“Marqet”: Lebanon’s First Blind-friendly Supermarket

On September 27, the Lebanese NGO Red Oak launched in collaboration with the Youth Association of the Blind , at the “Marqet” supermarket on the Koraytem main road, Beirut, its “Red Oak Blind-Friendly Market” project which continues the NGO's recent cultural project aiming at facilitating the entrance of the blind and visually-impaired persons to museums in Lebanon. This new initiative has resulted so far in 5 employees of "Marqet" being trained during a two-day workshop to guide…

Ottawa Names Street After St. Charbel

During Patriach Rai's visit to Canada, he visited Ottawa where one of the largest Lebanese communities live, and celebrated the renaming of a section of Donald Street in Ottawa to St. Charbel Way4 . Ottawa's Saint Charbel Parish is located on that same street . Celebrations and fire works followed the event. Here's a video.
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Lebanese Judo Champion Nacif Elias Defeats World Number One

6 years ago
Lebanese-Brazilian Judo Champion Nacif Elias was taking part in the 2018 World Judo Championships and made headlines when he knocked out the world number one Aleksandar KUKOLJ in his first fight. Unfortunately, he lost in ...
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AUB Ranked First in MENA Region & 45th Worldwide in Graduates Employability

6 years ago
The American University of Beirut has been ranked the best in the MENA region and is ranked #45 among all universities worldwide for the employability of its graduates. This criterion measures the proportion of graduates ...
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#Lebanon is too Diverse for a Single Trip – Video by Tolt is Out

6 years ago
So the famous French travel vlogger Tolt did end up releasing a “Don’t go to #Lebanon” and it looks pretty cool! However, it did feel like watching the “Rise Above Lebanon” tourism video with all ...
Architecture

Lebanese Aline Asmar d’Amman to Redesign Tour Eiffel’s Iconic “Le Jules Verne”

6 years ago
Beirut-born architect and founder of Culture in Architecture Aline Asmar d’Amman was recently tasked with redesigning one of Paris’ most iconic restaurants, Le Jules Verne, which is situated on level two of the iconic Eiffel ...
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Replacing Plastic Bags by Reusable Bags

6 years ago
Waste Less Lebanon has recently launched its BYOB (Bring Your Own Bag) initiative in an attempt to reduce plastic bags use and replace them with reusable bags. The NGO is selling LAL tote reusable bags ...
Automotive

Red Bull CPD Regional Finals Coming back to #Beirut on September 23!

6 years ago
After seven years, Red Bull Car Park Drift regional finals are coming back to Beirut and will take place on Sunday the 23rd of September, starting 12:00, in the Parking lot adjacent to Beirut’s Martyrs’ ...
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Check Out Karantina’s Kickass Play Garden

6 years ago
Following my article on the lack of outdoor playgrounds in Lebanon, I received an email regarding an award-winning initiative undertaken by two landscape architects Zeina Kronfol & Pamela Haydamous who redesigned the old Karantina public ...
Automotive

Abdo Feghali Impressive Run Earns Him 4th Spot at 2018 Red Bull Drift Shifters

6 years ago
The 2018 edition of Red Bull Drift Shifters took place this year in Liverpool and Abdo Feghali “Dado” pulled an impressive run to end up in fourth spot overall, and one of four drivers to ...
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