Dana Hourany

1 week ago | nowlebanon.com | Dana Hourany

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on April 7, 2025 shows an aerial view of the bombed US embassy in Beirut on April 18, 1983 (L) and a general view of luxury residential buildings at the same spot on Beirut's Ain al-Mresisseh coastal strip on April 7, 2025. Lebanon marks on April 13, 2025 the 50th anniversary of the start of the 1975-1990 civil war which saw the eastern Mediterranean country plunge into a multifaceted confessional war, with regional and international interference.

1 week ago | nowlebanon.com | Dana Hourany

In a new series of events, AUB is uncovering Lebanon's hidden history, bringing to light forgotten stories of the civil war through public history and academic exploration Every April, the anniversary of Lebanon’s civil war passes quietly—no sirens, no public ceremonies, no national day of mourning. Despite a war that reshaped the country, left over 150,000 dead, and permanently altered its political and social landscape, it remains largely unspoken.

3 weeks ago | nowlebanon.com | Dana Hourany

A heavily-damaged rooftop of a building is pictured at the site of an Israeli strike on a building in Beirut's southern suburbs on April 1, 2025. An Israeli strike on south Beirut killed at least three people on April 1, Lebanon said after Israel announced its second such strike in a fragile four-month ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. The attack came without warning at around 3:30 am (0030 GMT) during the Eid al-Fitr Muslim holiday marking the end of the Ramadan fasting period.

1 month ago | nowlebanon.com | Dana Hourany

HOMS, SYRIA - MARCH 17: The Syrian Defense Ministry dispatch reinforcement convoys, consisting of dozens of military vehicles, to the border line following the killing of 3 of Syrian soldiers by Hezbollah on the border with Lebanon, in Homs, Syria on March 17, 2025.

1 month ago | nowlebanon.com | Dana Hourany

People cross the Nahr al-Kabir river, forming the border between Syria's western coastal province and northern Lebanon in the Hekr al-Daher area on March 11, 2025, as families of Syria's Alawite minority enter Lebanon while fleeing from sectarian violence in their heartland along Syria's Mediterranean coast.