Animals Lebanon invited to meet in Qatar with the Minister of Agriculture and the Secretary-General of CITES             Security Forces arrest 61 persons for committing different crimes             BETA organizes a fundraising paintball competition             Lebanese man arrested for sister's 'honor killing'             The tycoon senior Carlos Slim arrives in Lebanon             Security Forces arrest 77 persons wanted for committing different crimes             Lebanese man becomes first to sue former Syrian 'jailers'             Sayegh returns to Beirut following his participation in the 2nd Meeting for Social Affairs and Development Ministers in Brazil             NNA reports a girl being raped by a disguised ISF man in Jeita             Coast of Saida is hit by a 3.8 Richter scale earthquake
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Paola Salwan
2010-03-15 11:00:22, By Paola Salwan, Joseph Daher
Paola Salwan and Joseph Daher are the authors of the blog Café Thawra : http://www.cafethawra.blogspot.com 
By publishing political, economic and social articles in both English and French, Café Thawra aims at giving a better understanding of the Middle East, to fight misconceptions and promote understanding and tolerance.
NGO’s Activities 
- Circus abuse in Lebanon
January 08, 2010, 14h43 - By ANIMALS LEBANON
Everyone is talking about the circus that just arrived to Lebanon from the Egyptian-Jordanian border. This time, it’s not because of the entertaining aspect of this circus, but rather because of the abuse undergone by the animals in that circus. We’ve talked to Animals Lebanon, a non-profit organization in Lebanon that aims to protect... Read more>>
November 30, 2009, 11h27 - By Amale FARHAT BASSIL
You can’t say it enough: regardless of how we announce the illness, handicap, malformation of a child to their parents, it remains a violent shock. (...) Violence, anger, fear, rebellion, pain, guilt, but also silence and isolation. Parents confront a situation they had not foreseen: a situation that makes them feel completely devastated and... Read more>>
August 14, 2008 - By Guy Jones
Irish Junior Minister for Enterprise Mr. John McGuiness, Father Willie Purcell, and the Irish Lebanese Cultural Foundation Board members, Christine Coman and Guy Jones, met on Sunday the 27th of July 2008 with a youth group from Lebanon currently visiting Ireland, hosted by the Arts for Peace Foundation and the Irish Defense Forces. The group... Read more>>
June 16, 2008 - By Guy Jones
Dublin the city that captured the minds of Anglo Irish literature scholars had concluded a draft through its 900 delegates that will put a ban on the use of Cluster Munitions. The 111 Diplomats gathered here for 11 days reached an agreement on the draft that will be signed and sealed in Oslo next December. It is a new dawn for the campaigners who... Read more>>
May 16, 2008 - By Mario Sahyoun
From Beirut and its suburbs to the Jabal and later who knows where, this is how civil war began in Lebanon in 1975 in Ain el Remaneh. Today the same scenario is being applied from one region to the other. We are hearing the sound of guns and artillery which remind us of war. Seems like the Lebanese have never enough of war. Politicians are... Read more>>
March 25, 2007 - By Anise Garabet
Historically, the Lebanese have been emigrating since the Phoenicians era. The Phoenicians were known for their exploratory expeditions as they sailed around the Mediterranean basin. The founding of Carthage in 814 BC was precipitated by Phoenician migration into the western Mediterranean, traditionally from Tyre, in search of raw materials.... Read more>>
April 19, 2007 - By Ziad AKL
Since driving license exams in Lebanon are listed among the worst in the world, here are some details related to what ought to be called a “mafia”, a mafia that is operating its driving licenses commerce in Lebanon. A LBP 50 000 bribe is enough to buy your driving license without having to take any exam. With around 40 00 and 50... Read more>>
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