Articles & Interviews
Barbara Batlouni - AMIDEAST Country director
When was AMIDEAST established in Lebanon and how long have you been Country Director?
AMIDEAST, as an organization, started in 1951, and our office in Lebanon opened in 1968. We have been in Lebanon non-stop ever since and we are one of the few American organizations that stayed during the entire...
Maya Nahoul - How to gain weight healthily
Most of the people I meet ask for my advice about how to lose weight, but some of my clients are actually trying to put on pounds, and it is not as simple as it may seem. Every once in a while I’ll read about an actor who had to gain weight for a role, and they talk about how awesome it was to...
Wajdi Mallat (1919-2010)-First President of the Constitutional Council
A lawyer, a minister, the first person ever to preside over the Constitutional Council and the son of the Poet of the Cedars, Wajdi Mallat was all this and more.
Jiang Jiang - China’s Ambassador to Lebanon
Could you elaborate on the developments of the Lebanese-Chinese relations over the past year and your expectations for bilateral partnership this year?
Antoine Boutros - Flexible Empire (4/4)
In the 13th century, as a result of the huge drought that affected the vast area between the Great Wall of China and Central Asia, the region experienced a series of tribal migrations in their pursuit of water and new pastures. Migrating tribes included Ottoman Turks led by Suleiman Shah who...
Hanna Saadeh - Cancer of the Esophagus
Two different types of cancer can develop in the esophagus. When examined under the microscope, the one that arises from esophageal glands is called gland-like cancer and the other from the esophageal inner lining is called skin-like cancer. Although both types of cancer progressively increase...
Emile Jerjes Lahoud (1899-1954)-A Maronite “to whom the language of the Quran yielded”
The Lahhoud family has several prominent members who have played paramount roles in the history of Lebanon through the parliamentary, ministerial and military posts they assumed. This prominence reached its peak when Emile Jamil Lahoud assumed the presidency of the republic between 1998 and 2007....
Nazrul Islam-Chargé d’affaires at the Embassy of Bangladesh in Lebanon
Could you please provide insight into your personal and professional biography (birth, educational background, family, previous posts, entry into diplomacy, etc)?
Hanna Saadeh - Aortic Aneurisms
An aneurism is an abnormal dilatation of an artery caused by a localized weakness of the arterial wall. The aorta is the main artery that supplies blood from the heart to the entire body. Because of its large diameter and arterial pressure it is especially vulnerable to such sack-like...
Bahij Takieddine-PSP and SSNP
The late MP and minister Bahij Takieddine was one of the very few Lebanese politicians who epitomized integrity and work ethics in their political and parliamentary career.
