BEIRUT: As globalization transforms most aspects of modern life, the nature of family and family life is no longer what it was even 10 years ago. The usual stresses and strains on marriage have been compounded by the growing trend of people moving away from their families and countries of origin in search of a livelihood. That the Arab world is not insulated from these
By Noemí Jabois and Ana María Guzelian Beirut, May 10 (EFE).- Despite pretensions of equality ahead of the upcoming elections in Lebanon, Beirut’s streets are dominated by towering portraits of male candidates while the campaign posters of female aspirants, who number just 155 out of 1,043, are smaller and confined to underpasses and dead ends. …
BEIRUT: Lebanese President Michel Aoun celebrated female army soldiers and officers on International Women’s Day as a delegation visited him at the Baabda Palace. “I can see the fruits of the efforts made to integrate women into this military institution; something that was impossible in the past,” Aoun said. He added: “The number of women in the army is steadily increasing in