What I Told The National About The New Traffic Law In Lebanon

The new traffic law is still the hottest topic in Lebanon right now and is even being mentioned in foreign media outlets. The Financial Times shared an article on the traffic law last week and The National shared a story entitled "Lebanon attempts to impose order on its traffic jungle" on the same topic today . I got interviewed by Josh Wood from the National and here are the key points I mentioned regarding the…

Posters Against The Zouk Power Plant Pollution Are Now Polluting The Streets

I was actually surprised to see all parties sitting on one table to protest against the Zouk power plant on April 25 but I soon realized it was all nonsense when they started talking about forming committees. I know it's too early to judge but no one had a serious proposal to end the Zouk Power Plant problem and it doesn't look like we will get rid of it that soon. What's even worse is…
Humor

EU Sets 10 Conditions To Grant Lebanon Visa-free Travel in Schengen Zone Countries

11 years ago
As you all probably heard by now, UAE citizens will no longer require a visa to travel to Schengen Zone Countries, after the European Parliament approved their proposal back in June last year. Needless to ...
Lebanon

Lebanon Favourite To Qualify To The 2017 Rugby League World Cup

11 years ago
14 teams will participate in the 2017 Rugby League World Cup, out of which 7 automatically qualified and the 7 remaining will be determined after four regional qualification tournaments. Lebanon is playing in the Middle ...
Beirut

Who Offers Guided Walking Tours In Beirut?

11 years ago
Update: WalkBeirut is not organizing walks at the moment. One of my favorite things to do in Beirut is walk around and discover new streets, old houses and hidden spots. I always have people ask ...
Automotive

A “Wasta” Shortcut Road To Cut Through Marina Dbayyeh’s Traffic

11 years ago
I posted back in 2010 about a shortcut road in Dbayyeh that might save you 20 minutes of morning traffic. The road (shown in red above) was accessible to everyone back then but they’d close ...
Health

Finally A Modern Hospital In Keserwan! The Keserwan Medical Center, An AUBMC Affiliate, Opening Soon

11 years ago
Even though Keserwan is one of the most populated districts in Lebanon, the hospitals there are all average or below average when compared to the ones in Beirut. I’ve been to most of them and ...
Humor

Nara Ya Watan

11 years ago
I didn’t want to share this picture before knowing if it’s and old or recent one, and it turned out to be an old one according to the ISF who stated that the police officer ...
Food

Smoking Bun Mar Mikhael: A Joy To Any Burger Lover

11 years ago
Back when I was in Berlin a couple of years ago, a friend took me to a burger place called Burgermeister located in a tiny street underneath a bridge. The place, previously a public toilet, ...
Information

Lebanon & Kuwait The Only Partly-Free Countries In The Region, Tunisia Ranked Free

11 years ago
Despite everything that’s been happening in the past few years and despite having the worst ranked country in the world in terms of freedom as a neighbor (Syria), Lebanon was still ranked as a partly-free ...
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