Marc Diab was originally from Ain Ebel South Lebanon before he immigrated to Canada with his family and decided to join the Canadian army. He always dreamt though of opening a restaurant next to his base in Petawawa, a town in the province of Ontario. Unfortunately, Marc was stationed in Kandahar province in 2009 when a roadside bomb exploded beside the vehicle carrying him and his fellow soldiers. Marc was killed in the explosion and…

Beirut has several beautiful coffee shops, maybe some of the most beautiful worldwide according to this CNN article. In fact, Beirut-based Kalei Coffee Co. was featured in “Designing Coffee: New Coffee Places and Branding", a book by coffee expert Lani Kingston who also happens to teach a course titled “The Anthropology of Coffee” at Portland State University. Kalei Coffee Co. has two shops in Beirut, its flagship shop in Mar Mikhael and another in Ras…