On Tuesday, the cabinet increased the minimum wage to LL700,000 from LL500,000. It also raised by LL200,000 the wages of workers earning less than LL1 million. As for those who earn between LL1 million and ...

I’ve been hearing this song at all weddings I went to this summer. It’s apparently the latest and best Dabke song but I don’t understand a single word he’s saying even though it’s Lebanese. The ...

BlogBaladi took part in the report BBC did on the internet in Lebanon as I was interviewed by Howard Johnson on that matter few weeks back. Surprisingly though, they did not include anything I said ...

Lebanon has banned a screening of Iranian documentary “Red, White and the Green,” which deals with violence in the weeks before the 2009 presidential election, an organizer announced Sunday. “Lebanese censorship authorities on Friday informed ...

I finally went to see Nadine Labaki’s movie yesterday and I absolutely loved it! It is by far the best movie I’ve seen this year and the best Lebanese movie ever produced. The characters, the ...

Because of yesterday’s incident, the Beirut inspection center located in Hadath is closed now until further notice. [Link] The thing that’s puzzling about this incident is that the car owner is paying someone 50$ to ...

Do you see what I see? ...

Why did the fight erupt? Because some guy’s car did not pass inspection even though “the broker, identified as Mohammad Ali Khatoun, had asked clerks at the center to “allow” the car of Habib Jaafar ...

What’s with the Hitler mustache and Nazi salute? PS: Sorry for the bad picture, but that’s the only one I could take. ...

Apple’s Steve Jobs dies at 56. ...