spring in Lebanon

photos by Lola Gavin

Spring in Lebanon is hard to beat. Origanum syriacum, the main ingredient of Bassatin Bannoub's za'atar mix which we are importing from Lebanon, is flourishing. Broom and irises are flowering in the mountains. For walkers interested in botany, the sheer variety of wild flowers in Lebanon is breathtaking.

photo by LMT

hiking in the mountains

The Lebanon Mountain Trail stretches from the north to the south of the country. The hiking trail covers 470km, and was set up to protect the beauty of the land, as well as providing an income for those who live in such remote areas of the country. If the walkers amongst you need new terrain to cover, their website guides you through the many choices of walks on offer and practicalities such as where to stay.

when going green isn't a choice

photo from Partners With Sun

A business in Lebanon, Partners With Sun, have invented an oven for a bakery which can run off solar panels.

Six years in the making, the project is capitalising on Lebanon's sun, and providing a solution for a business needing to keep bread affordable.

Euro news's report shows the ingenuity of this Lebanese business helping bakeries go green.

Lebanon's inflation is eye-watering. Now at 264%, an increase of 74% since February. Food and drink is at 352%, up from 261% in February.

where is home?

An increasingly complicated question for the many Armenians in Lebanon. A beautiful article in L'Orient Today commemorating the forgotten Armenian genocide highlights the tragedy of their history. Madeline Edwards interviews Armenians in Anjar who consider if Lebanon's economic crisis will force them to flee their homes again.