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#MannequinChallenge Hits Beirut
9 years agoThe Mannequin Challenge is basically an internet video where people remain frozen while a video is being recorded. It only started trending few weeks ago but we already have a couple of #MannequinChallenge videos in ...
Critiques
As if We Needed More Traffic in the Morning
9 years agoThere was a huge traffic on the way back to Jounieh surprisingly this morning, all because they were hanging a banner or a poster on the highway! It took them around 40 minutes to realize ...
Fun
Tomorrow’s Supermoon is The Largest and Brightest Since 1948
9 years agoTomorrow’s moon will be the closest and brightest moon this year and the largest since 1948. It also won’t come this close to Earth again until November 25, 2034. A super-moon occurs when a full ...
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In Pictures: The 2016 Beirut Marathon
9 years agoOver 40,000 took part in this year’s edition of the Beirut Marathon. The organization was much better than last year and I loved the setup on Martyrs Square. Thousands were running for the first time, ...
Critiques
Pictures Showing Construction Works at Ramlet el Baida
9 years agoBack in June, excavators were spotted destroying one of the entrances to Beirut’s legendary coastline and pictures circulating today clearly show construction works on the shore. Beirut’s last public beach is being turned into a ...
History
Lebanon at the Disco Dance Finals in 1980
9 years agoI have no idea how my friend Mark dug out this video but it’s pretty cool. There was a Lebanese participant at the the 1980 Disco Dance World Finals called Henri Daou. I have no ...
Art
Lebanon’s National Library is Open Till November 20
9 years agoThe rehabilitation project of the National Library is supposedly complete but it won’t be opening (officially) anytime soon because the cabinet has yet to appoint an executive board and director. Nevertheless, there’s an ongoing exhibition ...
Architecture
Issam Fares Institute (AUB) Wins 2016 Aga Khan Award for Architecture
9 years agoThe US$1 million Aga Khan Award for Architecture is considered to be one of the most important awards in the field and is awarded every three years to projects that “are judged to set new ...
Fun
Laila Abdel Latif Also Predicted Hillary Clinton’s Presidential Victory
9 years agoI never had a doubt that Abdel Latif’s predictions are total B.S but she became a laughing stock following Lebanon’s presidential elections and now the US. I think it’s about time Abel Latif’s show and ...
Critiques
Environment Minister is Blaming Syrian Refugees For Rising Air Pollution
9 years agoThere’s no doubt that Lebanon is facing an environmental emergency due to the presence of over one million Syrian refugees, but to claim that one of the key reasons for that is the Syrian crisis ...