How People In Muslim Countries (Including Lebanon) Want Women To Dress In Public

The majority of people in seven predominantly Muslim countries prefer women to completely cover their hair, and not necessarily their face, in public according to a recent survey conducted by the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. According to this study, woman #6 who was without any headscarf, was chosen by 49% of respondents in Lebanon. Second most popular choice was woman #4. I don't know why buzzfeed chose to display this specific finding…

Are Malls In Lebanon Taking The Necessary Security Measures? The Answer is No!

I was watching this TV report and laughing my ass off because I've been to 5 different malls in the past week, and none of them had taken extraordinary security measures given the recent bombings. In fact, I noticed that some malls are not taking the current situation Lebanon is going through seriously and are not even making the slightest effort in terms of security and prevention. Here are the malls I've been to and…
Automotive

Lebanese Ministry Of Interior & The Lebanese Traffic Management Center Launch the #منحط_دركي_لكل_سيارة Initiative

11 years ago
Driving 3al Lebnené The Lebanese Traffic Management Center (@tmc_lebanon) launched an awareness road safety campaign on Twitter on Sunday with the collaboration of LBCI, Annahar, LebanonDebate, the syndicate of Taxis in Lebanon and IDE academy. ...
Critiques

Father Ibrahim Sarrouj Historical Library, The Second Largest In Lebanon Set On Fire In Tripoli

11 years ago
Father Ibrahim Sarrouj What sort of people would burn a library these days? This is a shameful and alarming act to be honest. Al-Saeh Library had more than 70,000 books. Unknown assailants on Friday set ...
Critiques

Lebanese Say: A Victim #NotAMartyr

11 years ago
I’ve been meaning to write about this online campaign yesterday but unfortunately another explosion took place yesterday killing more innocent people this time in Dahieh. The #NotAMartyr campaign followed the unfortunate death of 16 year ...
Critiques

French Actress and Singer Juliette Gréco Censored in Lebanon

11 years ago
Via StopCulturalTerrorism I really have no idea why this 86-year old French singer was censored on Serge Gainsbourg’s cd. If anything, it was Gainsbourg who sang something that has to do with Israel (Blasphemy!). Juliette ...
Critiques

What Happened At Mohammad Chaar’s Funeral Is a Disgrace

11 years ago
The funeral of 16 year old Mohammad Chaar, who was posing for a group “selfie” in front of the car moments that exploded in Starco, took place yesterday at the Khashoggi Mosque in Beirut. However, ...
Beirut

Getting Used To Assassinations In Lebanon

11 years ago
Every time a political assassination or a terrorist act takes place in Beirut, we get the same cliché reactions from most parties. TV stations making up stories and spreading lies and propaganda, politicians condemning and ...
Critiques

Mikhail Kalashnikov Died Back In July According To LBCI

12 years ago
Picture via NPR Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the famous Ak-47 assault rifle died yesterday according to Russian officials at the age of 94. However, it seems LBCI reported him dead back in July for ...
Automotive

FAIL: Dekwaneh Bridge Iron Joints And ISF Security Measures

12 years ago
I was looking yesterday for better pictures of the Dekwaneh-Achrafieh bridge dismantled iron joints and I found these. Honestly speaking, what’s even worse than the bridge condition are the safety measures taken there. Two tiny ...
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