Gretta’s coach Vahé Abrahamian replies back to the accusations

Gretta Taslakian's coach Vahé Abrahamian replied back to the accusations directed to him by Gretta's coach and club through his attorney. The letter published came very close to what Mark had posted the other day quoting one of the blog's readers Bob. You can read it and if you don't read Arabic, you can also check the comment Bob posted . I have a feeling we will never understand what really happened unless a proper…

12 Olympic medals for the Arab countries

Sarah Attar, First Saudi Woman To Compete In Olympic Track The London 2012 Olympics were rather encouraging to the participating Arab countries as they managed to collect twelve medals overall. Added to that, it was the first time Saudi Arabia accepted to send female athletes to compete, Wojdan Shahrkhani and Sarah Attar. Tunisia and Algeria were the best performers with 3 medals and 1 Gold medal respectively. Egypt got 2 Silver medals, Qatar 2 Bronze…
Humor

Solution to Electricity Blackouts in Lebanon

13 years ago
Picture from Naharnet Apparently the simplest way to prevent electricity blackouts is to storm the electricity station in your area and threaten the person in charge to restore electricity by force. Read more [Here] Only ...
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Zamatna!

13 years ago
Old Picture of Tripoli Al Tal Taken from Behance National News Agency (10:45pm): Several people were hurt as a dispute between street vendors erupted into gunfire in Tripoli’s al-Tal Square. I passed by Tripoli el ...
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Off to Kobayat

13 years ago
[Picture of Kobayat by FunkyOzzi] I’ve been delaying this trip for few weeks now due to the situation in the North, and it seemed like the perfect time to go this weekend as there are ...
Animals & Wildlife

Cows on the Beirut highway airport

13 years ago
I got this picture yesterday by email. What’s the deal with all these cows/bulls fleeing their butchers? Last time it happened, it didn’t end up very well for the bull. [Link] ...
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Renovation of Nahr El Kalb Tunnel

13 years ago
I passed by Nahr el Kalb two days ago and the left side was closed for some reason. I thought it was an accident at first but once I reached the entrance of the tunnel, ...
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Four Lebanese-Canadians Run in Quebec Elections

13 years ago
Johny Kayrouz, “Coalition Avenir Québec” candidate. One of them, Johny Kairouz, is a good friend of mine and is more than qualified for the job (IMHO). I will write a more detailed post on how ...
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What really happened with Gretta Taslakian?

13 years ago
I had posted earlier today that Lebanese athlete Gretta Taslakian was banned from the Olympic Village and had to return home after she was seen wearing Ireland’s uniform during a training session. Added to that ...
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Malicious Virus hits Lebanese banks

13 years ago
The Lebanese banks infected by the “Gauss” virus are Bank of Beirut, EBLF, Blom Bank, Byblos Bank, FransaBank and Credit Libanais. The malware, which steals system information but also has a mysterious payload that could ...
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