If anyone is an example of spreading the International Women’s History word in Los Angeles, it’s chef and Maydan Market founder Rose Previte. The daughter of an Italian father and Lebanese mother, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. They were feminist pioneers, immortalized by their music. The magic of singers like Fairuz and Umm Kulthum still makes the Arab ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Every evening as the sun drops behind Beirut’s concrete skyline, Loubna Hamdan steps onto her rooftop and whistles. A flutter of wings follows. Dozens of pigeons — white, speckled, ...

AMMAN, Sept 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Almost six weeks after the Beirut port blast nearly blinded her in one eye, Kawthar Halabi has been unable to return to work as she is still having ...

In September, when hundreds of thousands of Lebanese fled Israeli bombing, some left behind the migrant women who cleaned their houses, washed their clothes and cooked their meals. Some workers say ...

BEIRUT — In a makeshift gym in the Burj al-Barajneh refugee camp, the participants in this martial arts class are unlearning much of what they have been taught about how girls and women should behave.

Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon have killed at least 19 people, including four women and three children ...

Coffee slowly boils on a small gas flame. The aroma of strong, freshly brewed Arabic coffee fills the air. It is carefully poured into a small cup with a tiny handle. Music hums in the background: the ...

Palestinian girls train in jiu jitsu in the refugee camp of Bourj el Barajneh in South Beirut. (Aline Deschamps for NPR) BEIRUT — In a makeshift gym in the Burj al-Barajneh refugee camp, the ...