Posted By
Najib
Apr 21, 2024 06:41
Last week, Swiss airline cancelled a flight to Beirut in mid-air due to security concerns, yet confirmed they are keeping their flights to Beirut while monitoring the situation very closely. Unfortunately, the Iran-Israel retaliations that followed caused Swiss airline and Lufthansa to suspend all flights to Beirut until end of April. It's not clear if they will extend the suspension beyond April, but there are no signs of things cooling down between Israel & Hamas…
Posted By
Najib
Apr 15, 2024 04:48
Lebanese-Canadian writer and actor Wajdi Mouawad was hosting the world premiere of his latest play "Wedding Day at the Cromagnons" at the Monnot Theater in Beirut, however the play was cancelled after activists lodged a complaint against Mouawad with the Military Prosecutor's Office. In addition to that, actors taking part in the play were harassed and received serious threats. The reason behind the complaint is that Mouawad engaged in "normalization with Israel", which I assume…
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