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Lebanon’s First International Top Model Featured On Vogue Arabia Cover

4 years ago
Andrée Acouri is Lebanon’s first ever international top model. She modeled in the 60s and 70s, was featured on several fashion & lifestyle magazines, and has walked the runway shows for Dior, Yves Saint Laurent, ...
Elections2022

#YallaRegister: 100K Lebanese Expats Have Registered So Far!

4 years ago
The voter registration for the 2022 elections was open on October 1st 2021 and we just crossed the 100K registrations milestone today, which is higher than the 2018 elections but still relatively low. I was ...
Middle East

Civil Marriage Now Allowed in Abu Dhabi

4 years ago
The UAE has issued a new law regulating personal status matters for non-Muslims and applying civil principles in organizing family cases. In other words, non-muslims will be allowed to marry, divorce and get joint child ...
Critiques

Lebanon’s New Tourism Slogan: “Crazy Love” (بحبّك بجنونك)

4 years ago
The Lebanese Tourism Minister unveiled yesterday a new slogan (بحبّك بجنونك) to secure tourists back into visiting Lebanon. The slogan translates into “I love you in your madness” or “Crazy Love” and Minister Nassar wants ...
Baladi

US President Appoints Sara Minkara as US Special Advisor on International Disability Rights

4 years ago
Sara Minkara, a Lebanese-American originally from Tripoli, has just been appointed the U.S. Special Advisor on International Disability Rights. This role which was created by President Barack Obama is “critical to ensuring that U.S. diplomacy ...
Information

The Daily Star Staff Were Laid Off, Newspaper To Shut Down

4 years ago
The Daily Star staff were all laid off today via email and the newspaper is set to shut down. The news has been a long time coming as there hasn’t been any new publication since ...
Health

COVID Vaccination Update: ONLY 28.7% of Lebanese are Fully Vaccinated

4 years ago
Lebanon’s vaccination campaign against COVID-19 was launched on January 27 2021, and the former Public Health Minister had promised 80% of the population would be fully vaccinated by the end of the year. Instead, Lebanon ...
Animals & Wildlife

Feeding Stations For Stray Animals: An Initiative by “Save Our Strays”

4 years ago
Despite having several animal shelters working tirelessly to take care of abused and abandoned animals, stray animals are still a big problem in Lebanon as there’s a huge lack of awareness among the public and ...
Critiques

President Aoun Offers Unconvincing Reasons To Return Amended Electoral Law

4 years ago
The Lebanese parliament agreed to cancel the unjust 6 diaspora seats and set an earlier date for the 2022 elections on the 27th of March, instead of holding them during May. However, the president has ...
Information

Must-Read: Carol Ayat’s End-To-End Solution to the Energy Crisis in Lebanon

4 years ago
The only way to solve Lebanon’s power crisis is to have the right people in the right place, but unfortunately we’ve had incompetent and/or corrupt people managing this sector for the past decade or more, ...
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