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Lebanon elects record number of women to parliament

Lebanon has one of the highest overall gender gaps in the world, ranking 145 out of 153 countries.

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Teenage Syrian refugees in Lebanon find cricket a welcome distraction

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Lebanese LGBT community fights to keep safe spaces

Although Beirut is one of the most LGBT-friendly cities in the region, there are still some limitations that don’t allow the community to express themselves freely.

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Lebanon | Mar 4, 2022

Children's education at risk in Lebanon due to economic crisis

More than 700,000 kids are at risk of never returning to a classroom due to rising poverty, while thousands have dropped out of school to engage in child labor or get married.

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Lebanon | Dec 7, 2021

Lebanon's elderly population devastated by crash

As one of the 16 countries in the world that don’t offer social security, older people in Lebanon are spending their last years struggling and depending on aid groups to survive.

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