Posted By
Najib
Jan 25, 2017 10:39
What has been happening in the past couple of weeks is very worrying and alarming in regards to freedom of expression in Lebanon. I totally understand that we live in a conservative society where people feel the need to set "limits" to freedom of speech but taking measures against TV stations for broadcasting unethical and offensive shows is wrong by all means. I don't understand why people are so angered by TV stations competing with…
Posted By
Najib
Jan 24, 2017 06:37
I never had the chance to write about Creative Space Beirut but they've just been featured on Ozy so I thought this would be a nice opportunity to shed the light on this beautiful and inspiring initiative that was started back in 2011 by Parsons graduate, Sarah Hermez, and her former Parsons professor, Caroline Simonelli and they've just graduated their first class of designs in Fall 2016. What is Creative Space Beirut? CSB is a…
Fun
9 years ago
I did try a couple of times to watch Amir el Leil but just like all Lebanese TV series, I didn’t last longer than 10 minutes (Blame it on Rami Ayyache’s lousy acting this time). ...
Critiques
9 years ago
It has been brought to my attention that BeirutNationalMuseum.com is maintained by an Egyptian company called El Motaheda and sponsored by mashy.com, which is an Egyptian news portal. I doubt that this is the official ...
Critiques
9 years ago
Almost everyone hailed the collaborative efforts between the Lebanese army and the ISF that led to foiling the Costa Coffee attempt on Saturday but a lot of people are raising doubts about this whole incident ...
Fun
9 years ago
I never thought I’d see the day where US media is busy debating whether Trump attracted more crowds to his inauguration than Obama did in 2009. They are comparing crowds by examining aerial shots, metro ...
Food
9 years ago
Tanoreen, a popular Middle-Eastern restaurant based in Brooklyn and run by Palestinian-American chef Rawia Bishara, was featured in last week’s edition of the Explorers and the highlight of the visit was Rawia’s homemade Knafe, which ...
Critiques
9 years ago
Armed gunmen kidnapped a 74 year old man called Saad Richa in Chtaura few days ago and they haven’t released him yet. Almost every political and religious party in Lebanon is trying to negotiate with ...
Baladi
9 years ago
The bike sharing system is spreading across Lebanon. Beirut got its first bike sharing station two days ago and Byblos followed today. Let’s hope that this project will expand outside Beirut to include all of ...
Baladi
9 years ago
Two years after receiving the largest single donation ($32 million) in its 147-year history donation, the American University of Beirut received this week an even bigger donation presented by the Semaan Foundation. The amount of ...
