People & Stories

Beirut Art Film Festival (BAFF) is back for its fourth edition this November, with a varied program of films and documentaries catering to lovers of art and culture. Here are five …

It might take a stretch of the imagination to envisage a fully-functional rail network in Lebanon, but for the older generation the railway is a nostalgic memory of Lebanon’s golden past.

If a picture is worth a thousand words, these photographs speak volumes. Instagrammer and explorer Nidal Majdalani shows us Lebanon through her lens.

Travel blog Tolt Around the World recently posted a video about Lebanon, which went viral within days.

Celebrating the female directors of the world, the Lebanese Film Festival returns for its 13th edition from 17-21 September.

We visited the Lebanon section of our local bookshop to see what people are reading. Here are our top picks. 

Celebrating the city’s vibrant food scene, Beirut Restaurants Festival is returning to the capital for its third edition from 28-30 September.

Under the title of “Dabke Fever,” the Jabalna Association is bringing back the National Dabke Festival to Maaser el Chouf on 2 September.

This week, Fadi Abi Ramia, chief concierge at the Phoenicia Hotel Beirut, gives his top tips on where to buy traditional and contemporary hand-made souvenirs.