Critiques
What Are We Parading For?
13 hours agoWe all love and respect our Lebanese Army, we all cherish our country and want to celebrate its Independence but I don’t understand why are we still holding the yearly parades? Our army needs money, ...
Architecture
First Aerial Pictures of the Jal el Dib Bridge
2 days agoThe Lebanese Contractor Magazine shared earlier today few aerial pictures of the new Jal el Dib bridge. The first part is almost complete while the second is on its way. Whether they will ease traffic ...
Critiques
EDZ No More?
2 days agoYesterday, the parliament decided against extending the old concession EDZ had been given and instead endorsed a two-year operation contract. For those of you who don’t know, EDZ was established in 1927 and is the ...
Critiques
What Happened to Rafic Hariri’s Planned Garden in Beirut?
3 days agoI spotted this sign for the first time six years ago maybe if not more, and yet there’s still no garden there and not even a sign that they might be working on one. The ...
Food
Le Sushi Bar Opening in DT Beirut for its 21st Anniversary
3 days agoOne of Beirut’s oldest and finest Sushi restaurants, Le Sushi Bar, is opening a new branch to celebrate its 21st anniversary in DownTown Beirut right behind Starco building. Le Sushi Bar has been open since ...
Critiques
What Happens to the Water Bottles at the #Beirut Marathon?
4 days agoA lot of people yesterday during the Beirut Marathon become all of environmentally conscious and started sharing pictures of discarded water bottles on the side of the road. Tens of thousands of runners join the ...
Economics
Lebanon’s Gross Public Debt In First Half of 2018 is Higher Than All of Last Year’s Debt
5 days agoDuring 2017, Lebanon’s gross public debt hit $3.76 billion. During the first half of 2018 only, the gross public debt grew by $3.4 billion, vs $1.6 billion in the same period of 2017. Overall, Lebanon’s ...
Critiques
AUB’s Outlook Team Thinks Homophobia is an Opinion
5 days agoLast week, I saw a couple of homophobic articles published in AUB’s Outlook paper being shared by ex-AUBites including one of Outlook’s ex-Editor in Chief. One of the articles tackles the “elusive search for a ...
Alcohol
Two Lebanese Gins Worth Trying
6 days agoFor all gin fans in Lebanon, there are currently two Lebanese gins in the market, The Three Brothers Gin and Jun Lebanese Gin. 3Brothers gin was created by a group of Lebanese bartenders after years ...
Architecture
What’s Really Happening to Lycee Abdul Kader?
6 days agoDestroying heritage buildings and houses, green spaces, public beaches has become an unfortunate trend in past years in Beirut, and the latest victim might me the old Lycee Abdul Kader building. I don’t know how ...