Posted By
Najib
Jun 06, 2016 09:32
Since I keep sharing news about Lebanese shining abroad, I thought it's about time I brag about my own brother, Dr. Zahi Mitri who was awarded The 2016 Young Investigator Award by the Conquer Cancer Foundation in the United States. "The Young Investigator Award provides funding to promising investigators to encourage and promote quality research in clinical oncology". My younger brother has always been the family genius. He was always at the top of his…
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Najib
May 06, 2016 10:40
The Ministry of Culture officially launched on Wednesday the Virtual National Museum of Modern Art in Lebanon. This is the first museum of its kind in Lebanon and will feature over 800 artworks including paintings and sculptures from different Lebanese artists. I was invited to Rome for a couple of days to attend the opening of the Lebanese museum of modern arts last week but it turned out to be a cool stunt by the…
Art
9 years ago
Photo Credits: Natheer Halawani The Fayha Choir, from Tripoli Lebanon, won during the weekend “The Choir of The Year” award at the Choir Fest Middle East 2016. ChoirFest Middle East is an annual festival in ...
Baladi
9 years ago
The first edition of MBC the Voice Kids, the young Arab talent competition, ended yesterday with Lebanese Lynn el Hayek, who’s originally from Tripoli el Mina, winning the best voice title. Lynn, who is on ...
Baladi
9 years ago
Chirine Njeim is one of Lebanon’s best alpine skiers and has represented Lebanon at the 2002, 2006 and the 2010 Winter Olympics. This year, she is taking part in the Rio 2016 Marathon race and ...
Baladi
10 years ago
Jake al-Mir is only 14 years old and has developed two apps already – Picture from the DailyStar Jake al-Mir is a remarkable 14-year old Lebanese high school student that taught himself how to code ...
Art
10 years ago
ArtReview, one of the world’s leading international contemporary art magazines, has placed Lebanese Akram Zaatari (Rank #80) and Christine Tohme (Rank #74) among the top 100 most powerful contemporary artists in the world. Zaatari was ...
Baladi
10 years ago
Austrian Sport Climber and Mountaineer David Lama chose Lebanon as the location for his latest adventure and decided to climb Tannourine’s famous sink hole to become the first ever climber to do so. Lama was ...
Baladi
10 years ago
The Lebanese Ministry of Culture has chosen George Khabbaz’s new movie “Waynon” to represent Lebanon at the Oscars. Waynon is about six Lebanese women representing three generations, each one still waiting for the man in ...
Baladi
10 years ago
via Budkheir I’ve finally managed to compile the second part of the “20 things to do in Tripoli” series that I started a month ago. Eid Al Adha is around the corner so it’s the ...
