Who Is To Blame For The Garbage Crisis In Beirut And Mount Lebanon?

After checking this report and reading some of the comments and article shared online, it seems that the Nahmeh residents have every right to protest and close the road to the Sukleen trucks. Nevertheless, Sukleen is not to blame as well directly as it's only tasked with collecting garbage. The sole party responsible for this mess are the Lebanese authorities of course who didn't properly follow up on this matter from the start and allowed…

Meet Lebanese Rima Najdi, AKA Madame Bomba

Rima Nadji is a Lebanese performance artist who is revolting against the situation that we Lebanese have put ourselves into. "She is protesting against the normalization of suicide bombing in Beirut and She knows that some people may take a glimpse at her and smile, or think this is a joke, but it is not. This is not a joke. It is a matter of life and death." It is definitely a weird way to…
Beirut

History Of Car Bombs In Lebanon

12 years ago
According to this 1992 article from Time Magazine entitled “Lebanon: The Terrible Tally of Death”, our country has witnessed 3,641 car bombs during the 1975-1990 civil war period, which resulted in the death of 4,386 ...
Automotive

Jaguar F type Spotted At Beirut Souks

12 years ago
that’s one hot ride! ...
Beirut

15 Places American Tourists in Lebanon Can Feel Safe To Visit

12 years ago
Eastern-style coffee The U.S. government strongly urges U.S. citizens in Lebanon to exercise extreme caution and to avoid hotels, western-style shopping centers, including western-style grocery chain stores, and any public or social events where U.S. ...
Art

Awesome Beirut Graffiti: Where’s the Evolution?

12 years ago
This is an art piece done by Karim Tamerji to promote Lebanese Rapper B.0.X‘s Latest Song (An Animal Called Human). via Gino’s ...
Beirut

U.S. Embassy In Beirut Urges Americans In Lebanon To Avoid Hotels and Shopping Malls

12 years ago
It seems the Americans know something we don’t know as I don’t recall ever reading a warning this specific from an embassy in Lebanon. Let’s hope they are just being extra cautious and those are ...
Beirut

Getting Used To Assassinations In Lebanon

12 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 ...
Beirut

Workers Sitting In The Trunk Of A Beirut Municipality Pickup Truck

12 years ago
The worst part is that the front seats were empty. ...
Art

Live Love Beirut : Graff’me Lebanon Project

12 years ago
A nice report on the GraffMe Project in Lebanon. ...
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