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Celebrating the Miracle of Life – Bird Migration and World Water Day Festival

On Saturday March 23rd and in spite of the bad weather, Anjar and KfarZabad residents; and visitors from different Lebanese districts celebrated the Miracle of Life as part of the annual celebrations for the Bird Migration, and the World Water Day. The festival that was organized by SPNL in partnership with the municipalities of Anjar and KfarZabad, with the generous support of the MAVA Foundation, was a truly great success with a day full of fun, outdoor activities, and rejoicing the values of nature and the importance to preserve it.

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Launch of the “Progress and Achievements of Climate Change” projects at the Ministry of Environment

SPNL recently participated in a conference on climate change that was held on March 11, 2013 at the Phoenicia Intercontinental Hotel, Beirut.

The Ministry of Environment in partnership with the United National Development Programme launched a new series of climate change projects as part of the “Achievements and progress of climate change projects at the Ministry of Environment” event at the Phoenicia Intercontinental Hotel.

The projects launching was graced by H.E. Mr. Nazem EL Khoury, Minister of Environment and H.E. Mr. Robert Watkins, UNDP Resident Representative in the presence of, ambassadors, high ranking government representatives,, and representatives of international organizations and NGOs.

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Grow Your Business at the Levant’s Premier Event for the Construction, Energy and Green Industries

Project Lebanon
The 18th International Construction Trade Exhibition for Lebanon and the Middle East

Bringing you all the Latest Developments Related to Lebanon and the Middle East’s Construction Markets

Almost two decades ago, Project Lebanon launched its first exhibition, becoming the second addition to the region’s fastest growing construction show brand. Its success led to the initiation of two more shows under the same trademark across the Middle East.

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Ilili - Bringing Beirut's flavor to NYC

By Maya Sioufi,

"Justice prevails in the end whether here or in the afterlife,” says Philippe Massoud, recalling the assassination of his father George in 1986, during the Lebanese civil war. Over coffee with his older brother Alex at Ilili, their upscale and trendy Lebanese contemporary restaurant in the Flatiron neighborhood in Manhattan, Philippe goes over his turbulent life path from an upbringing at the Coral Beach Hotel during the war to becoming a top-line New York restaurateur.

“They were trying to segregate Beirut between Christians and Muslims; we were a Christian family living on the Muslim side,” says Philippe, as he explains why he spent most of his childhood in the kitchen of the Coral Beach Hotel, built in 1964 by his father and family. By the age of eight, Philippe was already making culinary comments to the chefs on what ingredients were missing in a meal.

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The scarcity of women in peace negotiation

WOMEN IN LIQUICA DISTRICT IN TIMOR LESTE HOLD UP THEIR VOTER REGISTRATION CARDS AS THEY WAIT TO PARTICIPATE IN TIMOR-LESTE'S 2012 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. (PHOTO: LOUISE STODDARD/UNDP TIMOR LESTE)

Women are often disproportionately affected by conflict and violence; the time has come to give them a greater role in peacebuilding and conflict resolution.

I recently had the honor of visiting Washington DC to participate in the launch of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, & Security, an initiative focused less on women as victims and more on involving them integrally in peace-building and conflict prevention.

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