Posted By
Najib
Jun 07, 2023 03:20
Lebanese Basketball star Wael Arakji was painted on one of Dubai's basketball courts, as part of a Red Bull project to turn the court into an art piece ahead of the UAE National final of Red Bull Half Court 3X3 Basketball Championship. Arakji was featured alongside Egyptian star Ehab Amine on the court located at Safwa Park Court. An exhibition game featuring the two stars took place as well. The original Wael Arakji picture was…
Posted By
Najib
May 29, 2023 12:12
Earlier in April this year, the United Nations HQ in New York City honored Lebanese US writer Gibran Khalil Gibran with a three-day exhibition entitled "Khalil Gibran returns to New York after 100 years.” The exhibition featured more than 30 artworks, including oil paintings, watercolors, charcoal drawings as well as the first edition of Gibran's masterpiece "The Prophet". This week, it was announced that a marble sculpture of Khalil Gibran will be inaugurated in New…
Baladi
2 years ago
The first time I heard about a deer reserve in Lebanon was through Plus961 and today I learned about Haidara, also known as Lebanon’s Little Petra. The Haidara monument is located in the village of ...
Baladi
2 years ago
Being from the South, I would always brag to my friends that we produce the best olive oil up there, and now I have proof to back my claims 😀! Bustan El Zeitoun, an olive ...
Art
2 years ago
The Nicolas Ibrahim Sursock Museum was one of many cultural & historic sites significantly damaged by the August 4 explosion. In fact, over 600 building having heritage status, concentrated in the historic districts of Gemmayzeh ...
Art
2 years ago
A new children’s book entitled “Puppets of Tyre” by Max Dedik has come out and is now available at Antoine, Virgin Megastores and on isle29.com. This book tries to recreate the ancient Tyre myths and ...
Baladi
2 years ago
Lila TV is the first ever Lebanese YouTube channel of its kind, founded in 2017 and creating beautifully animated videos of our favorite childhood songs, such as “Tiri Tiri ya 3asfoura”, “3andi Bissi esma Sissi”, ...
Art
2 years ago
Lebanese artist Jorj Abou Mhaya has won the 8th Mahmoud Kahil Award under the Graphic Novel Category. The award was created in 2014 and is aimed at promoting comics, editorial cartoons and illustration in the ...
Baladi
2 years ago
Victor Guillermin, at only 17 years of age, has become the second climber only to ascend Lebanon’s most challenging rock climb: Baatara Gorge, also known as Avaatara. David Lama is the only other climber to ...
Art
2 years ago
A tile in memory of Poet Ounsi el Hage was placed today on the entrance of the building where he once resided for 55 years. Ounsi’s daughter posted on Facebook about it thanking Ounsi’s friends ...
