Syrian Christian Refugees in Lebanon Have Little to Celebrate This Season - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Fernande van Tets

Dec 24, 2012

A Syrian refugee girl looks from behind a plastic sheet inside the makeshift tent where she temporarily lives with her family in Bar Elias village in the Bekaa valley December 13, 2012.REUTERS/ Jamal Saidi (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) — A Syrian refugee girl looks from behind a plastic sheet inside the makeshift tent where she temporarily lives with her family in Bar Elias village in the Bekaa Valley, Dec. 13, 2012. — REUTERS/ Jamal Said

Tourists walk across the Millennium Bridge near the Tate Modern in London March 12, 2012. London will host the Olympics Games this summer. Picture taken March 12, 2012. REUTERS/Kieran Doherty (BRITAIN - Tags: TRAVEL CITYSPACE SPORT OLYMPICS) ATTENTION EDITORS - PICTURE 2 OF 20 FOR PACKAGE 'SCENIC LONDON 2012' - RTR2ZWN2

Lebanese Abstract Artist Opens At Tate Modern

Fernande van Tets

Fernande van Tets

Italian Conductor Umberto Benedetti Michel Angeli conducts the Lebanese National Symphony Orchestra during a concert at the al-Bustan Festival in Beit-Mery near Beirut on February 20, 2001. Michel Angeli treated the opening night crowd to a selection of time-honoured classics including Vivaldi's Four Seasons and a little bit of Mozart.

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How National Is the Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra?

Fernande van Tets

Fernande van Tets

ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF INJURY AND DEATH

The body of a young Tunisian man, who set himself on fire, is seen at the main street of the capital Tunis March 12, 2013. The man set himself on fire on Tuesday in a gesture recalling the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi, whose death ignited a revolt in Tunisia that echoed across the Arab world. Security forces and bystanders tried to extinguish the flames before the man was rushed to hospital, witnesses said. The reason for his action

Self-Immolation Reminds Tunisians Of Dashed Hopes

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Fernande van Tets

Officials count ballots after polls closed at a polling station in Amman January 23, 2013. Polling stations opened on Wednesday in Jordanian elections boycotted by the Muslim Brotherhood, which says the electoral system is rigged in favour of tribal areas and against the large urban centres. Eyewitnesses reported queues of about a dozen people apiece at several polling stations across the kingdom just before the polls opened at 7 a.m. (0400 GMT). REUTERS/Muhammad Hammad (JORDAN - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)

Jordanians Head to the Polls With Little Enthusiasm

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Fernande van Tets