Perspective - Lebanese filmmaker Ziad Doueiri: 'The civil war ended, but the conflict never ended'

Perspective - Lebanese filmmaker Ziad Doueiri: 'The civil war ended, but the conflict never ended'

A world-renowned filmmaker whose films are linked and mirror the events of the Lebanese civil war that broke out exactly 50 years ago has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how the conflict is still having a…

Aline Manoukian and the Specter of War Photography

In 1988, photojournalist and photo editor Aline Manoukian captured an image of a Palestinian militiaman holding a white kitten in Lebanon’s Burj Al Barajneh refugee camp. That photo would go on to circulate for decades, recently appearing across social media platforms in doctored forms, including as a colorized poster.When I went on a research trip to Lebanon in 2017 for my new novel, The Burning Heart of the World, I met Manoukian for the first…

Lebanese Civil War began 50 years ago. Here’s how one photographer saw it

Award-winning photojournalist Claude Salhani documented his country’s war for nine years, until he had to turn away.

RECIT - A series of deadly incidents between Palestinian commandos and phalangists marked the beginning of the civil war. The legacy of the very long conflict continues to weigh on the still fractured society.

50 years after Lebanon’s civil war began, a bullet-riddled bus stands as a reminder

BEIRUT (AP) — It was an ordinary day in Beirut. In one part of Lebanon's capital, a church was inaugurated, with the leader of the Christian Phalange party there. In another, Palestinian factions held a military parade. Phalangists and Palestinians…

The Lebanese Civil War, 50 Years Later

50 years ago, Magnum photographers documented the Lebanese Civil War, a devastating conflict that shook the country for 15 years