The Underlying Turf War Between Raseef and Taht Al-Shajarah
As students settle once more in the spring semester, and the temperature is at its icy peak, customers repopulate the campus’ surrounding restaurants and cafés, reigniting that cozy, wintery vibe that is so revered. That’s no different for resto/cafes like Raseef or Taht Al-Shajarah. Not too far away from each other, and not too different…
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Microplastics are Everywhere: Should we be Concerned?
Plastics have become an indivisible part of our daily lives as they can be found in almost everything we use including the device which you are reading this article on. However, that was not always the case. The world’s first plastic, Parkesine, was synthesized in 1862 from cellulose and served as an alternative to ivory…
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Shifting the Paradigm: Why Microorganisms Are More Useful Than We Think
“When Orson Welles said “We’re born alone, we live alone, we die alone”, he was mistaken. Even when we are alone, we are never alone. We exist in symbiosis – a wonderful term that refers to different organisms living together. Some animals are colonized by microbes while they are still unfertilized eggs; others pick up…
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The First Pig-to-human Heart Transplant and The Future of Xenografts
The idea of accepting an animal organ in place of our own might sound repugnant at first. Is it a real danger to our human identity? In a “world-first” operation, a genetically modified pig’s heart was transplanted into a human. The operation was Mr. Bennett’s last resort, a shot in the dark that could save…
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Dalia Ahmad and Racism in Lebanese Society
Racism in Lebanon is by no means a passing or benign phenomenon, but it is rather entrenched within the different dimensions of Lebanese society. Our culture treats racism lightly, refusing to raise awareness over the structural damage it incurs, and casually employing it in conversations, language, and politics. Recently, famous Al-Jadeed anchor Dalia Ahmad was…
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Learning to Live with Fire
Wildfires quickly spread like an inferno consuming any thick and dried-out vegetation along its path. What seems to be an instantaneous burst can overtake thousands of acres of beautiful green landscapes and threaten the homes and lives of many in the parameter. Fires are becoming increasingly frequent and increasingly dangerous. Fueled by high temperatures, high…
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One News Piece, a Myriad of Explanations
American communication professor, George Gerbner, once wrote that “All news is views.” This could not be more true with Lebanese media, which functions within the constraints and context of the complex socio-political system in place. For every news piece about the recent happenings in Lebanon, a myriad of explanations arises, with different platforms interpreting these…
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Lebanon and Omicron: The Strategy of an Exacerbated Healthcare Sector
Co-written by Adam Najm A few weeks after its discovery in South Africa, the emergence of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron has already taken its toll. To this date, there has been five variants of COVID-19 discovered including the new Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant being responsible for 95% of COVID-19 cases in the U.S and the…
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Plastic Surgery: Sin or Virtue?
What do Michael Jackson, the Kardashians, and Cristiano Ronaldo have in common? Plastic surgery. In his 1988 autobiography Moonwalk, the King of Pop writes that he has undergone several rhinoplasties, let aside the forehead lifts, chin surgeries, and skin repair that have drastically changed his face. According to local magazines, the Kardashians “have changed the…
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