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.
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.
For many parents, it is a desperate measure sought in extreme circumstances.
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.
The war back home in Syria forced women into new roles outside of Syria. Some of them are creating opportunities for themselves.
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.
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.
Yasmine Hamdan’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 ’90s to create a unique style that was well ...<a class="meta-nav" href="http://www.afropop.org/wp/17631/ya-nass/"> Read more »</a>
As a companion piece to Afropop Worldwide’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 »</a>
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.
Predictions are part of TV fare on New Year's Eve. They may be popular, but they're neither accurate nor widely believed.