Posted By
Najib
Nov 10, 2017 10:32
The UN General Assembly and Security Council elected four judges on Thursday from an initial pool of six candidates to the International Court of Justice , which is the highest judicial body in the world. The four winning judges were elected in the fifth round of voting to a nine-year term starting February 6, 2019. Lebanese diplomat, academic and jurist Dr. Nawaf Salam, who's also serving as Lebanon's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United…
Posted By
Najib
Nov 09, 2017 03:18
I was eager to check out the second edition of Whisky Live Beirut last month, and what got me even more excited was an invitation to one of its most interesting masterlcasses this year: Malts Masterclass by Diageo’s Global Scotch Whisky Ambassador Donald Colville. Colville’s family history and own life are deeply intwined with whisky distillation, and it was an absolute pleasure meeting him, learning about his life journey with whisky and chat about his…
Art
8 years ago
There’s a really interesting exhibition taking place at Beyt Amir entitled “Temporary – Metamorphosis of a city: Beirut 1870 – 2052“. The exhibition is a tribute to Beirut through photographs, prints, and installations showing how ...
Architecture
8 years ago
My daily commute includes driving by the series of complete or nearly-complete buildings next to the Marina in Dbayeh. Like most, I just thought it’s another residential complex. Recently though, I got a tour around ...
Food
8 years ago
Friends in Vancouver told me that they spotted a Zaatar w Zeit branch opening there, so I looked up the news and it’s indeed happening. Quoting ZWZ’s blog which dates back to October 5, they ...
Fun
8 years ago
The iPhone X is priced starting $999 on Apple’s website yet Amhaz wants us to buy it for an outrageous $1650! I don’t know why anyone would buy it for this ridiculous price especially when ...
Beirut
8 years ago
The airport was originally built in 1992 to accommodate 6 million passengers and obviously need a whole revamp, not just an expansion plan. However the real problem is not only in the airport’s capacity but ...
Baladi
8 years ago
You obviously have to be extremely fit to run a marathon; you need stamina, endurance, months of training and obviously you need vision. You should be able to see the finish line behind the hills, ...
Critiques
8 years ago
The Burj Hammoud garbage mountain is being slowly dumped into the sea and no one’s doing anything to stop this catastrophe. In fact, there’s barely any mention of it on the news and it appears ...
Advertising
8 years ago
I didn’t find that many Halloween ads out there this year but there are some pretty cool ones that I’m sharing here. Al Rifai iFlix decided to pull a Halloween prank by scaring people off ...
