Dubai, known for the world's tallest building among its iconic skyscrapers, is now set to have the world's tallest metro station, as the United Arab Emirates positions itself as a leading force in the ...

Children warm themselves by the fire at a makeshift camp for displaced Palestinians in the Nahr al-Bared area in Khan ... dozens of others in a multistory building, medics said.

Under fire: in May 2007, a motorcyclist rides past burning tires at the entrance of the Palestinian refugee camp of Bedawi, adjacent to Nahr al-Bared (AFP ... Some of the buildings look like ...

Decade of Despair: The Contested Rebuilding of the Nahr al-Bared Refugee Camp, Lebanon ... Zyck, “Housing Reconstruction as Socio-economic Recovery and State Building: Evidence from Southern Lebanon,” ...

themselves in agreement with government officials to build higher buildings, and modify the structure of UNWRA constructions. Faez I., a young resident of Nahr al-Bared, still lives with his family in ...

On the bustling streets of the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp in northern Lebanon ... another asks about building extensions to their homes. All of them know that Waterford native John Whyte can ...

Virtually destroyed in 2007 amid deadly clashes between Islamist militants and the Lebanese army, a $345-million building project has sought to resurrect Nahr al-Bared, a once-thriving Palestinian ...

On March 25, as part of a tour of the region, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed to prospective donors to help complete the reconstruction of the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian camp.

In 2008 the United Nations Relief & Works Agency embarked on an ambitious project to replace the buildings that had been destroyed. Working alongside the community-based Nahr el-Bared ...

For the past five years, all entrances to Nahr al-Bared have remained encircled by ... This time, Palestinians took over some of the buildings controlled by the army that separate the two sections ...

NAHR AL-BARED, LEBANON (Reuters) - Like the crowds of Palestinian refugees who rattled Israel's border fences this week, Subhia Loubani yearns to return to the homeland she had to flee when the ...