Articles by Reem Haddad

Living in Lebanon is like watching a dramatic thriller unfold. At times it’s exciting, at other times heart-wrenching or just petrifying.

In the last of her monthly letters Reem Haddad returns to the murder that has obsessed her nation.

Faced with her daughter’s pioneering of a new language built from Arabic, French and English, Reem Haddad tears her hair out.

Gentrification has hit the oldest areas of Beirut, to Reem Haddad’s great chagrin.

The triumphant return of a warlord sees Reem Haddad lamenting people’s short memories.

Arab women have suddenly started appearing on reality TV, to Reem Haddad’s surprise.

The same faces are back, and Reem Haddad can’t believe what she’s seeing.

Explosions rock Beirut, prompting in Reem Haddad fears of the bad old days of civil war.

After years of self-censoring silence, Reem Haddad says goodbye to the Syrians.

Reem Haddad remembers the man seen by many as the father of the nation.

Letter from Lebanon The country has become a playroom for ‘Gulfies’, as Reem Haddad explains.

Tribute to a survivor of the Armenian genocide, by Reem Haddad.

Shadi was a boy living on the street when Reem Haddad first tried to help him get an education. But then he disappeared. What has happened to him since?

Reem Haddad celebrates the remarkable life of a British woman who became a local legend

When a Peruvian woman's children were kidnapped by their Lebanese father, Reem Haddad was asked to intervene.

How Beirut has learned to love liposuction and tummy tucks, by Reem Haddad.

The power of proverbs, by Reem Haddad.

Detainees return from Israel after 16 years, witnessed by Reem Haddad.

How government offices finally discovered computers, by Reem Haddad.

The al Jazeera satellite TV station has changed Arab people’s perception of the world. Its runaway success has spawned a host of imitators, as Reem Haddad explains.

Why educated women are deciding to take the veil, by Reem Haddad.

mail-order Russian brides are all the rage in Beirut, according to Reem Haddad.

Reem Haddad is thoroughly sick of profit-hungry politicians in her Letter from Lebanon.

a Palestinian hero’s enduring legacy, by Reem Haddad

Reem Haddad trails exploited Ethiopian and Sri Lankan maids in Beirut.

A Syrian teacher who uses TV to teach Golan Heights children talks to Reem Haddad.

My grandparents’ grave and the rancour of civil war, by Reem Haddad.

Letter from Lebanon – how a woman in the Bekaa Valley started producing fine wine, by Reem Haddad.

Local hunters have been converted to conservation, as Reem Haddad explains.

Reem Haddad on how Hizbullah women stand by wounded resistance fighters.

How refugees rejected by banks are going it alone, by Reem Haddad.

A Hizbullah martyr in the making talks to Reem Haddad.

In her Letter from Lebanon, Reem Haddad meets the man who has recreated every detail of his lost Palestinian village.

Reem Haddad’s Letter from Lebanon.

Reem Haddad’s Letter from Lebanon

Reem Haddad uncovers Ariel Sharon’s brutal past in Letter from Lebanon.