Illustrations by Jaimee Haddad
I’ve been reflecting on how many things in Lebanon stay afloat only because we, the people, want them to. Even without formal protections or safeguards, we take matters into our own hands: Just give the Lebanese a glass of arak toot, and watch them go.This week’s reads ride that motif: Lebanese mothers hosting lunches after war, independent journalists defending shrinking coastlines, activists documenting crimes, and artists creating film or music. 3al lebneneh. Last week's BiB Lebanese newspaper in Mexico, Soap Kills callback, and a city’s double life WT: A sea view mauled by relentless strikes in Sour: What cease-fire?“In the South, the clear blue sea comes with the sound and backdrop of war”: This week’s edition of War Thumbnails muses on a dreadful horizon of Israeli destruction at the Sour shore.A strike seen across Captain...
I’ve been reflecting on how many things in Lebanon stay afloat only because we, the people, want them to. Even without formal protections or safeguards, we take matters into our own hands: Just give the Lebanese a glass of arak toot, and watch them go.This week’s reads ride that motif: Lebanese mothers hosting lunches after war, independent journalists defending shrinking coastlines, activists documenting crimes, and artists creating film or music. 3al lebneneh. Last week's BiB Lebanese newspaper in Mexico, Soap Kills callback, and a city’s double life WT: A sea view mauled by relentless strikes in Sour: What cease-fire?“In the South, the clear blue sea comes with the sound and backdrop of war”: This week’s edition of War Thumbnails muses on a dreadful horizon of Israeli destruction at the Sour shore.A strike seen across...
2 p.m. recap: UNIFIL, Hezbollah at heart of debates; ballistic missile intercepted in Riyadh; pope operated for cancerous nodule