by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Mar 19, 2012 | Security
The article by Mitch Smith for the Inside Higher Ed covers the move by American students, interested in studying in the Middle East, to Beirut as regional favorites fall foul to the Arab Spring. However, what is interesting about the article is that Mitch never fails...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Mar 7, 2012 | Looks Like Beirut
Kingston, Jamaica Inspector Victor George Henry, a Jamaican cop, has had his share of brushes with death – 8 to be exact. Inspector Henry describes his most defining moment to Stabroek News. Flashback to April 2000: “I was the operations manager at CCN at...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Apr 4, 2011 | Lebanese Abroard
Lived in Germany since she was 8 months old, Lebanon-born boxer Rola El-Halabi was shot on April 2 before she was to enter the ring: Germany’s female world lightweight boxing champion Rola El-Halabi was recovering in hospital on Saturday after being gunned down before...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Apr 4, 2011 | Looks Like Beirut
From North Richmond, California: A second deadly shooting in two nights has North Richmond on edge, as residents and local leaders scramble to head off further violence and law enforcement officials ramp up their efforts. […] “It’s like Beirut in here right...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Dec 4, 2010 | Looks Like Beirut
A good-cause initiative takes an unwarranted swipe at the Lebanese capital: There’s a new push to help volunteers who want to help mentor African-American young people. A national volunteer initiative kicked off in Oakland [California] where the response was...