The Daily Star | Displaced Syrians struggle as winter approaches in Idlib
Tucked in a displacement camp alongside rows of olive trees, a partially destroyed bus with blown-out tires and shattered windows has provided Dunia and her four children barely enough shelter to survive the past two months.
The Daily Star | Christianity may disappear from Ninevah: archbishop
Five years ago, Daesh (ISIS) attempted to obliterate Iraq’s Christian population. The militants seized dozens of towns, killed civilians and displaced thousands.
The Daily Star | Five years on, Yazidis struggle to forget Daesh nightmare
Silham was 21 years old when Daesh (ISIS) militants sold her into sexual slavery. Raped and beaten, she moved from one Syrian town to the next, sold every seven to 10 days for the equivalent of just a few dollars.
The Daily Star | Reserve service looms for more Syrian men
Mahmoud should be filled with a yearning to live and recapture the years he lost fighting in the Syrian civil war, having just finished serving in the military for over a decade.
The Daily Star | Local initiatives help fight bullying in Egypt’s schools
The same bullying at school that drove Mustapha Ashraf’s best friend to commit suicide would also in later years push him to try and end his life. Instead, refusing to be a victim, Ashraf founded Advice Seekers, an organization that runs anti-bullying programs in schools around Egypt.
The Daily Star | Breaking the endometriosis taboo
“I always suffered,” Carine Boustani told The Daily Star. “Red flags went off at a very young age.” Boustani suffers from endometriosis, a poorly understood condition that affects one in 10 women in Lebanon.
The Daily Star | Not seen Beirut Design Week? Shame on you
Forget design, and forget galleries. Forget any sort of preconceived notion of what “design” represents, and you may have a shot at getting through Beirut Design Week. Hidden at an intersection between Pierre Gemayel Highway and Mar Mikhael’s Armenia Street sits a parking lot. On any other day, it’s like any other concrete patch of Beirut.
The Daily Star | Lebanon hosts first all-female vintage car rally
A group of business-minded women from around the world gathered in Lebanon over the weekend to take part in Lebanon’s first women-only vintage car rally. Rallye des Graces brought 30 women from across the globe to participate in the two-day event, aimed at increasing tourism and establishing strong business connections on local and international levels while driving vintage cars across Lebanon
The Daily Star | Women discuss juggling families, careers
After achieving a record number of registered candidates in the upcoming elections and continuing to gain a footing in the workplace, for many Lebanese women, a question remains: Where does this progress leave motherhood? This issue was the discussion of the day at the Elle Fiesta event at the Hilton Habtoor Grand Hotel in Beirut Saturday, with a conference, workshops and exhibitions dedicated to the empowerment and education of women.