Beirut Results Are in! At Least 40% voted for Beirut-Madinati

Beirut-Madinati has indeed lost but the big surprise is that the difference in votes was around 15,000 only! It is also worth noting that the difference was 7,156 votes between Elie Yahchouchi who got the least votes on the Beirutis List and Ibrahim Mneimneh the head of the Beirut Madinati list. Nadine Labaki got 31,738 votes and was 7,351 from breaching the Beirutis list. Also Beirut-Madinati managed to get twice as many votes as the…

LADE Report On Municipal Elections: 647 Violations Reported, Up by 107% From 2010

The Lebanese Association for Democratic Elections just released its report on the municipal elections that took place yesterday. The report covered the Beqaa and Beirut elections and stated that the Ministry of Interior did not handle the electoral process seriously and that the voting and counting procedures were not properly followed. Here are some of the points raised by LADE, which is a civil, independent and nonprofit organization specialized in elections and how closely they…
Critiques

20.14% Voting Turnout in Beirut: Beirutis Don’t Want Change … Yet

10 years ago
by Yasmine Darwiche The Beirut municipal elections are over, the turnout was very low (20.14%) when compared to other regions, Beirut Madinati lost and the Beirutis List has won. A lot of people are upset ...
Critiques

Caught on Video: Selling Votes for $200 in Zahle

10 years ago
The Interior Ministry should investigate that video and take the necessary measures. There has been talks since the morning about bribes in Zahle yet the ministry insisted there was no proof. This looks like clear ...
Critiques

Municipal Elections: All Polling Stations Should be Wheelchair-accessible

10 years ago
The way they are carrying her up the stairs doesn’t look that safe to be honest The ISF tweeted earlier today pictures showing officers carrying a woman in a wheelchair up the stairs in order ...
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Khoury Home: Say No To Violence Against TVs

10 years ago
The video cracked me up. Khoury Home’s recent campaigns and ads have improved drastically. I wonder what changed. ...
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Someone is Suing MTV Over Their Road Safety Campaign

10 years ago
A Lebanese lawyer apparently got offended by MTV’s brilliant road safety campaign and is planning to sue them. Sandrellah Merhej, the lawyer in question, wants to stop the ad because it is disrespectful to religious ...
Art

The Virtual National Museum of Modern Art: The First of Its Kind In Lebanon

10 years ago
The Ministry of Culture officially launched on Wednesday the Virtual National Museum of Modern Art in Lebanon. This is the first museum of its kind in Lebanon and will feature over 800 artworks including paintings ...
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Racist Joke on one of LBC’s TV Shows

10 years ago
Elie Sleiman on MTV’s Menna w Jor featured two jokes from the LBC TV show Haram as part of his “Joke of the week” section. I’m really glad Sleiman picked up these jokes because one ...
Automotive

#Sawwet16: Uber Offering Free Rides on Elections Day All Across Lebanon

10 years ago
Uber Beirut keeps coming up with the coolest campaigns. Only yesterday I was telling my friends how I ordered #UberJanerik and delivered them to my wife. The driver delivered 2 nicely packed boxes of Janerik ...
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