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World Happiness Report 2019: Lebanon Ranked #91 WorldWide, #6 in Arab World
6 years agoThe World Happiness Report is a landmark survey of the state of global happiness that ranks 156 countries by how happy their citizens perceive themselves to be. The report is produced by the United Nations ...
Baladi
#BikeToWork on April 17!
6 years agoOn April 17 and for the third year in a row, The Chain Effect is organizing a Bike to Work event under the Patronage of the Ministry of the Environment, with the support of the ...
Critiques
Students & Activists Protest During Lecture By World Bank VP at AUB
6 years agoAUB students and activists interrupted a lecture by the World Bank’s Vice President to protest against the Bisri Dam. I wrote about this topic a month ago and was curious as to why the World ...
Critiques
Make The Grand Serail Wheelchair Accessible
6 years agoUpdate: It looks like Marc’s concerns were finally heard. [link] Back in December 2018, three lawsuits were filed through Legal Agenda against the state for disrespecting its obligations in matters of accessibility of public spaces. ...
Automotive
Uber Set to Buy Careem
6 years agoI heard rumors about this acquisition few months back and it looks like it’s finally happening. According to Bloomberg, Endadget and several other sources, “Uber is set to announce a $3.1 billion cash-and-share deal to ...
Advertising
Almaza’s Brilliant Mother’s Day Ads 2014-2019
6 years agoAlmaza’s ads have almost always been brilliant for all occasions. This year’s Mother’s Day ad was quite awesome but I tracked down their ads since 2014 and I still prefer the 2017 one more. Which ...
Health
Mongolian-Lebanese: It’s Time to Tell the Difference
6 years agoMarch 21 is celebrated as Mother’s Day in Lebanon but it’s also World Down Syndrome day. For this sake, the Lebanese Down Syndrome Association released a powerful awareness video to shed light on this cause ...
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Mother’s Day: A Painful Day For Mothers of the Disappeared
6 years agoGeorges was 22 when he was kidnapped as he was on his way to a business meeting in west Beirut on December 30, 1983. Marie looked for him everywhere but never found him. IMM AZIZ ...
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Beirut Ranks #184 Worldwide, 9th out of 11 Regionally in 2019 Quality of Living Report
6 years agoThe Mercer 2019 Quality of living report is out and Beirut ranked (184) right after Khartoum (227) and Damascus (225) regionally while Dubai (74) continues to rank highest for quality of living across the Middle ...
Critiques
Corruption at Lebanese Customs Agencies Costing Almost 1 Billion Dollars Yearly
6 years ago“Beirut port in a storm over corruption”: That was the title of an article dated October 2012 when Al Jadeed reported on what it called rampant corruption cases at the Port’s Customs Department, saying it ...