Posted By
Najib
May 10, 2015 09:52
The new traffic law is still the hottest topic in Lebanon right now and is even being mentioned in foreign media outlets. The Financial Times shared an article on the traffic law last week and The National shared a story entitled "Lebanon attempts to impose order on its traffic jungle" on the same topic today . I got interviewed by Josh Wood from the National and here are the key points I mentioned regarding the…
Posted By
Najib
May 09, 2015 09:29
I was actually surprised to see all parties sitting on one table to protest against the Zouk power plant on April 25 but I soon realized it was all nonsense when they started talking about forming committees. I know it's too early to judge but no one had a serious proposal to end the Zouk Power Plant problem and it doesn't look like we will get rid of it that soon. What's even worse is…
Automotive
10 years ago
I posted back in 2010 about a shortcut road in Dbayyeh that might save you 20 minutes of morning traffic. The road (shown in red above) was accessible to everyone back then but they’d close ...
Automotive
10 years ago
via elNashra Update: A friend told me that he faced the same problem once and that they told him that he doesn’t need to pay any fines if the fine is older than the car ...
Critiques
10 years ago
The union of Cable providers in Lebanon (I didn’t know they had a union) decided to take down LBCI yesterday as a sign of protest against the decision taken by 8 local TVs to make ...
Critiques
10 years ago
Victims of the Ottoman rule – Picture taken in Lebanon via Annahar A couple of Beiruti associations and organizations, as well as few Sunni groups in Tripoli, rejected Education Minister Elias Bou Saab’s decision “to ...
Critiques
10 years ago
I understand people criticizing certain aspects of the new traffic law and how police officers will be penalized for breaking the law, but refusing the traffic law because the roads are bad and not lit, ...
Critiques
10 years ago
I spotted posters on the Jounieh highway inviting locals to protest against the Zouk powerplant on Saturday the 25th of April at 3pm. I texted a friend, who happens to be from Zouk Mikhael, and ...
Critiques
10 years ago
Picture from Issam Breidy’s fatal accident – via LBCI Over 900 people got killed in car accidents in Lebanon last year and the last victim was Lebanese actor and singer Issam Breidy who died on ...
Beirut
10 years ago
Almost 2 million people have fled Syria to Lebanon since the start of the conflict in 2011, out of which hundreds of thousands of children deprived of education, food and their most basic needs. As ...
