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After the explosion

Our Beirut correspondent relives August’s fateful port blast and its harrowing aftermath – and hails the fellowship of the Lebanese.

  • Issue #137
  • 16 min read
Office building
Politics

Social skills

Lebanon may be struggling with corruption and subject to foreign interference but the positivity and creativity of its populace are helping it to move forward.

  • Issue #116
  • 6 min read
Illustrated tree diagram showing Lebanon's social structure, economy, and daily life across multiple interconnected branches and levels.
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Media face-off

On 7 June, Lebanon holds its most hotly contested general election. The fiercest fights are not on the streets but in the media, as factions battle it out on the airwaves.

  • Issue #24
  • 13 min read
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Africa/Middle East

The motorcade of DRC president Joseph Kabila, why Hezbollah loves a DVD night in, and a spotlight on the forthcoming Lebanese election.

  • Issue #23
  • 4 min read
Africa/Middle East
Affairs

Summer of the siege

Two years after the war with Israel, another battle raged in Lebanon. As bullets flew, our correspondent recorded the rollercoaster of events from Beirut, where mojitos were still served amidst the crisis.

  • Issue #16
  • 18 min read
Summer of the siege
Affairs

The show goes on

May Chidiac, a political TV journalist and staunch critic of Syria, remains defiant after a bomb attack. She has returned to presenting for the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation, despite losing an arm and leg.

  • Issue #10
  • 7 min read
The show goes on
Politics

Iron in zion

Hezbollah rockets have forced Israeli towns to be abandoned. In response, Israel is building Iron Dome, an anti-missile shield that could change the pace of diplomacy in the region and beyond.

  • Issue #9
  • 8 min read
Iron in zion
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Expo 7: The road to damascus

It’s a short drive from Beirut to Damascus but these cities eye each other without affection. Monocle navigates the pockmarked highway, taking the region’s temperature amid assassinations, bombed bridges and political tension.

  • Issue #7
  • 11 min read
Expo 7: The road to damascus

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