214 results for Lebanon

Film

Lebanon: state of the nation

23 August 2018

With a cosmopolitan capital, picturesque countryside and improving – albeit fluctuating – security, Lebanon is on the up.

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Social skills

13 August 2018

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.

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Unique in the French military for accepting overseas recruits, the French Foreign Legion offers refuge to those with a past to forget. Legionnaires fight under the Tricolore but it's loyalty to their fellow soldiers that's…

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My last meal: Anissa Helou

13 August 2018

The author initially saw the cookbook as a manual and nothing more. But once she started writing about food – and discovered the importance of preserving her heritage – she couldn’t stop.

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Stood firm

22 June 2018

We meet the wise man who returned from exile to build a welcoming beach club.

Radio

The Globalist - Monday 21 May

21 May 2018

We ask what’s next in Venezuela after Maduro claims another victory and discuss Russia’s influence in Syria and Lebanon, after a sit-down between Assad and Putin. Plus: a flip through the papers, business in Tokyo and a…

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Global top cellars

10 May 2018

There’s no one definitive wine list for all preferences and purses so we’ve dispensed with the idea of offering one at all. Instead we’ve sought out a few lesser-known bottles, producers and people from the usual French…

Radio

The Monocle Daily - Friday 4 May

4 May 2018

We turn to Moscow, where disruption is expected this weekend in anticipation of president Putin’s inauguration on Monday. Plus: elections in Lebanon, trouble with Paris’s iconic vélib and the hottest tunes in Sweden right…

Travel

Beirut

This is a city that means so much more than the sum of its wobbly parts. It’s a Mediterranean destination driven by adrenaline and optimism – and it fulfils its status as capital with an urban panache that’s unmistakably…

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Politics briefing

19 April 2018

The unlikely rise of Rob Ford’s brother in Ontario and female representation in the Lebanese parliament.

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Diplomacy briefing

22 March 2018

How the UK is fostering community policing in Beirut, plus an optimistic outlook from Afghanistan’s ambassador to Norway.

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Skate expectations

22 February 2018

They may be Lebanon’s national ice-hockey team but they are coached by a bus driver in Montréal, who is encouraging them to take a slapshot at international sports stardom.

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War of words

22 February 2018

Since the 1970s the UK capital has been the home of the Arab media’s dissenting voices. But now, amid a Saudi and Qatar squabble, the press crackles with opinions, anger and propaganda.

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Defence briefing

18 January 2018

The nations that have their own military broadcasters, plus the Finnish Jaeger Brigade shows off its Arctic-combat skills.

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Food & drink briefing

18 January 2018

Food finds, from an Aussie opening and a Beirut round-up to a British dairy and a Chicago bar.

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In safe hands

14 December 2017

Digital archives are no replacement for the real thing – it’s only in a private visit to a secret hoard that history, humanity and passion are let loose to inspire, inform and entertain again.

214 results for Lebanon

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