Why The Beirut Cinema Week Got Cancelled

The Beirut Cinema Week was supposed to take place back in January and bring "together Lebanese cinema—professionals, investors, the intellectual and general audience". Unfortunately, recent bombings in Lebanon have forced the organizers to postpone the event. Here's what Sabyl Ghoussoub, the director of the Lebanese Film Festival, had to say about that. Do you feel the security situation in Lebanon is stifling creativity? No, the situation leads us to create more. It stimulates creation. The…

Habib El Cha3eb

I spotted this poster a couple of weeks back in Achrafieh. He's a very optimistic candidate if he thinks elections are going to happen anytime soon.
Beirut

Beirut Cafe Offers Cheaper Coffee If You Are Polite

10 years ago
via Lebanesememes The idea is inspired from a French cafe but it’s still a nice one. ...
Beirut

Vice: Between Beirut And A Hard Place

10 years ago
From Right To Left the author, Saad Haddad, and Haddad’s Israeli minder, at Haddad’s headquarters a couple of months before the kidnapping The author is telling the story of an Israeli-backed militiaman and murderer who ...
Automotive

Car Accidents On The Rise On The Achrafieh – Furn el Chebbak Bridge

10 years ago
[YouTube] I was surprised to see an ISF officer in the report complaining about the separator and how the authorities should fix this problem the soonest. It’s like an employee telling his bosses that they ...
Beirut

Giveaway: Win Three Tickets to the Beirut Premiere of ‘The Lego Movie’

10 years ago
The Lego Movie is coming out next week on the 6th of February in Lebanese cinemas, and I am sure a lot of you are as excited as me to watch it. That’s why I ...
Beirut

Lebanon Only Recycles 6% Of Its Collected Waste

10 years ago
Pictures from NowLebanon We don’t do enough recycling in Lebanon. In fact, out of the 4,200 tons of wastes collected every day, a maximum of 6% is recycled in the 44 recycling bins available across ...
Beirut

Beirut At Night

10 years ago
[YouTube] I don’t know why this short movie brought back so many awesome memories of partying in Beirut. I remembered when I used to go to Rai, 37 degrees, Pacifico, Barracuda, Hole in the wall ...
Beirut

Lebanese Rapper Hussein Charafeddine (AA The Preacherman) Talks About His Arrest

10 years ago
[YouTube] The rapper was mistaken for a terrorist just because he had a long beard, then was investigated and released 24 hours later. This is a shameful and unacceptable behavior! ...
Beirut

Video Showing The Suicide Bomber’s Kia Driving Around Dahieh

10 years ago
[YouTube] We may be able to take few precautions against booby-trapped cars but there’s nothing we can do when it comes to suicide bombers. One thing that caught my attention though is that it seems ...
OlderNewer