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Baladi

Zaatar W Zeit Opens a Second Branch in Vancouver, Canada

3 months ago
Zaatar W Zeit appears to be doing quite well in Canada as they just opened their second branch in Vancouver on Park Royal, with the first open back in 2019 in Downtown Vancouver. I was ...
BeirutBlast

Beirut Blast Update: Arrest Warrants Dropped For Youssef Fenianos & Ali Hassan Khalil

3 months ago
The Beirut blast investigation was dealt yet another blow this week after Judge Suleiman of the Court of Cassation suspended the arrests warrants issued against former ministers Youssef Fenianos, and Ali Hassan Khalil. Back in ...
Baladi

Canada Prime Minister Announces First Ever Lebanese Heritage Month

5 months ago
Justin Trudeau, Canada’s Prime Minister, issued a statement yesterday announcing the beginning of the very first Lebanese Heritage Month, “a time to recognize and honour the contributions of Lebanese Canadians to the country we proudly ...
Lebanon

Israeli Shelling Has Destroyed Over 40,000 Olive Trees in South Lebanon

5 months ago
Few months back, I was posting about the gold medal awarded for Darmmess, an olive oil proudly produced in the village of Deir Mimas located South of Lebanon. Today, the olive oil harvest in Der ...
Lebanon

Can You Use Starlink in Lebanon?

5 months ago
It was announced last year that Starlink, Elon Musk’s satellite internet constellation, will launch in Lebanon and I read some people might already be using it and even procuring equipment via Cyprus, but this is ...
Food

Babel Restaurant Now Open at Dubai Mall

7 months ago
One of Lebanon’s finest restaurants has recently opened a luxurious branch at Dubai Mall. Babel, which was previously at La Mer Dubai has relocated and opened on Dubai Mall’s Fashion Avenue. The new location is ...
Baladi

Check Out Alfie App: Teach Your Kids Arabic The Fun Way!

7 months ago
Teaching kids the Arabic Language can be quite challenging nowadays, especially when everything around us is in English or French. This is true for locals and even more for expats whose children don’t even get ...
Humor

Pain D’or Replaced Rainbow Cakes With Sunset Cakes

7 months ago
After being targeted for promoting LGBT rights through rainbow cakes by a bunch of bigoted ignorants, Pain D’or released a rather disappointing statement and has recently decided to replace its rainbow cakes with sunset cakes. ...
Critiques

So Long Sayrafa, Hello Bloomberg!

7 months ago
Riad Salameh is gone and so is his shady exchange platform “Sayrafa”. Instead, the Council of Ministers has agreed to adopt a new Bloomberg-operated platform for dollar trading, which is expected to reflect the actual ...
Lebanon

Sprinter Aziza Sbaity Was Once Questioned Over Her Lebanese Passport at The Airport

7 months ago
Imagine being the country’s fastest female sprinter and one of its most celebrated athletes, and being interrogated at the airport by a security officer and questioned over the validity of your Lebanese passport. That’s what ...
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