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      Aya Iskandarani

      Aya Iskandarani

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      Aya Iskandarani is a correspondent for The National in Beirut, previously based in Abu Dhabi and Paris.
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      A student from the American University of Beirut holds up a placard during a protest against the adjustment of the dollar rate for new tuition fees, in Beirut last week. AP Photo
      'We won’t pay': Lebanon's AUB students refuse to pay hiked fees

      Students and parents at Lebanon's private university say they cannot afford to pay the new fees, due next month, and are asking for the state to intervene

      January 11, 2021
      A still taken from Hezbollah's Al Manar TV shows Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during an interview with Al Mayadeen TV in Beirut. EPA Photo
      Hezbollah leader: I will not take 'the American vaccine' against Covid-19

      In a four-hour televised interview Nasrallah said little on Lebanon and a lot about Iran’s Qassem Suleimani

      WorldDecember 28, 2020
      A Lebanese woman displays a protective mask hiding a hot number distributed by the NGO Abaad in Beirut on December 8, 2020. ABAAD a resource centre for gender equality distributed masks to women and social workers in Beirut, with the 24/7 helpline of the NGO hidden inside the mask. AFP / Abaad / Patrick Baz
      Lebanese activists: criminalising sexual harassment is the first step

      Legislation considered a milestone for women's rights in the country, but the fight for better protection is far from over

      December 26, 2020
      A Lebanese man, wearing a protective mask due to the Covid-19 pandemic, walks past a Christmas tree in Beirut's Achrafieh district. AFP
      ‘Completely dead’ Beirut shops struggle to attract Christmas trade

      Lebanese can no longer afford festivities, leaving outlets deserted during what is usually one of the busiest weeks of the year

      December 22, 2020
      Students from different universities carry placards, wave Lebanese flags during a demonstration under the slogan of 'A Day of Student Rage' in Al Hamra, Beirut, Lebanon, December 19, 2020. EPA
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      Lebanon: students clash with police over tuition fees

      Private universities are becoming unaffordable while the publicly funded education system crumbles

      WorldDecember 20, 2020
      Vintage items on sale at the annual Le Marche Aux Puces market held in the Mar Mikhael district of Beirut from December 16 to 18, 2020. The National
      Second-hand market draws Lebanese preparing for thrifty Christmas

      Buying and selling old goods catches on as economic crisis and Covid-19 take a toll on pockets

      December 20, 2020
      French-Lebanese businessman Ziad Takieddine fled France in June 2020. Reuters
      Fugitive businessman Ziad Takieddine faces suit over unpaid legal fees

      Lawyers who helped release Takieddine from Lebanese jail after he fled France say he owes them $37,000

      December 19, 2020
      A medical student at the American University of Beirut carries a placard during a protest against the adjustment of the dollar rate for new tuition fees in Beirut. EPA
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      'A declaration of war': Lebanese students unite against hike in tuition fees

      After overwhelming victories in university elections, independents have joined forces to demand affordable education and fight sectarian politics with eyes set on the country's 2022 elections

      December 16, 2020
      Photos of Salim Ayyash released by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon in 2011. Ayyash is the only person convicted for the 2005 assassination of Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri. Special Tribunal for Lebanon / Reuters
      Hariri assassination: international court sentences Hezbollah operative to life in prison

      UN-backed tribunal sentences Salim Ayyash 15 years after Lebanon's prime minister and 21 others were killed, but he is unlikely to ever face justice

      December 11, 2020
      Catertaker Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab and three former ministers were charged with negligence leading to deaths over the August 4 explosion at Beirut port. AP Photo
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      Lebanese prime minister and three former ministers charged over Beirut blast

      First time high-ranking officials are charged in the case

      December 10, 2020
      Restaurateur Charbel Bassil welcomes customers back to Le Chef, which has reopened following August's Beirut explosion.
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      'Russell Crowe is our godfather': Beirut's Le Chef restaurant reopens after donations

      Customers have returned to the home-style eatery that has been a fixture of the Lebanese capital for five decades

      FoodDecember 10, 2020
      Kamale Nakad's pickle shop in Bqaa Kafra, north Lebanon. The 71-year-old founded Mounet Em Tony with help from her son Elie. Aya Iskandarani
      A passion for pickle: Lebanon rediscovers local food traditions

      Seeds of a culinary revolution are being sown as an old tradition attracts foodie influencers

      WorldDecember 10, 2020
      Christmas in Lebanon. Finbar Anderson/ The National
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      Watch: Christmas Tree lit in Lebanon's world-famous Byblos

      Covid-19, economic crisis and fall-out from the August 4 blast in Beirut mute celebrations this year

      December 08, 2020
      A woman sits amid the damage caused to her home by the August 4 port explosion in the Lebanese capital Beirut. AFP
      World Bank: 'irreversible' damage awaits if Lebanon does not reform

      Multi-billion dollar plan launched to support Lebanese, but authorities urged to enact reforms to access non-humanitarian assistance

      December 05, 2020
      French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a video conference with international partners to discuss humanitarian aid for financially-strapped Lebanon, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France December 2, 2020. REUTERS
      Emmanuel Macron to visit Lebanon again this month

      French president announces fund managed by World Bank, EU and UN will be set up to handle humanitarian aid for country

      December 03, 2020
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