Maya Zankoul’s New Book Explores Similarities Between Beirut & New York

Lebanese blogger and visual artist Maya Zankoul launched her latest book yesterday entitled "Beirut-New York" where she explores unlikely similarities between these two highly incompatible cities. The illustrations are funny, witty and spot-on, just like everything Maya does :) Here are few illustrations from the book. For those interested, you can buy the book online and check out Maya's artwork as well. There's also an explanation for these similarities at the end of the book.

Living The Single Life In Beirut

I am happily married because I chose to, but I've never understood the pressure that families and society in general here in Lebanon put on single women and men who don't wish to get married or are just too focused on their career. Being single is not a bad thing and Jasmina Najjar tells us everything about living the single life in Beirut in this TED talk at LAU. Jasmina is a good friend and…
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Where To Find Used Books In Beirut?

10 years ago
Al Sa2eh Library in Tripoli If you are looking for places in Beirut that sell used books, here’s the list that AgendaCulturel came up with: 1- Bargain Box (Next to Children’s Cancer Center of Lebanon ...
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In Pictures: Car-Free Day In Monot-Huvelin

10 years ago
You can check out more pictures and videos on my instagram [LeNajib], and on Achrafieh2020 Facebook Page [Here]. ...
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Launch of Joumana Haddad’s “Superman is an Arab” in Arabic

10 years ago
It’s happening today at Biel in Beirut between 7pm and 9pm. For those of you who don’t know who Joumana Haddad is, you can check out my previous post [Here]. Joumana is a quite an ...
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Lebanese Gilbert Simon Wins First Prize In The Contest For The Cover Drawing of Asterix and the Picts

11 years ago
Gilbert Simon and his winning cover : Pictue from LorientLeJour Gilbert Simon won the contest for the cover drawing of the latest Asterix and Obelix comic entitled “Asterix and the Picts” (Category Over 25 years ...
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Looking for Sober Days

11 years ago
If anyone has a copy of Sober Days and is willing to sell me it then [Email Me] Posted by Mark ...
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The Jewelled Kitchen now available at Librairie Antoine

11 years ago
I went to Antoine & Spinneys to get the book a couple of weeks back but it wasn’t available yet. However, it’s available now for those interested. I already got my copy. The Jewelled Kitchen ...
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