People & Stories

Travel Lebanon, the first and only event highlighting the very best of the country’s tourism, traditions and heritage, is returning to Beirut Hippodrome from 30 May to 2 June 2018.

We’re getting psyched up for the summer already with this awesome tune celebrating Beirut.

At its Cannes Film Festival premiere on 17 May 2018, Nadine Labaki’s latest film “Capharnaüm” received an incredible 15-minute standing ovation, with critics calling it “phenomenal.” 

It is safe to say that this year’s Arabian Travel Market (ATM) was a golden one for Lebanon, as the Lebanese Ministry of Tourism scoops up the “Best Stand Design” award. …

With the support of Lebanon’s Ministry of Tourism, we explore Lebanon’s long history of copperware, glassblowing and pottery.

A new mobile application is on the scene, empowering citizens to make a difference to Lebanon’s seemingly endless waste management woes.

Dancer and choreographer Georgette Gebara was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by BIPOD, who paid tribute to her 50-year contribution to Lebanon’s dance scene.

Katya Traboulsi’s sculpture exhibition “Perpetual Identities” at the Saleh Barakat Gallery shows that beauty can survive even the darkest of times.

For the first time in history, Lebanon will be officially represented at the Venice Biennale of Architecture, with its own national pavilion.