Posted By
Najib
Jan 29, 2017 02:22
Dalia Freifer officially broke today the Guinness World Record for the longest Live TV Broadcast when she interviewed 91 guests from Saturday morning till Sunday morning. She received the certificate for the 12-hour benchmark in which she spoke with 43 media and civil society personalities. It is worth noting that Dalia lost her eye sight when she was 18 but that didn't stop her from pursuing her dream. Upon receiving the award, Freifer dedicated it…
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Najib
Jan 25, 2017 01:50
The French Institute in Beirut is organizing tomorrow January 26th an open event entitled “la Nuit des idées” from 6PM till midnight at the French Embassy in Beirut where people from different backgrounds will be debating over the theme “un monde commun” through different topics. I will be taking part as a speaker under the theme “Quelle place pour la liberté d’expression sur les réseaux sociaux ?” or “Where does freedom of speech stand on…
Baladi
9 years ago
I never had the chance to write about Creative Space Beirut but they’ve just been featured on Ozy so I thought this would be a nice opportunity to shed the light on this beautiful and ...
Baladi
9 years ago
The bike sharing system is spreading across Lebanon. Beirut got its first bike sharing station two days ago and Byblos followed today. Let’s hope that this project will expand outside Beirut to include all of ...
Baladi
9 years ago
Two years after receiving the largest single donation ($32 million) in its 147-year history donation, the American University of Beirut received this week an even bigger donation presented by the Semaan Foundation. The amount of ...
Automotive
9 years ago
We finally have a bike sharing system in Beirut thanks to efforts from Jawad Sbeity in collaboration with Beirut’s governor Ziad Chebib and Beirut’s municipality. The first sample station was set up yesterday near Le ...
Baladi
9 years ago
Check out this beautiful drone footage taken over the majestic Mount Sannine by Ziad Orfali. There’s also a GOPRO footage skiing down “Al Bahsa” slope. Enjoy! ...
Baladi
9 years ago
Check out these beautiful shots that I took from inside the iconic Al Kassouf Hotel in Shweir, which was built in the 1930s and damaged during the war. According to a 2013 post on Shweir.com, ...
Art
9 years ago
Marquis Lewis, known as Retna, is an American contemporary street artist of African-American, El Salvadorian and Cherokee descent. During the holidays, Loft Investments by Ayad Nasser in partnership with curator19.90 flew in Retna to Beirut ...
Baladi
9 years ago
Minister Nicolas Sehnaoui served as a Minister of Telecommunications between June 2011 and February 2014 yet unlike most ministers, he didn’t fade away when his term ended but on the contrary has become even more ...
