May Rihani News Today

BEIRUT: A Lebanese clergyman has expressed his support for a woman candidate for the presidency.

Lebanese women are still excluded from the main decision-making positions in Lebanon, such as the presidency of the Republic, premiership and parliament speaker, despite their prominent presence in th...

Aoun's successor is to be chosen at a time when Lebanon is going through an economic meltdown and the government struggling to implement necessary structural reforms

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's parliament speaker on Tuesday summoned lawmakers for a session this week to elect the country’s next president, offering a glimmer of hope of a political step forward even as chaos roils this Mideast nation.

Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rahi met on Wednesday in Dimane with candidate to the presidential elections May Rihani, who presented to him her electoral program.Following the meeting, she stressed that her project echoes the Patriarch's ca...

CHICAGO: Arab-American stand-up comedian Ahmed Ahmed was performing in Florida several years ago when he noted how few Arabs there were in the audience, joking: “It only takes one.” He was surprised when the next day, two police officers knocked on his door. They said someone in the audience had complained that Ahmed had made a joke threatening terrorism, he told a virtual audience hosted by the Arab America Foundation and attended by Arab News.  The pioneer comedian — who has also had ...