Casa Brutale: Stunning Faqra House Built Inside A Cliff

Netherlands-based architects Open Platform for Architecture are building a cliff residence in Faqra for Demco Properties's CEO Alex Demirdjian. The 2,906 square feet residence should be completed by 2018. Looking at OPA's website, the project was originally planned to be completed above the Aegean Sea but it looks like they had a change of plans and will build it in Faqra instead. The residence was described by as the ideal pad for Bond villains. Let's…

Verdun Bombing Update: Canadian Embassy Denies Sending Any Security Instruction

Few minutes after the unfortunate Verdun bombing occurred yesterday night, everyone started sharing a security instruction supposedly sent by the Canadian Embassy and the UN to their staff "warning them to stay away from all Beirut restaurants, avoid going to Beirut and in particular avoid visiting Hamra areas". I asked some Lebanese-Canadian friends I know and none of them got the message. I also checked their website and didn't find anything. It turned out to…
Food

Breakfast at Furn el Sabaya: Home-Made, Delicious & Clean

9 years ago
I’ve been meaning to visit this small bakery for quite some time but I never got the chance to do so. However on Sunday, Brian woke up early and everyone was still asleep, so I ...
Lebanon

Eight Lebanese Competing At The Rio 2016 Summer Olympics

9 years ago
Richard Mourjan – The First Lebanese Canoeist to take part in the Olympic Games Rio is the proud host of the 2016 Summer Olympics and Lebanon is represented by 8 athletes this year covering seven ...
Lebanon

Save The Ba2douniss

9 years ago
This is a hilarious animation video but the message it is trying to pass is not funny at all. In fact, it reflects perfectly the sad truth we are living in: that climate change is ...
Business

Four Lebanese Banks Among Forbes’ Top 100 Arab Companies Of 2016

9 years ago
The 2016 Forbes list of the Top 100 Arab Companies 2016 is out and four Lebanese banks made the list. To rank the top 100, Forbes started with 1,316 publicly-traded companies from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, ...
Health

A Report On The Beach Water Quality Along Lebanon’s Coast

9 years ago
Tripoli Beaches – Photo Credits: Souad Sbaiti This is a follow-up on a post I wrote back in April. A sea water monitoring study was conducted by the National Center for Marine Sciences (I had ...
Critiques

They Are Building a Hospital Near Horsh Beirut!

9 years ago
via Nahnoo Horsh Beirut was closed to the public for more than 20 years by the Beirut Municipality for fear of vandalism and poor maintenance, and due to the lack of resources to protect the ...
Food

FoodBlessed & SMW: An Amazing Volunteer-driven Food Truck Serving Free Meals To Those in Need

9 years ago
FoodBlessed, a local hunger relief initiative, and SOUPer Meals On Wheels, a first-of-its-kind food truck in Lebanon, were both founded by Lebanese Maya Terro and aim at reducing the number of people going hungry in ...
Humor

Who’s Growing Weed on The Dora Highway?

9 years ago
I just got this picture of a small weed plant on the Dora highway. I bet it was planted there to avoid road rage and reduce anxiety during peak traffic times lol! PS: This looks ...
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