Lebanese Fouad Maksoud is Stars of Science Season 9’s Winner!!

Stars of Science's Facebook page just updated their cover photo and announced Fouad Maksoud as the Arab world’s top innovator in the season finale of Stars of Science's 9th edition. Fouad and his Nano-shielding Textile Machine became the public and jury favorite, earning him the highest honor on the show. As per the press release I also received, "the online voting from the public, combined with the expert jury vote, earned Fouad Maksoud a score…

Hunting Cartridges Cleanup in Amaz and Eghbeh

Every year, around 25 million shots are fired in Lebanon and the majority, if not all cartridges, are left behind by hunters in forests and mountains. Hunting cartridge is extremely harmful to nature especially the plastic type that could take hundreds of years to decompose and harm crops as well as groundwaters and rivers. For that sake, Live Love Volunteer, Live Love Beirut's Volunteering program, organized a cleanup day with their program partner Live Lebanon…
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Here’s why I’m Voting, and YOU Should Vote, for Lebanese Innovator Fouad Maksoud

6 years ago
Fouad Maksoud is the only remaining Lebanese candidate at this year’s Stars of Science show and is well positioned to win this year’s edition after scoring a whooping 96 for his invention: the highest score ...
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Lebanese Dr. Nawaf Salam Elected as Judge in The International Court of Justice!

7 years ago
The UN General Assembly and Security Council elected four judges on Thursday from an initial pool of six candidates to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which is the highest judicial body in the world. ...
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Google Celebrates Lebanese Legendary Singer & Actress Sabah

7 years ago
If you visit Google today, you’d notice a doodle dedicated to commemorate the life of Sabah, the legendary Lebanese singer who passed away two years ago. Sabah was known as the Shahroura, after a singing ...
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Meet Rabih el Jammal: The First Lebanese Blind person to Run the Beirut Marathon

7 years ago
You obviously have to be extremely fit to run a marathon; you need stamina, endurance, months of training and obviously you need vision. You should be able to see the finish line behind the hills, ...
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It’s Thyme to Celebrate #WorldMankoushehDay

7 years ago
What we decide to eat for breakfast varies greatly from one country to the other and from one person to the other, but I believe the majority of Lebanese agree that nothing tops a Mankousheh ...
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Lebanese Fouad Maksoud Receives Highest Score in #StarsOfScience History!

7 years ago
25-year old AUB Alumunus Fouad Maksoud is representing Lebanon in the Stars of Science show and sharing his expertise in nano-medicine. Maksoud graduated with a master’s degree from the Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture ...
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Lebanon Defeats France, Clinches First Ever Rugby League World Cup Victory

7 years ago
The Cedars team just defeated France 29-18 in Canberra, clinching their first ever Rugby League World Cup victory! I couldn’t find any channel to watch the game but it was Moses’ stunning performance that helped ...
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Pictures + Video: Mar Charbel Shrine inside St. Patrick’s Cathedral

7 years ago
Mar Charbel’s shrine was officially inaugurated yesterday in New York by Lebanon’s Patriarch Mar Bechara Boutros al- Rahi. The shrine was donated by Lebanese businessman Anton Sehnaoui in the name of May & Nabil Sehnaoui. ...
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