LAU’s Dr. Lina Abirafeh Among The World’s 100 Most Influential People in Gender Policy

Lebanese-Palestinian Lina Rafeh, director of the Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World at the Lebanese American University, was included on the world’s 100 Most Influential People in Gender Policy in 2018, a report published by Apolitical, an international platform for governments that gathers and produces research on topics relevant to civil servants. The list "honors and celebrates women and men making the world more equitable, whether they exert their influence through policymaking, research,…

Major Floods in Ras Baalbeck

The strongest cyclone to ever hit southern Oman and neighbouring Yemen has left its mark on Lebanon in the last few days and some of the most affected areas by the recent rainstorms are Ras Baalbeck and Kaa where major floods are threatening the villages and ruining the crops. Luckily no one was killed or injured but measures need to be taken to ensure locals' safety because the floods are still going strong and have…
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Sorting Waste at Source Kicked off in Beirut?

7 years ago
PM Hariri and the Municipality of Beirut announced back in April a recycling project entitled “Warak Beirut” or “Paper Beirut” that will supposedly promote source sorting of paper and cardboard at public institutions and the ...
Fun

Lebanese TV Channels that You May Have Never Heard Of

7 years ago
If you ask me about old Lebanese TV channels that were shut down, I can think of C33 and ICN but there’s more. I came across a FB post by a friend and an old ...
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Did Israel Fly An F-35 Stealth Fighter Over Beirut?

7 years ago
Jalopnik shared last week a picture of an Israeli F35 Stealth fighter flying over Beirut. The picture was tweeted by a military correspondent and reportedly taken by an Israeli Air Force commander. Israel has been ...
Fun

Beirut’s Airport and the Never-Ending Parking Problem

7 years ago
A video was circulating yesterday online of a woman yelling at a cop after he fined her for parking illegally at the airport. She was yelling in English for some reason and her argument was ...
Baladi

Make Way For The Biggest Phoenician Ship Built Out of Plastic Bottles

7 years ago
LAU students with the help of the environmental NGO Chreek have built the biggest Phoenician ship made out of plastic. The Phoenician-shaped trireme is 13 meters long, 4 meters wide, is made out of 25,000 ...
Baladi

Nadine Labaki, Becomes Second Lebanese Director, First Female Director, To Clinch Cannes’ Jury Prize

7 years ago
Nadine Labaki may not be the first Lebanese director to win the Jury Prize at Cannes but she is the first Lebanese female director to do so, and the first Arab filmmaker to win an ...
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Homenetmen Crowned 2018 Lebanese Basketball Champions

7 years ago
The 2018 Lebanese basketball circus is finally over and Homenetmen men’s basketball team has won the League after defeating Riyadi 74-59. This has been one intense series that almost got ruined in Game 6 after ...
Health

Meet the AUB Surgeon Treating Palestinian Protesters in Gaza

7 years ago
Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sitta, a reconstructive surgeon working at the American University of Beirut, has been making trips to Gaza for the past five years to help injured Palestinians. He’s currently there operating non-stop at al-Awda ...
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