Posted By
Najib
Oct 22, 2016 11:37
Carlos Ghosn is getting appointed soon as the new chairman of Mitsubishi Motors and by doing so, will become the first executive to head three different automakers at the same time. The announcement was made few days ago after the struggling Japanese company sought a bailout from Nissan earlier this year in an attempt to regain consumer trust and get back on track. Ghosn is currently the Chairman of Nissan Motro Co. and Renault Sa,…
Posted By
Najib
Oct 21, 2016 01:00
During my last trip to Montreal few weeks ago, it came to my attention that I've never been on a commercial plane flown by a woman. Given that only 3% of the airline pilots around the world are women, you wouldn't expect to have a Lebanese female captain but we actually have one and she's called Rola Hteit. She was featured in an article on the HuffPostArabi a week ago and praised as the only…
Baladi
9 years ago
Lebanese blogger and visual artist Maya Zankoul launched her latest book yesterday entitled “Beirut-New York” where she explores unlikely similarities between these two highly incompatible cities. The illustrations are funny, witty and spot-on, just like ...
Critiques
9 years ago
A new political movement called Sabaa (Seven) launched yesterday in Lebanon and it was a rather disappointing start. To begin with, the press conference they held was not properly organized, the speakers were not well ...
Automotive
9 years ago
I shared a picture of a scooter parked illegally and having a Chinese license plate a couple of days ago and I asked how does one fine this driver? As it turns out, it was ...
Lebanon
9 years ago
The Lebanese Parliament was able to convene for the first time since 2014 and approved over 20 pending bills, including three crucial bills: – An anti-gunfire law proposed by MP Ghassan Moukheiber that heavily penalizes ...
Baladi
9 years ago
A beautiful music coming out of a dark spot next to Saint Jean-Marc Cathedral’s in Jbeil caught Ralph Aoun’s attention and he decided to share a video on Facebook of this mystery piano man who ...
Baladi
9 years ago
Issam al-Rassi is a Lebanese surgeon and is currently dedicating one day every week to treat Syrian and Palestinian refugees for free. Dr El-Rassi is the Chief of Pediatrics Cardiac Surgery at the Children’s Heart ...
Fun
9 years ago
We all grew up in Lebanon listening to “Ton Amie Liliane” songs and watching her plays. I was more of a “Captain Majed” fan myself but we barely had a couple of TV stations with ...
Critiques
9 years ago
Their billboards are all over, they are using the number “Seven” (or V for Vendetta?), their official color is purple and they are calling for change. They are also sending messages to all political parties ...
