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When the British Invasion Came to Lebanon — Kinks Bassist John Dalton Tells Melkart Magazine About the Band’s 1969 Beirut Concert
Unable to tour the United States because of an American Federation of Musicians ban and moving through one of the most creative periods of their career…
Jul 2
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June 2026
El Turco — How a Lebanese Merchant Backed Fidel Castro’s Revolution
History is often written by those who pull triggers, but it is made possible by those who provide the means. In the coastal town of Guanabo, Cuba, in…
Jun 25
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Lebanon, Is It Dark Outside Or In Your Mind?
There is an animated version of the Peanuts comic strip in which Snoopy develops a fear of the dark. Distressed, he visits Lucy’s famous five-cent…
Jun 18
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Architecture Without Architects — Reclaiming Vernacular Intelligence in the Arab World
In 1964, the Austrian-American critic Bernard Rudofsky unsettled the architectural establishment with his exhibition Architecture Without Architects at…
Jun 11
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Montivipera bornmuelleri: The Lebanon Mountain Viper
Lebanon’s national symbols are well established. The cedar occupies a central place in the country’s cultural imagination, while its mountains have long…
Jun 4
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May 2026
Youssef Beidas, Intra Bank, and Fractures of Modern Lebanon
Youssef Beidas did more than build a bank — he played a central role in shaping a financial network that, by the early 1960s, functioned as a pillar of…
May 28
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Reading Kipling’s ‘If—‘ In Beirut
There are poems that survive not just because they are profound, but because they are relevant. Rudyard Kipling’s If— belongs to this category. Like…
May 21
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Sheikh Abdallah Al‑Alayli — A Pioneering Lebanese Intellectual
Sheikh Abdallah Al‑Alayli was a Lebanese intellectual, linguist, writer, and thinker whose work had substantial impact on modern Arab cultural thought…
May 14
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The Levantine Popes of the Early Church
The papacy is often imagined as an institution rooted almost exclusively in Italy and Western Europe. Yet in the early centuries of Christianity, the…
May 7
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April 2026
Libanoclytus tommasoi: Lebanon’s Remarkable Longhorn Beetle
In the rugged mountain landscapes of Lebanon, a small and easily overlooked beetle tells a much larger story about biodiversity and scientific…
Apr 30
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Youssef Aftimus — A Pioneer of Architectural Revival and Urban Vision in Lebanon
Youssef Aftimus, born on 25 November 1866 in Deir el Qamar, within the Chouf region of what was then the Ottoman Empire, emerged as a major civil…
Apr 24
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George Hatem — The Lebanese American Doctor Who Helped Build Modern China’s Public Health System
George Hatem, known in China as Ma Haide, lived a life that seems almost improbable. Born in the United States to Lebanese immigrants, he would go on to…
Apr 17
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