Bustan El Zeitoun Extra Virgin Olive Oil Earns Two 2024 Global Awards

Bustan El Zeitoun, an olive oil from the Southern town of Abra, has been rewarded once again at the EVOOLEUM Awards 2024, an international platform whose aim is to ensure production efficiency and meticulous selection through a stringent and impartial methodology led by an esteemed panel of experts in extra virgin olive oil. This year, Bustan El Zeitoun coveted Quality Award as a top-tier producer of limited production extra virgin olive oil at the EVOOLEUM…

Lebanon Ranks Second to Last in The 2024 Global Happiness

In this year's edition of The World Happiness Report, Lebanon received a score of 2.7, the second worst score before Afghanistan. Lebanon ranked 142nd out of 143 countries, and is the least happy country in the Middle East after Yemen, Egypt & Jordan. I did not find Syria in the report but Palestine even scored better than us with everything happening there. The World Happiness Report then averages the score from life evaluations per country…
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The Catastrophic Health Effects of Diesel Generators in Lebanon

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The rate of carcinogenic pollutants in Lebanon’s atmosphere has doubled since 2017 according to an AUB study and cancer rates have witnessed an increase of up to 30% since 2016. While there are several factors ...
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The Lebanese American University Turns 100

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I completed my bachelor degree at the American University of Beirut and my Masters of Business Administration at the Lebanese American University. I’m proud to have graduated from these two prestigious academic institutions, and it’s ...
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Ontario Restaurant Dedicated to Fallen Lebanese-Canadian Trooper Marc Diab

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Marc Diab was originally from Ain Ebel South Lebanon before he immigrated to Canada with his family and decided to join the Canadian army. He always dreamt though of opening a restaurant next to his ...
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Did Fairouz Refuse to Perform in Saudi Arabia?

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Last year around the same time, rumours spread that Fairouz had turned down an offer to take part in Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Season and this year we’re hearing again about Fairouz turning down a very ...
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Lebanese Ramy Naouss is Running 110km Barefoot in Dubai

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Ramy Naouss is a cancer survivor and an influencer who has accomplished amazing feats of physical strength and endurance in the past few years. Last year, he broke a Guinness World Record for the longest ...
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A 1968 Fairouz Song is Going Viral

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A 1968 play by the Rahbani brothers featured a song entitled “سافرت القضية” whose lyrics describe to a great extent the current Gaza war and how the World is staying quiet while innocent people are ...
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Beirut’s Untold Stories

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I discovered an amazing Instagram account sharing the raw untold stories of Beirut’s People. The account came to my attention after one of their stories went viral, the story of an old man talking about ...
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Lebanese-British Farah Dakhlallah is The New NATO Spokeswoman

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has appointed this week Farah Dakhlallah as the new NATO spokesperson. Farah had worked before as a communications manager at the WHO and an Arabic spokeswoman for the UK Foreign ...
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