Najib

Critiques

Burj Hammoud Landfill Full, Jdeideh Landfill Nearing Capacity: Back to Square One?

7 years ago
Lebanon has been in a rubbish crisis since 2015 and as expected, the cabinet failed to come up with a long-term plan to solve this issue. Instead they expanded a couple of seaside landfills and ...
Critiques

Koura Residents Organizing a Protest against Cement Factories on Feb 4

7 years ago
Koura locals are planning a major protest against the cement factories on February 4. This is not the first protest of its kind as they’ve been demanding for years the government to ban cement exports ...
Critiques

Young Syrian Boy Working as “Shoe Cleaner” in Beirut Found Dead

7 years ago
There’s nothing wrong with forbidding beggars or shoe cleaners from roaming the streets in Beirut, but there’s a way to do so especially when the majority of these people are usually kids. Last week, a ...
Critiques

Fnaydek Municipality Bans Alcohol in Kammou3a Area

7 years ago
The Fnaydek municipality has issued a statement yesterday banning alcohol in the Kammou3a area and asking the municipal police to enforce this decision. This decision comes after and I quote “تفشي ظاهرة شرب الخمور في ...
Critiques

#Lebanon Ranked Among the Five Worst Countries to Live In

7 years ago
Yes we do have a beautiful country where one can ski and swim, party and enjoy some great local dishes, but the quality of every day life in Lebanon has been deteriorating for years now, ...
Critiques

7ara2to Samana: Black Smoke in the skies of Karantina

7 years ago
A 12-meter long art installation representing a flag made of black smoke was placed in Beirut yesterday next to the site of the planned waste incinerator. The flag that was raised symbolizes the black landscape ...
Lebanon

George Nasser, The Tripolitan Pioneer of Lebanese cinema, Dies at Age 91

7 years ago
Lebanon lost yesterday a legendary filmmaker and one of the pioneers of Lebanese cinema, George Nasser. Nasser was the first director to put Lebanon on the map of global movie-making when his movie “Ila Ayn”, ...
Lebanon

What is The Minister of State for Combating Corruption Doing To Fight Corruption?

7 years ago
In a recent interview back in October, the Minister of State for Combating corruption said he had done everything he could to fight corruption with the meager resources he has. He claims that he has ...
Business

Moody’s Downgraded Lebanon’s Credit Rating To Caa1

7 years ago
Mabrouk! We’re three spots away from the lowest ranking awarded by Moody’s. Yesterday, Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded the Government of Lebanon’s issuer ratings to Caa1 and changed the outlook from negative to stable. Here’s ...
Baladi

Capernaum Officially Nominated For a Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award #Oscars2019

7 years ago
For the second year in a row, we have a Lebanese film nominated for an Oscar. This time, Nadine Labaki’s Capernaum was officially nominated for an Oscar under the Best Foreign Language Film category. Labaki ...
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