How was Mohammad Nibal Awada freed?

Picture from TheDailyStar Mohammad Awada is a 12 year old schoolboy who got kidnapped in Beirut last week. Today at 4:30 am, his kidnappers dropped him off under the Wati Bridge between Corniche al-Nahr and Adlieh and got back $100,000 as ransom money . Now the interesting part is that the kid's father thanked the Lebanese Army and police , but also Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Najib Mikati for their efforts to release…

AUB Spell-Check Fail

via Slapdash There's a very reasonable explanation to why students didn't notice this spelling mistake until now. That's the only time that they are being paid by AUB and not the other way around . Thanks Rachel!
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L’Armonial – Beirut

12 years ago
L’Armonial – Abdel Wahab El-Inglizi Street – Sector 62, Beirut, Lebanon I wish other real estate developers would follow Greenstone’s example and try to preserve some of Beirut’s history by combining the traditional to the ...
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Ixsir Winery in Pictures

12 years ago
I’ve had the honor to attend Ixsir’s launch and take a picture with the great Carlos Ghosn, one of the key investors in this Lebanese winery. I highly recommend that you try their 2009 Ixsir ...
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Israeli Warplanes flying low over Lebanon

13 years ago
[High_Res] Picture taken by me [LeNajib] from Zouk Mikhael – overlooking Bkerke As the old Lebanese proverb says, “Akhado Kassra wou Kattaro” in the past few months. “Nobody circles Beirut like the Israelis do; always ...
Food

Is Assi Restaurant Breaking the Anti-Smoking Law?

13 years ago
Picture taken from Law174 Facebook Page I am all for exposing restaurants that are violating Law 174 in Lebanon but it should be done in a proper way. Claiming that they are violating the law ...
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Actor Yassin Bakoush killed in Syria

13 years ago
From left to right: Duraid Lahham, Najah Hafeez, Yassin Bakoush, Mohammad al-Shammat, Abdul Latif Fathi, Naji Jaber, Mohammad al-Akkad – Source Yassin Bakoush was targeted inside his car and killed today in Syria. Yassin was ...
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Lebanese youngster Amin Younes scores equalizer against Borussia Dortmund

13 years ago
Amin Younes scored today the equalizing goal for his team Borussia Mönchengladbach against Borussia Dortmund. Amin is a German footballer of Lebanese descent who plays as a right winger and has a promising career as ...
Humor

Enta Horr Bass Mich Hal2ad …

13 years ago
via Trella There’s nothing wrong in posting someone else’s quote/post as long as you give him/her proper credit. The funny part is that whomever posted this had time to remove the last two words but ...
Critiques

Ziad Doueiri’s “The Attack” rejected by Lebanon’s Cinema Committee

13 years ago
Ziad Doueiri‘s latest movie “The Attack” After working for six years on this movie, The Lebanese Cinema Committee rejected the movie because it wasn’t Lebanese enough, and having Israeli actors in it. Doueiri was hoping ...
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