A Reminder That Migrant Domestic Workers Are Mothers Too

We celebrated Mother's day on March 21 but it also happens to be the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and on this day, MARCH Lebanon invited us to remember the thousands of mothers that came from around the world to work in Lebanon and support their families. There are over 200,000 migrant domestic workers in Lebanon coming from the Philippines, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh and Ethiopia and working under horrible conditions…

Lebanese Mothers Had A Nice Surprise Waiting For Them At The Movies

"Ne7na ma3 7oriyyit el te3beer bass sma3 kelmit 2emmak". I suggested that slogan to one of my friends who was working on some university project and even though it's a bit silly, I'm pretty sure most of us woke up and realized one day that our mothers were right about a lot of things. I've always been a stubborn kid and refused to listen to what my parents told me, but I learned through my…
Advertising

Best Mother’s Day Ads In Lebanon [2015]

10 years ago
Deyman fo2 rassna – by Almaza Exotica’s ad is still the best I’ve seen this year! #‎FromHeadToToe‬ by Maria Pino To the women of our brave Lebanese Army – by MP Nicolas Sehnaoui Nice wordplay ...
Health

Radioactive Sanitary Towels Seized At The Beirut Airport

10 years ago
That’s just crazy stuff! More than half a ton of sanitary towels containing a radioactive substance were seized today at the Beirut Rafic Hariri Airport. The pads confiscated were all Chinese-made and delivered to Lebanon ...
Critiques

Lebanese Journalist Joumana Haddad Denied Entrance To Bahrain Because She’s An Atheist

10 years ago
Joumana Haddad is Lebanese journalist, activist, poet, instructor, author and the head of the cultural pages for An Nahar newspaper, as well as the editor-in-chief of Jasad magazine, a controversial Arabic magazine specialized in the ...
Lebanon

Partial Solar Eclipse Happening Today In Lebanon Starting 10:45AM

10 years ago
The partial solar eclipse is seen from the heart of the Lebanese capital Beirut, 29 March 2006. Lebanon as well as most Arab countries will witness a partial solar eclipse today. The partial eclipse will ...
Humor

Al Baghdadi Live Tweeting At #ArabnetMe

10 years ago
I don’t know who’s running this account but they were live tweeting during the panel with ISF and TMC representatives and interacting with all the tweeps and it was pretty funny. Speaking of Arabnet, it ...
Automotive

Lebanon’s New Traffic Law: Everything You Need To Know

10 years ago
I think we all agree that Lebanon needs a new traffic law and I’m glad that the authorities finally managed to draft a new modern traffic law but the question remains whether they will be ...
Beirut

An Empty Nejmeh Square In Beirut Turned Green For St Patrick’s Day

10 years ago
I shared a picture yesterday of Beirut’s Nejmeh Square (Place de l’Etoile) as it turned green to celebrate Ireland’s National Day. The #GoGreen4PatricksDay initiative was organized by the Irish Consulate in Beirut and the Irish ...
Critiques

70-235463: A Legal Hotline By MARCH Lebanon To Fight Internet Censorship

10 years ago
Internet censorship is wrong and a lot of bloggers, Twitter and Facebook users are still being summoned or questioned by the authorities for posts or pictures they either published or shared. In the absence of ...
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