Beirut
This Palestinian Artist Embroiders Images of Syrian Gore and Violence
Majd Abdel Hamid's hand-stitched images of Syrians killed in the conflict are somehow more horrifying and real because they are abstract.
'The Outpost' Is Trying to Bring Liberal Change to the Middle East
The magazine was founded in the wake of the Arab Spring, and its one of many initiatives trying to keep the movement's ideals alive.
Civil War Killed Lebanon's Vinyl Culture
Meaning, if you're a crate digger, you've got to fight for what's left.
An Engineering Student Turned Meth Cook in Lebanon
First it was an art, then it was a business, and quickly it spiralled out of control.
A Choice Between Warlords: Lebanon Can’t Elect a New President
Two dominant political coalitions are bitterly divided as to who should become Lebanon's new president.
The Band Forging Unity in Syria with Music
They call themselves Khebez Dawle, or 'My Country’s Bread'.
These Guys Are Trying to Improve Lebanese Sex Lives
By anonymously shipping lube and condoms in brown paper envelopes.
Between Beirut and a Hard Place
The story of an Israeli-Backed militiaman and murderer who kidnapped me in Lebanon then sold ice cream to children in Detroit.
An Interview with a Journalist Who Was Tortured for Investigating Hezbollah
Mess with Hezbollah, the Lebanese authorities mess with you.
Abducted by Hezbollah at Beirut's Bombed Iranian Embassy
I was blindfolded and interrogated at the scene of the suicide bombing.
Gay Syrians Are Being Blackmailed, Tortured and Killed by Jihadists
They're fleeing Damascus for Beirut, but are often abandoned by their families and left living on the streets.