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singer and actress who is famously known as Sabah is considered one of the most important icons in Lebanese music history and one of the most well-known divas in the Middle East and Arab world. Born to a Christian family in the village of Bdadoun near Beirut in 1927. Her recognized nick name is inspired from the Arabic…

Mother Teresa was an amazing woman who was an inspiration to our whole world. She was raised in a very religious family and always stayed holy and led a religious life. She had a calling to help others and opened many charities and schools which she was recognized for. She won many awards and got much recognition for her great charity. Mother Teresa was an amazing and influential woman because she always led a very religious life, only ared about others and helped them, and traveled, won…

Prose offers readers a method of expression, some seek to inform, some to attack injustice, some to offer praise and some to be foolish. The poem, “Still I Rise” of Maya Angelou is in piercing contrast to the poem “Guidelines” by Lisa Suhair Majaj; however, they are parallel in numerous facets. They present these two works to express their experiences in their life with vile episodes that no citizen should endure. Assessing separately each poem for its connotation and the distinct elements that…

On December 2012, Suzanne Talhouk gave an inspirational speech about preservation of one’s mother tongue, discussing Arabic language in particular. Two years later, Italian writer Joseph Luzzi published an essay called “Speaking to My Father in a Dead Dialect”, in which he described his father’s language journey. Both Luzzi and Talhouk state that language is a part of one’s identity, however, Luzzi writes about a language that is already dead for him, whereas Talhouk describes her struggle to…

COMPANY PROFILE Elie Saab, a Lebanese designer started his sartorial career by cutting and sketching clothes for his sisters when they lived in Beirut. The nine-year-old artist was developing the skills of sewing by making tablecloths and curtains. With struggle and creative sense, this young and self-trained designer opened his first fashion store in Beirut in the year 1982. Elie Saab displayed his first set of designs at the Casino du Liban, which was a sensational hit among the French fashion…

The mental health of the civilians is significantly affected by the consequences of war. Studies show that there is exponential increase in the occurrence of mental disorders. Women are usually more likely to have mental disorders than men in war situations. Another group of the society that is extremely affected by the war are children, the disabled, and the elderly. The rate of occurrence is directly related to the degree of trauma, and the emotional and physical support. There are certain…

from a Shiite Lebanese family, and is mainly responsible for leading Hezbollah’s political wing. (IDF 2014) Responsible for leading international operations is Mustafa Badr Al Din. Born in Lebanon, Al Din served as part of Fatah’s Force 17 in Beirut as a bomb maker. He is believed to have headed the failed attempt to assassinate the emir of Kuwait in 1985, and is suspected of carrying out the assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister, Rafiq Hariri, in 2005. (IDF 2014) Hezbollah’s…

period where terrorist adopted many of their tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) that are still used today. 1983 was a particularly active year for conventional terrorist attracts on the United States. The U.S. Embassy and Marine barracks in Beirut and the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait were bombed using vehicle borne IEDs (VBIED), resulting in the deaths of nearly 300 U.S citizens (Eland, 1998,…

Lebanon is a country ridden with cultural diversity and religious miscellany. It gives verve and vigor to its people’s everyday life and allows them to grow up surrounded by different cultures and therefore able to gain an open-mindedness that is hard to find in other Arab countries. Even though there are good points that come out of this cultural and religious diversity, it also acts to divide its people politically and adds a certain complexity to the Lebanese government. This complexity is…

Black September ID Black September can be referenced to either the Jordanian civil war, or the Palestinian terrorist organization. The civil war in Jordan took place between Palestinian groups and Jordanian military with the majority of the violence happening in September of 1970, resulting in the name “Black September.” The terrorist group that formed almost a year after the civil war referred to themselves as Black September and was mainly known for the killing of eleven Israeli athletes…