Stories: Lebanon

Stories connected to Lebanon.

• She thought her film was gone. It resurfaced 35 years later.A 1973 short film of singer Zeinab Shaath was among cultural materials seized by Israeli forces during the 19…
• The studio was called Wixel. It meant 'weird pixel'.Lebanese game designer Reine Abbas co-founded Wixel Studios in 2008. The name shortened 'weird pixel', reflec…
• The king wanted a prince at his council. The prince was not his vassal.In 1109, King Baldwin I of Jerusalem called Frankish leaders to a council at Tripoli to settle their disputes…
• This wild herb is protected. People still gather it for food.Aromatic Thymbra spicata grows around the eastern Mediterranean and western Asia and can be used in zaatar sp…
• A stage and TV actress has another role inside hospitals.Lebanese actress and singer Cynthya Karam also volunteers as a clown doctor. Her hospital work includes visit…
• The sunken battleship stood bow-down in the seabedHMS Victoria sank after colliding with another British ship during manoeuvres off Lebanon in 1893, with heavy…