Beirut Port Explosion In This Year’s French Baccalaureate Textbook

This year's French educational curriculum included the Beirut blast as part of their history and geography book for the Baccaulerate. The book included pictures of the explosion and comparison to other explosions caused by ammonium nitrate, such as the 1947 explosion in Texas City, or the 2001 Toulouse chemical factory explosion. Added to that, it showcased the dangers of ammonium nitrate. Meanwhile, our history book is still stuck in 1975.

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It's been over a year since the Beirut Port blast, the third-largest non-nuclear explosion in history, took place and and the survivors are still grieving and waiting for justice. What's clear for now is that the explosion was the result of years of negligence and incompetence and there are tons of documents and testimonies to back this claim. Al Jadeed's investigative journalists have done an outstanding job in the past 12 months and all their…
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HRW Report on #BeirutBlast: “They Killed Us From The Inside”

3 years ago
Nothing summarizes what happened on August 4 better than the most recently published HRW report “They Killed us from the inside”. A 127- page report detailing the incompetence, mismanagement and negligence of the Lebanese authorities ...
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First Look At The German Project To Rehabilitate The Beirut Port

3 years ago
A German delegation presented today its project to rebuild the Beirut Port and its surrounding during a press conference. The multi-billion-dollar project envisions beaches and a “central park” alongside restored architectural heritage, all wrapped in ...
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Why Was Judge Sawwan Recused from Investigating the Beirut Port Blast?

3 years ago
The Court of Cassation decided today to recuse Judge Fadi Sawwan from investigation into the Beirut port blast case, following a memorandum submitted by former ministers Ali Hassan Khalil and Ghazi Zeaiter (both suspects) on ...
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After Almost Four Months, Judge Leading Beirut Blast Probe is Backing Down

4 years ago
It’s been almost four months now since the Beirut port blast took place, and despite the overwhelming evidence proving the negligence and incompetence of several parties, from the customs to the port officials, security agencies ...
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Yolande Labaki is Making Dolls For Children Impacted by the Beirut Port Blast

4 years ago
The 4th of August explosion resulted in over 200 deaths, 6,500 injuries and left an estimated 300,000 people homeless. Almost four months later, a lot of people are still unable to get back home and ...
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Recent France2 Report 12 Uncovers New Details on Beirut Port Explosion

4 years ago
“Beyrouth: une bombe au coeur de la ville” which translates into “Beirut: a bomb at the heart of the capital” is the title of the Envoyé Spécial report which aired on France 2 on November ...
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France to offer Lebanese students joining its territory this year 500 euros of aid

4 years ago
In a not very surprising – given the French President Macron’s latest promises to help Lebanese students in France – yet very welcome initiative given the current economic crisis that is plaguing the country, Campus ...
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Beirut Bar Association Files 679 Lawsuits On Behalf of Beirut Blast Victims

4 years ago
Melhem Khalaf, President of the Beirut Bar Association, declared today that the committee in charge of helping the families of the Beirut Blast victims has filed over 600 lawsuits and that a second wave of ...
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