Women played diverse and influential roles in the Byzantine Empire that extended far beyond the domestic affairs of each family.

In a workshop in an infamous refugee camp in Beirut, Palestinian women practice an ancient art form — as a livelihood, and ...

An Afghan woman living here has scrawled Arabic lettering four times on objects, doors and the floor of Zell's parish church, ...

Nawaf Salam, the president of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague, has been named as Lebanon's new prime ...

The National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF), on Saturday, expressed worry over President Bola Tinubu's participation in the Arab-Islamic Summit in Saudi Arabia last November. The elders observed ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Lebanon’s parliament voted Thursday to elect army commander Joseph Aoun as head of state, filling a more ...

Elkhoury explained that as a Lebanese Christian, he is not Arab. Rather, his family can be traced back 15 generations in Lebanon, before the Muslims swept through the Middle East. His ethnic group ...

Joseph Aoun wore a suit and tie, rather than his army uniform, when he arrived at parliament to be sworn in Lebanon's parliament ... is reserved for a Maronite Christian under a sectarian power ...

Indeed, living standards and education levels within that sector (Arab Christian women are in fact the most educated group in Israel) are comparable to those of the Jewish majority. Of further note is ...

Maronite Presidency and Fixed Terms A longstanding, unwritten convention reserves the presidency for a Maronite Christian, a tradition upheld since Lebanon’s independence in 1943. The president serves ...

Between the dress and the hair, Jonathan is a winner in my book.