 Cover of La Revue du Liban | |
| Editor-in-chief | Melhem Karam |
|---|---|
| Categories | News magazine |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Publisher | Dar Alf Leila Wa Leila |
| Founded | 1928 |
| Final issue | 2011 |
| Country | Lebanon |
| Based in | Beirut |
| Language | French |
La Revue du Liban (full title: La Revue du Liban et de l'Orient Arabe) was a long-running French-language weekly magazine published in Beirut, Lebanon. It was published from 1928 till 2011.
The magazine was founded in 1928. It was purchased by Dar Alf Leila Wa Leila publishing house [1] which also published the Lebanese Arabic-language daily Al Bayrak and Al Hawadeth . [2] The company was owned by Melhem Karam [2] who also served as the editor-in-chief of La Revue du Liban. [3] The print edition of the magazine ceased as the media company folded in 2011. [4] The magazine continued as an online publication [5] before folding altogether.
Posts and telecommunications have long played an essential role in Lebanon, a small country with an expansive diaspora, a vivid media landscape, and an economy geared toward trade and banking. The sector's history has nonetheless been chaotic, marked by conflict but also, and perhaps most importantly, a deeply rooted legacy of state control, weak competition, and intense politicization. A combination of poor services and high prices culminated in popular protests against the government's attempt, in October 2019, to tax the widely used messaging service WhatsApp. The anger this measure triggered captured a more general sense of dissatisfaction, and contributed to tipping the country into a protracted crisis. Civil unrest coincided with Lebanon's default on its ballooning debt; in the ensuing economic collapse, telecommunications have been among the infrastructure most affected.
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Nina Michel Helou was a Lebanese lawyer and former First Lady of Lebanon from 1964 to 1970. She was the second woman lawyer to be registered with the bar association of the Mandate for Syria and Lebanon, during French administration. Her practice was mainly focused on women and women's issues. Marrying a fellow lawyer, she was the first woman to serve on the Beirut City Council. In 1964, Helou became the First Lady of Lebanon and during her tenure, she oversaw the completion of the Baabda Palace and the renovation of the Beiteddine Palace, as well as a city-wide beautification project. She was also devoted to social welfare programs and charitable organizations, particularly the Lebanese Red Cross.
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