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Najib
Aug 22, 2023 11:00
Our Education Minister has unveiled a dangerous conspiracy aimed at promoting homosexuality to Lebanese children through the "Snakes & Ladders" Game. The game which is presented within the "Kitabi - My Book", a project funded by the US Agency for International Development , was confiscated from all public schools. The minister's decision was a personal one and he justified it as to "avoid any confusion". By confusion, I suppose he meant turning lesbian or gay…
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Najib
Aug 21, 2023 04:32
Lebanon's former Central Bank governor left his office with a Zaffé and is nowhere to be found ever since. He's supposedly still in the country given the travel bans imposed on him and international arrest warrants issued to his name, but he could have snuck out for all we know. In fact, and according to a recent article by Financial Times, Salameh dubbed 'The magician', has "allegedly crafted his own protection. Having left the BdL…
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Najib
Aug 20, 2023 05:23
Back in 2014, a judge bravely dismissed a case against a transgender woman on the basis that article 534, which prohibits sexual relations that “contradict the laws of nature”, cannot be used against homosexuals. This marked a small yet short-lived win for the LGBTQ+ community in Lebanon. In fact, personal freedoms have been on the decline in past years in Lebanon and the LGBTQ+ community has come under attack recently by several political and religious…
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Najib
Aug 20, 2023 05:06
Media people invited to cover the Amr Diab Concert apparently had to a sign a memo forbidding them from sharing any negative comments on the event, on Amr Diab, Rodge and the organizers. The memo which was circulating on Twitter today clearly states that the organizers have the right to remove any post they don't approve of without any prior warning. I don't recall ever seeing such a memo at any concert held in Beirut…
Lebanon
7 months ago
International Basketball Week is taking place from August 17 till August 20th in Abu Dhabi and Lebanon is one of six teams taking part in this week, in addition to the US team, Greece, Germany, ...
Baladi
8 months ago
This week marks the feast of the assumption of Mary, a feast celebrated mainly by Catholic Churches around the world. The assumption of Mary or (عيد السيده) is a very special in Lebanese villages mainly ...
Economics
8 months ago
Alvarez & Marsal just completed its first preliminary forensic audit of the Lebanese Central Bank. The audit company was supposed to deliver its initial audit report in September 2022, but difficulties in collecting information and ...
Lebanon
8 months ago
Reuters Iraq Bureau Chief reported this morning that the U.S. Treasury has sanctioned former Lebanese central bank governor Riad Salameh, along with his brother Raja, his son Nadi, his aide Marianne Howayek and his lover ...
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