Lebanese Health Ministry To Cover Breast Reconstruction Operations

Lebanon's Health Minister announced on October 1 that the government will "cover the expenses of breast reconstruction operations after mastectomies for patients benefiting from the ministry’s services". This means that Lebanese women without private insurance will no longer have to pay for breast reconstruction surgery following mastectomy operations. October is International Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Cancer cases are unfortunately increasing in Lebanon, with over 8,000 people being diagnosed every year. Abu Faour’s announcement comes ahead…

14 Stunning Night Shots by Georges Boutros

George Boutros is an amateur yet passionate night sky photographer who has been dedicating a lot of time and effort for his hobby. A month ago, he was telling us about his new project which was capturing the Galactic Center of the Milky Way in one composition with the Lebanese coast, and the amount of paperwork he had to go through to be able to shoot from the “Palms Island Natural Reserve” which is located…
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ASHEKMAN Unveil Their Largest Calligraffiti Mural Ever in Kuwait City

9 years ago
ASHEKMAN were off to Kuwait city this weekend to unveil their newest and largest calligraffiti mural ever as part of the city’s urban cultural week. The #Grandizer mural is ASHEKMAN’s first building mural as well ...
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Poppins Malik el Cornflakes

9 years ago
Poppins is set to break two Guinness World Records this weekend in Jounieh: The largest cereal box and the largest cereal breakfast. For that purpose they are organizing an event with live entertainment and activities ...
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Ana Mech Fenneneh: Bghanne Bi Sawte Mech Bi Hazzit Khasre

9 years ago
I love that song, I love the artist, the lyrics and the message behind it. It’s quite sad that real talent is never highlighted properly in this country while so-called artists get all the hype ...
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Lebanese Game Cooks VR game HOVR Among The 15 Finalists at The Google Play Indie Games Festival

9 years ago
Game Cooks is a Lebanese-based mobile game developer and they’ve been coming up with cool games since 2011. They’re the ones behind the Run for peace game, Birdy Nam Nam, Escape from Paradise and they ...
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World’s Oldest Scale Found Near Kfaraabida, North Lebanon (Via Beirut Report)

9 years ago
The world’s oldest scale beam as well as other fascinating archaeological finds are currently on display at the American University of Beirut Archaeology museum. The scale beam “dates back to the early third millennium BC ...
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The 2016 Ghosties Awards: Best #Snapchat Artist of the Year is Lebanese Georgio Bassil

9 years ago
The Ghosties Awards were organized yesterday in the W Hotel Leicester Square in London and Lebanese Georgio Bassil (Snapchat: georgio.copter) won the Snapchat Artist of the Year award. The Ghosties, organized by Snaphappen, is the ...
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Two Lebanese Athletes Competing at The 2016 WKU World Championship Kickboxing

9 years ago
Maroun Abboud & Jennifer Nehmeh are representing Lebanon this year at the WKU World Championship Kickboxing. Maroun is 24 years old and will compete in two categories: Light contact on September 26th and semi-contact on ...
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Google Helping The Clooney Foundation for Justice To Educate Refugee Children in #Lebanon

9 years ago
Georges and Amal Clooney are launching an initiative through “The Clooney Foundation for Justice” to help the 250,000+ refugee children in Lebanon who are not in school. They are getting support from Google, as well ...
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