Lebanon

The Office of the Supreme Religious Authority, His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, in Beirut, Lebanon, has celebrated the blessed birth anniversary of Imam Ali Al-Ridha, peace be upon him. Shia Waves correspondent attended the joyous ceremonies and…

May 9th, the all India survey recently released some new shocking statistics. Enrollment of Muslim students in higher education in India dropped by 8% during the academic year 2020-2021, with Uttar Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir experiencing the highest declines,…

The Office of Grand Ayatollah Shirazi in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, has launched its Ramadan food packs distribution campaign to disadvantaged families and students of religious sciences. The office’s administration said in a statement to Shia Waves Agency that, “As…

The accelerated collapse of the Lebanese economy is a surreal scene, according to the prominent Lebanese economist, Hassan Moukalled. It is unbelievable that a country with 30 billion dollars in foreign exchange reserves would witness such a collapse within three…

As the blessed month of Ramadan begins, the financial crisis in Lebanon, now in its fourth year, worsens, residents will face a new set of difficulties and increased food insecurity. The Lebanese lira has lost more than 98 percent of…

The Iraqi Council of Ministers decided to lift entry visa fees for Lebanese coming to Iraq, and to exempt Gulf nationals from entry visas for an additional month. The director of the official Iraqi TV office in Beirut, Amin Nasser,…

The representative of the Supreme Religious Authority, His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, Hujjat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen, Sheikh Jalal Ma’ash, expressed his happiness and joy over the blessed births of AhlulBayet, peace be upon them. Sheikh Ma’ash participated in…

Hojjat al-Islam Sheikh Ali Yassin, head of the Scholars Forum of Soor city in southern Lebanon, recommended officials of his country to read the Letter of Imam Ali (peace be upon him) to Malik Ashtar, and to follow the Messenger…

The United Nations on Wednesday (Jan 24) inscribed an ancient city and its dam in war-torn Yemen and a futurist park in cash-strapped Lebanon on its world heritage list. The UN cultural agency listed both as world heritage sites in…

Lebanon’s first ever Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Acute Food Insecurity Analysis predicts that the situation will deteriorate between January and April this year, with 2.26 million people – 1.46 million Lebanese residents and around 800,000 refugees – expected…