The Achrafieh car-free day has turned out to be a very successful event and has been the talk of the town for few days now. I think it should become a monthly event in many cities around Lebanon. Looking back few weeks back, no one would have thought we'd be able to have a long peaceful day in Beirut and in Lebanon as a whole. Habib from The Beirut Report called it a perfect day…

The smoking ban law enters into force today in accordance with Law 174 and Shisha cafe owners in Antelias seem determined to be exempted from the law as they organized a sit-in today calling for amendments. As I stated in my previous post, Arguile is the main problem in Lebanon not the cigarette and the government should have dealt with this matter more carefully. Antelias has more than 15 Shisha cafes in one street with…