Lebanon

Syrian boy looks through window at refugee camp with plants placed in yellow and white cans attached

Syrian children in Lebanon are ‘being robbed of their futures’

Most Syrian children have missed years — if not decades — of schooling due to war and displacement. The conditions in Lebanon mean they could miss even more.

Syrian children in Lebanon are ‘being robbed of their futures’
Abu Radwan and his family converted to Christianity after they fled Syria to Lebanon. He says it's a genuine conversion, though he does say he thinks it might help him get resettled in the West.

Why some Muslim Syrian refugees are converting to Christianity

Why some Muslim Syrian refugees are converting to Christianity
The Friends of Donald Trump in Lebanon Facebook page gets comments, such as: "Go Mr. President God bless you" and "We need someone like you [in Lebanon] to clean up our country."

Trump fans in Lebanon want to 'make the Middle East great again'

Trump fans in Lebanon want to 'make the Middle East great again'
A Syrian refugee woman, who is stuck between the Jordanian and Syrian borders, holds her child near the town of Ruwaished, in the Hadalat area, east of the capital Amman, May 4, 2016.

What 2017 could bring for millions of displaced Syrians

What 2017 could bring for millions of displaced Syrians
Ghaith is a Syrian refugee living in Beirut. He can't work there but now he can earn a living as an online Arabic teacher.

This startup helps Syrian refugees earn a living. All they need is a laptop.

This startup helps Syrian refugees earn a living. All they need is a laptop.
Jihad Al-Mohammed in his home in Saida. When he moved in, the centuries-old building was abandoned, but it used to be a Jewish synagogue.

It took this man 10 years to realize he was living in a synagogue

In 1990, Jihad Al-Mohammed moved to Sidon in southern Lebanon looking for work and a place to live. He didn't notice that the abandoned building he moved into had Hebrew letters on the wall.

It took this man 10 years to realize he was living in a synagogue
Amira, who married at 16, says she faced severe abuse at the hands of her husband and found it difficult to escape.

The refugee crisis is turning more girls into child brides

For many parents, it is a desperate measure sought in extreme circumstances.

The refugee crisis is turning more girls into child brides
Samia Abdullah holds up a picture of her brother Emad who disappeared in 1984 when he was 20 years old. His family thinks he's still alive in a Syrian prison.

'I just want one hair, one bone to bury, and I will be fine'

Lebanon's own civil war ended more than 25 years ago, but thousands of people are still missing. Their families think they may still be alive in Syrian prisons.

'I just want one hair, one bone to bury, and I will be fine'
Hiba Bekai's office is her home, where she sews and does other needle work that she sells to Syrians and Lebanese.

This Syrian woman never had a paying job at home. Now she's started a business in Lebanon.

The war back home in Syria forced women into new roles outside of Syria. Some of them are creating opportunities for themselves.

This Syrian woman never had a paying job at home. Now she's started a business in Lebanon.
Noor

Young Lebanese activist joins us on Facebook

Ryan and Noor are best friends. In Lebanon, they are an unlikely match. Ryan belongs to a religious sect called the Druze, and Noor is a Sunni Muslim. Wednesday, Noor joins us in on Facebook to answer your questions about her work imagining a better future for her country.

Young Lebanese activist joins us on Facebook
A Beirut artist participates in an event staged by a municipality controlled by Hezbollah to honor those killed in a wave of car bombings in Lebanon.

Hezbollah claims to be fighting in Syria to protect Lebanon. But the result is violence in Lebanon

Hezbollah says it's fighting alongside government forces in Syria to prevent violence from coming home to Lebanon. Some in Lebanon say Hezbollah is the one bringing the violence home.

Hezbollah claims to be fighting in Syria to protect Lebanon. But the result is violence in Lebanon

Ya Nass

Yasmine Hamdan&#8217;s music has never been tied down by time or place. Soapkills, the band she led with her then-husband, built from the blueprint of American and British alternative music of the &#8217;90s to create a unique style that was well ...<a class="meta-nav" href="http://www.afropop.org/wp/17631/ya-nass/"> Read more &#187;</a>

Ya Nass

Hip Deep Lebanon Video: Yasmine Hamdan Interviewed

As a companion piece to Afropop Worldwide&#8217;s three episode Hip Deep investigation of the music, culture, and history of Lebanon, Senior Editor Banning Eyre interviewed alt-pop superstar Yasmine Hamdan about her career, her life, and her musical inspiration. Check it ...<a class="meta-nav" href="http://www.afropop.org/wp/17590/hip-deep-lebanon-video-yasmine-hamdan-interviewed/"> Read more &#187;</a>

Hip Deep Lebanon Video: Yasmine Hamdan Interviewed
Beirut residents light a lantern during New Year's celebrations at Star Square

Syria's war is testing the limits of tolerance in neighboring Lebanon

Lebanon brings together Shite, Sunni, Druze, Christian and Kurd. Now spillover violence from neighboring Syria is threatening the fragile bonds that hold the nation together, as the BBC's Kim Ghattas explains.

Syria's war is testing the limits of tolerance in neighboring Lebanon
A Lebanese family watches TV fortune teller Mike Feghaly give his predictions for 2014

People in Lebanon love New Year predictions — the more outlandish the better

Predictions are part of TV fare on New Year's Eve. They may be popular, but they're neither accurate nor widely believed.

People in Lebanon love New Year predictions — the more outlandish the better