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  1. Handout picture shows Mona Rahal Sukkarieh. TRUSTLAW/Nidal Darwish

    Lebanon women's cooperative turns kitchen work to profit

    06 March 2012 22:43 GMT | Comments (0)

    Naeema Zarif | International Women's Day 2012

    "A woman’s place is in the kitchen" is a saying that infuriates women unfamiliar with Mrs Mona Rahal Sukkarieh, writes Naeema...

  2. Participants on the Covering Extractive Industries course, Beirut, 23-25 November 2011

    Understanding Lebanon's Natural Gas Challenge

    06 December 2011 15:48 GMT | Comments (0)

    Nicholas Phythian | TrustMedia Trainers Blog

    Lebanon, as the Lebanese themselves are quick to tell you, is a country in which nothing is simple.

  3. Trainer Anatoly Verbin with participants on the Business Reporting course, Beirut 26-30 September 2011

    Business Reporting in Beirut

    26 October 2011 12:28 BST | Comments (0)

    Anatoly Verbin | TrustMedia Trainers Blog

    A group of 14 Arab journalists, all of them keen and interested, learned about business reporting and sharpened their writing...

  4. Rana Al-Hajj Tabbara receives course certificate from Angus McSwan and Colin McIntyre

    Training: a journalist’s best friend!

    21 September 2011 12:14 BST | Comments (0)

    Rana Al-Hajj Tabbara | TrustMedia Alumni Blog

    The problem with some of today’s journalists lies in their conviction that they have reached the ultimate state of ...

  5. The Lebanese men campaigning to end violence against women

    08 March 2011 16:44 GMT | Comments (1)

    oxfam-gb | Aid Worker Diaries

    To mark the 100th International Women’s Day, Mohammed Ali Abu Najela spoke with two male Lebanese volunteers and found out ...

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A soldier takes position on a roof top during clashes with gunmen in a neighbourhood area in Beirut

A soldier takes position on a roof top during clashes with gunmen in a neighbourhood area in Beirut

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Prisoner exchange in Syria

Prisoner exchange in Syria

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Syria rebels kidnap 13 Lebanese Shi'ite men

Syria rebels kidnap 13 Lebanese Shi'ite men

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