Beirut has successively been seen as the icon of the war-destroyed city, the paradigmatic case of “urbicide” and then as the symbol of a city rebirth through the reconstruction of its city center, praised in real estate journals and sold as a booming touristic destination to natives of the Arabo-Persian Gulf. Both images place Beirut as a city out of compare, out of norm, defining it as a uniqu...

This article examines how humour in Arabic stand-up comedies is translated into English an audio-visual context. The study uses a case of streamed on Netflix, including Live from Beirut by Adel Karam and Comedians the World/ Middle East. shows which are subtitled involve variety Arab comedians speaking different dialects, Levant dialect (Lebanese, Jordanian, Palestinian) Gulf particularly Saudi...

In early 20th century, Sir William Osler supported the use of humour as an efficacious tool in medical education, which continues to be used today. Despite abundance literature delineating this important role, it is often overlooked among students. A descriptive cross-sectional study was planned where a total 295 students from pre-clerkship and clerkship phases at Beirut Arab University Faculty...

political polemic and crisis in Beirut has been marked by various actions. The emergence of public aspirations led to tragedy. occurring bomb incident as a result building burning that contained 2,750 tons Ammonium Nitrate. It can be concrete evidence freedom is at stake. This tragedy caused 100 victims were died thousands people injured. phenomenon made many society from aroun the world contri...

Little evidence from the Arab region is available on dementia and its associated risk factors. This study is the first in Lebanon to examine the association between community older adults' socio-demographics and cardiovascular disease risk factors (CVDRF) and dementia in the aim of closing the knowledge gap. A cross-sectional household survey was conducted in 2013 in Beirut and two districts of...

When I was a medical student in 1993, my overseas elective was in Nazareth Hospital in The Galilee, then run by the Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society (EMMS). It’s the oldest continually functioning hospital in Israel, and has come a long way since 1861. Malcolm Billings’ book tells the story of the Armenian tailor’s son from Ottoman Constantinople who trained in Medicine in Edinburgh and, af...

The link between family relations and well-being in old age has received ample attention in the international literature, but remains least examined in the Arab region where cultural ideals assume positive intergenerational relations within families as the norm. In this paper, we employ survey data collected in Greater Beirut in 2009 to explore associations between family relations and health. ...

BACKGROUND It is well established that the Mediterranean and Arab populations are at high risk for thalassemias in general and for alpha-thalassemia in particular. Yet, reports on alpha-thalassemia in Lebanon are still lacking. In this study, we aim at assessing the incidence of alpha-thalassemia in the Lebanese population. METHODS 230 newborns' dried blood cards remaining from routine neonat...