Beiteddine Festival Will Suspend Its Activities This Summer

The Beiteddine Art Festival’s president Noura Jumblatt issued a statement today and announced the suspension of all activities scheduled for this year. The reason for that is the situation in South Lebanon and the "ongoing state of genocide in front of the world and its silence" as mentioned by Jumblatt. This is definitely a setback as this festival is one of the most prestigious annual music festivals in the Middle East and has been attracting…

Ray Bassil Wins Gold Medal at 2024 ISSF World Cup Championship

Lebanese Champion Ray Bassil has won gold at the 2024 ISSF World Cup Championship, her first gold in 8 years, after a flawless last round against Penny Smith from Australia and Erica Tessa from Italy. The last time Bassil clinched a gold medal was at the 2016 ISSF World Cup in Nicosia. Bassil was ranked 20th at the time and won against all odds after battling with Germany’s Sonja Scheibl. At 35 years of age,…
Lebanon

Darbet M3allem: A Platform Supporting Young Lebanese Professionals

1 year ago
Darbet M3allem is a great initiative by a Lebanese young man called Serge Khairallah, aimed at bringing together young Lebanese professionals under one platform. The economic crisis that hit Lebanon in the last 5 years ...
Lebanon

Lufthansa Suspends All Flights to Beirut Till April 30

1 year ago
Last week, Swiss airline cancelled a flight to Beirut in mid-air due to security concerns, yet confirmed they are keeping their flights to Beirut while monitoring the situation very closely. Unfortunately, the Iran-Israel retaliations that ...
Critiques

Monnot Theater Cancels Wajdi Mouawad Play Following Official Complaint & Threats

1 year ago
Lebanese-Canadian writer and actor Wajdi Mouawad was hosting the world premiere of his latest play “Wedding Day at the Cromagnons” at the Monnot Theater in Beirut, however the play was cancelled after activists lodged a ...
Lebanon

SWISS Cancels Flight to Beirut in Mid-Air Due to Security Concerns

1 year ago
A flight from Zurich to Beirut operated by Swiss International Air Lines got cancelled yesterday in mid-air due to security concerns in Lebanon. According to a Swiss site, “Swiss experts decided on Friday night to ...
Art

Meet Charbel Bassil: A Talented Iconographer & Painter from Zahle

1 year ago
Iconography is by definition “the science of identification, description, classification, and interpretation of symbols, themes, and subject matter in the visual arts”. The beginnings of Christian iconography can be dated to Saint Luke the Evangelist ...
Information

Téléférique Has Finally Reopened

1 year ago
The iconic Téléférique du Liban has finally reopened its doors after four months of closure due to maintenance. The closure was prompted by an unfortunate incident where two Teleferique cabins collided leaving 25 people stranded ...
Critiques

8 Billion Dollars in Irregular Trades between Optimum Invest & The Central Bank

1 year ago
A recent report by Lebanese newspaper Nidaa al Watan has revealed 45 highly irregular transactions between a brokerage company called Optimum and the Central Bank. The transactions took place between 2015 and 2018 and amounted ...
Food

Canadian Councillor Wants To Declare Ottawa “Shawarma Capital of Canada”

1 year ago
Laura Dudas, an Ottawa councillor, has officially asked council to recognize Ottawa as “The Shawarma Capital of Canada”. The council is expected to vote on this motion at their next meeting. I have no idea ...
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