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Our Market Project illuminates immigrant spirit of Philly’s Italian Market
Metro Philadelphia - Pennsylvania
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August 18, 2025
Walk through the Italian Market with Our Market Project, and you’re not just browsing popular food stands — you’re stepping into generations of immigrant stories etched into every block. The community-driven arts initiative, led by visual artist...
U.S. envoy: Israel must "comply" after Lebanon's "first step" to disarm Hezbollah
United Press International (UPI)
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BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. Special Envoy Thomas Barrack said Monday that it is now Israel's turn to comply with the cease-fire agreement reached last November to end the war with Hezbollah, now that Lebanon has taken "the first step"...
Europe pushes back as US seeks to end UN peacekeeping in Lebanon
Naharnet
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The future of U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon has split the United States and its European allies, raising implications for security in the Middle East and becoming the latest snag to vex relations between the U.S. and key partners like France,...
Lebanon’s Druze leader calls for lifting the siege on Syria’s Sweida immediately
Ya Libnan
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August 18, 2025
Lebanon’s top Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Al -Aql Dr. Sami Abi Al-Mona, called for immediate “lifting of the siege on the Sweida governorate, releasing the kidnapped, returning the missing men, women and children, and securing humanitarian...
Twelver Shiism – a branch of Islam that serves both as a spiritual and political force in Iran and beyond
The Conversation
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August 18, 2025
Twelver Shiism is the largest branch within Shiism – one of the two major sects within Islam. Shiism is the second-largest tradition within Islam overall, following the Sunni tradition. Iran is the only country to have Twelver Shiism as its...
Will Hezbollah disarm? Trump is using Lebanon as a pawn
Strategic Culture
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August 18, 2025
By Michal KRANZ Join us on Telegram, Twitter, and VK. Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Lebanon is on the cusp of a showdown nearly four decades in the making. Last week, and under pressure from Washington, the Lebanon’s cabinet mandated the...
Barrack calls on Israel to honour ceasefire with Lebanon
The National News
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US envoy Tom Barrack has said Israel must honour its commitments under a ceasefire that ended its war with Hezbollah after the Lebanese government formally approved the disarmament of the group. Speaking after he met President Joseph Aoun in...
What Is A Maronite Catholic? Did Religion Lead Grieving Father To Forgive Oatlands Killer Samuel Davidson?
International Business Times - United Kingdom
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August 18, 2025
On 1 February 2020, four children were killed when a drunk driver mounted a footpath in Oatlands, a suburb in western Sydney. Among them were Antony, Angelina, and Sienna Abdallah — aged 13, 12, and 8 — and their cousin Veronique Sakr, aged 11....
Arab armies should arm Resistance, not ‘slaves of America’: Senior Lebanese scholar
Press TV
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August 18, 2025
A senior Lebanese scholar has strongly denounced Arab states in West Asia for their continued support for the Lebanese government, amid its push to implement the United States' design for disarmament of the resistance in Lebanon. The remarks were...
UN Peacekeeping Force in Lebanon Spends US Taxpayer Money on ‘Gender Diversity’ Training and Therapeutic Yoga Instruction, Drawing Scrutiny From Trump Admin
The Washington Free Beacon - Virginia
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August 18, 2025
United Nations / Getty Images The U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon is largely funded with U.S. taxpayer dollars, money it has used to pursue left-wing programs like "gender diversity" training and lessons on "gender mainstreaming in military...
US envoy calls on Israel to honour ceasefire with Lebanon
The National News
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US envoy Tom Barrack has said Israel must honour its commitments under a ceasefire that ended its war with Hezbollah after the Lebanese government formally approved the disarmament of the group. Speaking after he met President Joseph Aoun in...
Cedar Crest looks to continue its culture of winning football in 2025
Lancaster Online - Pennsylvania
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At the start of the second decade of this century, Cedar Crest football was in a spiral. A lack of team cohesiveness led to on-field mistakes, which led to losses, which led to poor attitudes, which led to a lack of team cohesiveness. “Football...
Hezbollah may turn guns on the Lebanese government
The Times
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Lebanese prime ministers are expected to have tough skins to survive at the helm of a fractious country, where previous leaders have been assassinated. Nawaf Salam, the country’s present leader, appeared shaken this week, however, when Hezbollah...
Culture appropriation never used to bother me — hummus changed everything
Metro
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August 17, 2025
It’s not just hummus; it’s history, belonging, and pride (Picture: Marcellus de Lemos/N18 ART STUDIO) Walking down the supermarket aisle, I stopped in my tracks. An entire shelf stacked with all kinds of wild, colourful hummus. Green hummus with...
Hezbollah’s Weapons Keep Lebanon in Political and Economic Deadlock
Media Line
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August 17, 2025
Lebanon’s long-running debate over Hezbollah’s weapons has never been more urgent, and as Giorgia Valente reports for The Media Line, experts say that while the government is inching forward, true disarmament remains a fantasy. Nearly two years...
Christian Chukwu: Ex-international buried in Enugu
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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August 16, 2025
Former Green Eagles captain, Christian Chukwu, was on Saturday buried in Enugu state with dignitaries from all walks of life turning up. Officials of the Nigeria Football Federation were among those who paid their last respect to the late soccer...
They fled war in Syria and found cricket in Lebanon
ESPN India
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August 17, 2025
On July 27, the Kaskas ground located in Beirut, Lebanon, was a hive of activity. But it was not the usual kicking of a ball that one would associate with this almost full-sized football field. The centre of the Astroturf surface was converted...
Global Religion in the 21st Century
Utne Reader
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How is religion changing in the twenty-first century? In God in the Tumult of the Global Square(University of California Press, 2015), by Mark Juergensmeyer, Dinah Griego and John Soboslai shows how religion has leapt, in some contradictory ways,...
The Trump administration wants to end the UN peacekeeping in Lebanon. Europe is pushing...
Dayton Daily News - Ohio
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The multinational force has played a significant role in monitoring the security situation in southern Lebanon for decades, including during the Israel-Hezbollah war last year, but has drawn criticism from both sides and numerous U.S. lawmakers,...
Trump administration wants to end U.N. peacekeeping in Lebanon; Europe pushing back
The Hindu
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August 17, 2025
The future of U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon has split the United States and its European allies, raising implications for security in the Middle East and becoming the latest snag to vex relations between the U.S. and key partners like France,...