Two Lebanese women taking a walk in Beirut. (Credit: Gilles Khoury/L’Orient-Le Jour)
On April 14, 2026, the same image appeared on two television screens at the same moment.At May’s home in Ghazir, it was seen on MTV. At Bushra’s home in Khaldeh, on Al-Manar. May and Bushra live in two different parts of Lebanon. They watch different channels, and so belong to different political “camps,” yet they both saw the same image at the same time. From our newsroom Inside the newsroom: Our correspondent in southern Lebanon who survives on fragmented sleep The image came from the U.S. State Department in Washington, where the first preparatory meeting for direct talks between Lebanon and Israel took place that day.On their screens, May and Bushra saw the same setting: a neoclassical room with alcoves framed by pillars, tall pale blue curtains held back with gold ties, and walls painted in a soft blue. Everything in the room...
On April 14, 2026, the same image appeared on two television screens at the same moment.At May’s home in Ghazir, it was seen on MTV. At Bushra’s home in Khaldeh, on Al-Manar. May and Bushra live in two different parts of Lebanon. They watch different channels, and so belong to different political “camps,” yet they both saw the same image at the same time. From our newsroom Inside the newsroom: Our correspondent in southern Lebanon who survives on fragmented sleep The image came from the U.S. State Department in Washington, where the first preparatory meeting for direct talks between Lebanon and Israel took place that day.On their screens, May and Bushra saw the same setting: a neoclassical room with alcoves framed by pillars, tall pale blue curtains held back with gold ties, and walls painted in a soft blue. Everything in...
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