Articles & Interviews
Michel Nawfal - Conflicts in Marriage
The typical concept of a couple’s relationship revolves around support, understanding, happiness and warmth. In reality, people in intimate relationships desire being close to their partners yet also yearn for personal autonomy. This need to have simultaneous agreement and disagreement with the...
Antoine Boutros - Human Capital
It wasn’t difficult for the experts who tracked and documented the shift of industrial countries from an economy based on natural resources to one centered on intellectual assets to notice that the economic growth achieved during that period was associated with the emergence of new industries...
Hanna Saadeh - Polymyalgia Rheumatica
As we get older, aches become more common and so do the different types of arthritis that assail us. The most common arthritis by far is chronic osteoarthritis of age, which gets worse with time and gives us morning stiffness, damaged joints, and crooked fingers. However, chronic osteoarthritis of...
Shereen Kreidieh - Publishing house
In conformity with its belief that children’s literature is a fundamental tool for child’s growth and development, and mindful of the major role that children’s book publishing houses have to play in this respect, The Monthly interviewed publisher Shereen Kreidieh for deeper insights into her...
Michel Nawfal - Attaining Good Mental Health
People have the tendency to associate the term psychology with the image of a patient reclining on a couch, disclosing memories and secrets to a psychologist who listens while taking notes. Unfortunately, the stigmas coupled with this domain may undermine the true objectives of a trained therapist....
Antoine Boutros - Knowledge Economy A Long Way to Go
Knowledge economy is not one of those new topics that emerge out of the blue due to the evolution of economic theories. However, it still carries great significance for being one of the instruments used to measure the nations’ resources and progress. Many sources that date back to the first half...
Hanna Saadeh - Hepatitis C
Viral hepatitis, or viral liver infection, can be caused by five types of viruses known as A, B, C, D, and E. Each virus has a unique clinical course, which varies among individuals depending on their immune status. In some cases, these viruses are cleared by the body’s immune system without need...
Hanna Saadeh - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Our brains are formidable programmers. Everything we ever learn in life is programmed by our brains from simple bits of information relayed by our senses. Languages, skills, actions, thoughts, and feelings are the results of complex brain programs. Whereas most of our programs help us live better...
Mohammad Khaled Qawbar - The Head of the Municipality of Sibline
As part of its municipal tour initiated to shed light on the outlook of the development of Lebanon’s municipalities and to highlight the milestones they have achieved and the challenges that hinder their local prosperity, The Monthly made a stop at the Municipality of Sibline and conducted the...
Michel Nawfal - How to fly without fear?
If you’re asked not to think of a pink elephant, the most likely thing you’ll think about is in fact a pink elephant. In psychology this is called “selective abstraction”. People tend to get attracted to things they expect the most.
