Traffic Apps Cannot Help Solve Lebanon’s Worsening Traffic Problem

December is here which means three things: Shopping, Christmas and more traffic. Our economy loses around $2 billion dollars on a yearly basis due to the chronic traffic problem and there's no will from the authorities to fix this problem or even consider a sustainable transport system for the whole country and especially for Beirut. In fact, I have no idea how those in charge can implement a whole system when they can't even plan…

The 2017 City Centre Beirut Christmas Tree Lighting

I couldn't make it to the City Centre Christmas tree lighting this year but my brother was there to snap pictures and take videos of this yearly awaited event. This year's Christmas tree looks even more beautiful and richer than last year's tree. I loved the layers with all the characters around it. I'm taking Brian soon to do some ice skating there and watch the holiday shows. Here are few pictures and a small…
Humor

Local Paper Mistakes Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman) for Mossad agent

8 years ago
Mahmoud Ghazayel spotted yesterday a blunder in the Beirut-based Al Liwaa newspaper where they pictured actress Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman) as the Mossad agent who was communicating with Lebanese comedian Ziad Itani. The paper later ...
Lebanon

First Look: Huawei Mate 10 Pro

8 years ago
Five months ago when I published the Mate 9 Pro review, I was truly impressed by the Mate 9 Pro’s overall experience but felt that the Chinese giant still needed to pick things up a ...
Business

Lebanon’s Central Bank Prohibits The Use of Bitcoin

8 years ago
A friend posted yesterday about BDL’s ban of bitcoin in Lebanon so I remembered an old draft I had not published yet about that matter. One month ago, during the 7th CSR Lebanon Forum, Central ...
Baladi

Lebanese Fouad Maksoud is Stars of Science Season 9’s Winner!!

8 years ago
Stars of Science’s Facebook page just updated their cover photo and announced Fouad Maksoud as the Arab world’s top innovator in the season finale of Stars of Science’s 9th edition. Fouad and his Nano-shielding Textile ...
BlogWaladi

TeePee&Co: Brian’s Favorite New Hang Out Spot

8 years ago
I am constantly looking for child-friendly toys, furniture and decor items, which is not an easy task these days. We’ve always hoped of having an outdoor garden, but till that day comes, I wanted a ...
Advertising

Lebanon’s 74th Independence Day

8 years ago
Here’s a nice roundup of some of the Lebanese ads, videos and posters about Lebanon’s Independence that were shared in the past week or so. Poppins Lebanon Bose Lebanon Beirut Beer Castania areeba Sandwich w ...
Lebanon

Pictures from the Lebanese War by Pulitzer Prize-winning Photographer Bill Foley

8 years ago
I’m always on the lookout for pictures from the Lebanese Civil war and my latest finding is Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Bill Foley. I remember seeing a couple of Foley pictures online in past years but ...
Baladi

Hunting Cartridges Cleanup in Amaz and Eghbeh

8 years ago
Every year, around 25 million shots are fired in Lebanon and the majority, if not all cartridges, are left behind by hunters in forests and mountains. Hunting cartridge is extremely harmful to nature especially the ...
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