Posted By
Najib
May 25, 2023 02:12
The Nicolas Ibrahim Sursock Museum was one of many cultural & historic sites significantly damaged by the August 4 explosion. In fact, over 600 building having heritage status, concentrated in the historic districts of Gemmayzeh and Mar Mikhael, were affected by the explosion. The museum had to close as a result but after relentless work for the past two years with the help of the International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas…
Posted By
Najib
May 20, 2023 01:34
The French Judiciary issued an international arrest warrant for Lebanon's central bank governor Riad Salameh after failing to appear at a hearing in Paris. Salameh was being investigated for his alleged involvement in a suspected embezzlement case of $330 million in money transfers to an offshore company between 2002 and 2015. Salameh has always denied any wrongdoings, but a French judge issued an arrest warrant to his name after he failed to appear in a…
Baladi
11 months ago
Lila TV is the first ever Lebanese YouTube channel of its kind, founded in 2017 and creating beautifully animated videos of our favorite childhood songs, such as “Tiri Tiri ya 3asfoura”, “3andi Bissi esma Sissi”, ...
Food
11 months ago
Just when I thought I heard all sorts of stories about Lebanese expats, I find out one of the weirdest and most twisted of all: The Burger Baron, the first drive-in chain in Western Canada, ...
Baladi
11 months ago
Victor Guillermin, at only 17 years of age, has become the second climber only to ascend Lebanon’s most challenging rock climb: Baatara Gorge, also known as Avaatara. David Lama is the only other climber to ...
Lebanon
11 months ago
Lebanon lost this week one of its greatest musicians, and one of the last few artists from the Rahbani’s golden era. Elie Choueiri passed away at the age of 84, leaving behind a legacy through ...
Lebanon
11 months ago
The new US Embassy campus in Awkar is starting to take shape, as seen from the latest photos shared on the embassy’s FB page following a visit by US Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy C. Shea. ...
Art
11 months ago
A tile in memory of Poet Ounsi el Hage was placed today on the entrance of the building where he once resided for 55 years. Ounsi’s daughter posted on Facebook about it thanking Ounsi’s friends ...
Alcohol
11 months ago
The first time I heard about wine windows was during COVID as many opened such small service shops to keep social distancing while serving customers. However, the tradition goes back to Florence where people in ...
Lebanon
11 months ago
In case you’ve missed this terrible news, a 20-year-old UC Davis Lebanese student was stabbed to death in a city park. Karim Abou Najm was biking home from an academic awards ceremony in Davis when ...
