The apocalyptic blast in the Port of Beirut, Lebanon, on August 4, 2020, exacerbates anger at those in power: protests cross religious boundaries as the Lebanese people curse corruption, nepotism, gross economic mismanagement and squandering of resources. How did the Land of Cedars, a country with so much to offer, allow itself to get into such a dire situation? And will it be able to bounce back?

Drawing inspiration from his personal encounter with the Italian refugee child Giovanna during World...

An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct h...

The first documentary to present an unabashed critique of the impact of the Syrian government’s agri...

On May 8, 1989, Sports Illustrated ran an article about Ultimate frisbee… about a team with no name ...

In Breaking Bread, exotic cuisine and a side of politics are on the menu. Dr. Nof Atamna-Ismaeel - t...

Severely battered from the Beirut Port Explosion on August 4th, Minerva passed away eight days later...

A verité legal drama about Judge Kholoud Al-Faqih, the first woman appointed to a Shari'a court in t...

After the end of the Cold War, the Baltic was viewed almost as a quiet backwater. A nice place to vi...

A "Chinese" father reflects on the changing relationship of China and US during his trip to Beijing ...

During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a...

In 26 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accuse...

Turkey's history has been shaped by two major political figures: Mustafa Kemal (1881-1934), known as...

The war in the Ukraine has changed the way many European countries view Russian politics. Suddenly i...

In the wake of Israel's 2006 bombardment of Lebanon, a determined woman finds her way into the count...

China’s President Xi Jinping is a force to be reckoned with. As leader of the Communist colossus, he...

A humor-inflected history of the of the number one, covering military applications in ancient Rome, ...

The film consists of three novels: the first novel about Gobustan, an ancient human settlement. The ...

Follows the repercussions of the Israeli Security Wall and Settlement expansion in the engulfed/anne...

Raymond Depardon had photographed the city of Beirut before it was destroyed and rebuilt. He films a...

While living in a deserted valley in eastern Lebanon, seven-year-old Rahaf describes the wonders of ...