Quote of the day

I was just saying in my previous post that the government should not be proud of having one of the the highest cost of living in the region, and then I read this. More than 90% of Lebanese cannot afford an apartment in Beirut nowadays, and are running away from Beirut and its surroundings because of the real estate prices leaving our capital to Arabs and foreigners. Our country is for sale and we think…

Lebanese are not that stupid

Yesterday's blast in Antelias could have easily killed a dozen people if not more, yet and according to the new interior minister Marwan Charbel, and I quote, "the explosion was a result of a financial and personal dispute between several people, including some car dealers." I mean seriously??? All TVs reported that one guy was on his knees planting a bomb when it exploded in his hands. Do you need to plant a bomb under…
Critiques

To save or not to save Beirut City Center or “The Egg”

14 years ago
So “the Egg” is going to be demolished soon and a lot of bloggers seem to be pretty annoyed by this piece of news. To be honest, I think it should be destroyed for many ...
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Zaatar wou Zeit Valet Parking

14 years ago
This whole Valet Parking thing is seriously getting out of hand day after day and the first ones to blame are the companies and restaurants hiring them. If Zaatar wou Zeit cares that much about ...
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Medicare in Lebanon

14 years ago
A friend of mine got into an accident while in Beirut so he went to the Hotel Dieu emergency room to get it checked. He had a problem with his right hand and arm yet ...
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Ghassan Sarkis to coach Lebanese National Basketball Team

14 years ago
[Old Picture of the National team] Whenever you hear the Lebanese Basketball officials appointing a Lebanese coach head of the National team, it teams they are running out of money. Ghassan Sarkis was assigned the ...
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Why don’t we have electricity?

14 years ago
Seriously what’s with the hold up? Is it money? In Kuwait where I am currently living for example we had a power shortage last year. Kuwait was producing around 10,000 megawatts of electricity but we ...
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zaatar w zeit

14 years ago
I’m a big fan of zaatar w zeit but I absolutely dislike their new identity as well as the new look and feel of their branches. With their new identity I feel like they’re leaving ...
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Seriously?

14 years ago
Do we really need to fire weapons to separate football players who are fighting? Seriously? Machine gun fire starts at 1:49 [YouTube] ...
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Pier 7 night club on the Seaside road

14 years ago
A new club opened up on the Seaside road yesterday. This isn’t a post about the club itself but the ridiculous amount of traffic it caused yesterday around 7 while I was going back home ...
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