A Tribute In Dortmund (Germany) To Fares, The Much-Loved Syrian Flower Boy In Hamra

The Flower Salesman – Dortmund, Germany Fares is a little Syrian boy who used to sell flowers in Hamra and was loved by everyone. Fares came back to his hometown in Syria a while ago but was unfortunately killed by an airstrike . Children are unfortunately paying the highest price for Syria’s war and there are hundreds if not thousands of children like Fares out there. Lebanese graffiti/street artist Yazan Halwani decided to paint Fares…

Donate Your Used Bags To Less Fortunate Children: 250 Bags Still Needed Before Oct 15

Hayda Baytak are teaming up with Virgin Megastore to provide students in an underprivileged orphanage with over 300 bags before the beginning of the 2015-2016 academic year. All you have to do is the following: - Grab any used backpack you have and place it in the designated boxes at any Virgin Megastore branch! It's as simple as that and you will get a discount on new bags as well. The campaign will end in…
Baladi

“Waynon” (Void) By George Khabbaz To Represent Lebanon At The Oscars

10 years ago
The Lebanese Ministry of Culture has chosen George Khabbaz’s new movie “Waynon” to represent Lebanon at the Oscars. Waynon is about six Lebanese women representing three generations, each one still waiting for the man in ...
Advertising

Who’s Behind The #HardToBelieve Campaign?

10 years ago
Update: It’s an SGBL campaign. I spotted two billboards (Arabic & English) this morning and found a Facebook page as well. I’m hoping this is not a lame campaign because the hashtags (#HardToBelieve #صعبة_تتصدق) are ...
Lebanon

The State Of Broadband 2015 Report: Lebanon vs The Arab World

10 years ago
According to Ogero’s July 2015 report, there are 3,638,051 internet users in Lebanon as of December 2014, out of which 2,505,875 mobile internet users. The internet penetration is 86% which puts Lebanon in 4th position ...
Lebanon

In Pictures: Supermoon (Bloodmoon) Lunar Eclipse Between 3:15 a.m and 6 a.m

10 years ago
These are four pictures showing the full moon at around 3:15 am, the transition to bloodmoon at around 5:30am, supermooon bloodmoon peak-time at 5:40am and another shot at 6 am. All were taken in Beirut ...
Critiques

The Solution To All Our Problems: Come Up With The Largest Lebanese Flag

10 years ago
Back in August, I got an SMS asking me to donate money in support of the longest Lebanese flag and to go down and sign it on Martyrs Square. The message also stated that the ...
Events

A Supermoon Lunar Eclipse Is Taking Place Tonight: Don’t Miss It!

10 years ago
For those of you who are not working tomorrow or can be a bit late to work, a supermoon lunar eclipse is taking place on Monday morning between 3 a.m (Beirut local time) and 7 ...
Automotive

My First Ride In A LaFerrari

10 years ago
A month ago, I spotted a LaFerrari in Faqra and couldn’t help but share it on my Instagram. A week after, I get an email and a call from Ferrari Lebanon that there’s a LaFerrari ...
Humor

Fail Of The Week: Learn LinkedIn The Lebanese Way

10 years ago
The “Make your opponents cry” is epic! Moreover, who’s exactly your opponent when it comes to LinkedIn? And who still promotes his business via SMS? I’m very tempted to call the number and join their ...
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