On 9 December 2025, Jounieh?s giant Christmas tree was lit against the backdrop of its famous bay, turning the city?s waterfront into a sea of lights, music and fireworks. For families, businesses and visitors, the celebration felt like a much-needed dose of hope in a difficult time for Lebanon.
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Byblos Lights Up A Night of Hope Around the Christmas Tree
On December 5, 2025, people gathered around a towering Christmas tree and festive decorations in Byblos, turning the ancient Lebanese city into a glowing winter scene of light, community, and quiet hope.
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Phoenix Hosts 24th American Lebanese Cultural Festival with Dabke, Live Music and Street-Style Cuisine
Phoenix’s St. Joseph Maronite Catholic Church is gearing up for the 24th Annual American Lebanese Cultural Festival, a three-day celebration of food, music and dance from November 7–9, 2025. From smoky grills loaded with kafta and shish kabob to dabke performances and live sets by Lebanese singers Pamela Adelbak and Marcel Badawi, the festival turns a church courtyard into a small slice of Beirut in the desert.
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3a-Ka3ba by Quickies: Lebanese Improv Comedy Lands in Doha
The fully improvised Lebanese comedy show ?3a-Ka3ba by Quickies? brought unscripted humour to Qatar, turning audience suggestions at Souq Waqif?s Abdul Aziz Nasser Theatre into live sketches.
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Three-minute thesis competition winners at AUB announced
The Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences (FAFS) at the American University of Beirut (AUB) hosted its first Three-Minute Thesis Competition in May 2021, with a preliminary round that was held to choose seven semifinalists out of all the graduate students who registered for the competition. Turning a complex research project into a concise three-minute...
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Dr. Imad B. Baalbaki, AUB, receives 2020 CASE Asia-Pacific Distinguished Service Award
Dr. Imad B. Baalbaki, AUB vice president for advancement and business development, has been selected to receive the 2020 CASE Asia-Pacific Distinguished Service Award. This prestigious award “honours individuals whose professional accomplishments have made a significant and lasting impact on institutional advancement, and whose life and character have earned the respect and admiration of fellow...
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AUB’s Rania Jaber recipient of an international award for graduate medical education
The American University of Beirut (AUB)’s Rania Jaber has been awarded the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education International (ACGME-I) 2021 award for staff. Offered by the ACGME Board of Directors, the award is one of three that honor individuals who have been instrumental in pursuing and implementing a transition in their respective institutions to...
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The Lebanese Chef Charles Azar awarded with the GOLD MEDAL 2021
The global organization & guide AMBASSADORS OF TASTE FOR THE GLOBAL GASTRONOMY® certified & awarded Mr. Charles Azar with the Gold Medal 2021 – AMBASSADORS OF TASTE FOR THE GLOBAL GASTRONOMY® for his successful route in the culinary arts and as one of the top pastry chefs in the world representing superior pastry arts globally.
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Lebanese writer Alexandre Najjar wins the Grand Francophone Award
The French Academy awarded the Grand Francophone Award 2020 to the Lebanese writer Alexandre Najjar. This prize is ‘intended to crown the work of a French-speaking natural person who, in his country or internationally, has made an eminent contribution to the maintenance and illustration of the French language’. Contacted by the Cultural Agenda, Alexandre Najjar...
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