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

I shared a picture yesterday of Beirut's Nejmeh Square as it turned green to celebrate Ireland's National Day. The #GoGreen4PatricksDay initiative was organized by the Irish Consulate in Beirut and the Irish Embassy in Cairo in partnership with the Mayor of Beirut yet the one thing that almost everyone pointed out in that picture was the fact that Nejmeh square was empty. Captain Philip Carey, currently serving with UNIFIL in At-Tiri, south Lebanon, said at…

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

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 a law that regulates internet usage and protects the freedom of internet users, such practices are questionable and the majority of those summoned usually don't have anyone to turn to and aren't aware about their rights. Moreover, it's very stressful…
Lebanon

Lebanese-American Amateur Footballer To Be Jailed For Killing Referee During A Football Game

10 years ago
“For better or for worse, you’ve come to personify all that’s wrong with many people’s belief about the escalation of violence in sports,”. That’s what the judge told Bassel Saad after he sentenced him to ...
Lebanon

Cintia Baroud Made It To The Voice Canada’s Final Rounds!

10 years ago
Cintia Baroud is a Lebanese-Canadian singer and songwriter. She’s competing in the Voice Canada and has advanced to the final rounds of the TV show. I watched her performance and she has a great voice ...
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FAIL: Offer Your Mother A Housekeeper For Mother’s Day

10 years ago
via Kafa That’s just so wrong on so many levels! What were they thinking? And to make it even worse, there are special offers on nationalities :S Update: Speaking of bad Mother’s Day ads, Mustapha ...
Lebanon

Week19: LiveLoveBeirut’s Best Pictures Of The Week

10 years ago
Batroun by Polsamuel You can follow LiveLoveBeirut on Instagram [Here]. I’m also on Instagram and you can follow me [Here] if you like. That breakfast – by Maya.Menassa Byblos Famous Old House – By Ragheb ...
Lebanon

Felipe Nasr Finishes 5th on His F1 Debut

10 years ago
Brazilian-Lebanese F1 Driver Felipe Nasr finished 5th on his F1 debut and gave Sauber their first points since 2013. Sebastian Vettel also finished 3rd in his Ferrari debut which is encouraging news but Mercedes is ...
Lebanon

The Museum of Civilizations To Be Unveiled On March 24 In Beirut

10 years ago
I first wrote about the “Museum of Civilization” back in June 2014, when Lebanese Design Firm GM Architects were presenting this museum design at the Time Space Existence exhibition of the 2014 Venice Biennale. The ...
Humor

Can You Identify This Miserable Man?

10 years ago
I’m very tempted to call that number! via Wajid Here are some funny stories and pictures I collected from the past week. Enjoy 🙂 Al Jadeed mocking LBCI’s TV mistake but the joke is on ...
Humor

The Lebanese Sisters Revisited By Beirut Plus TV

10 years ago
Barke 7adan halla2 talfanlé 3al blog taba3e! Hahahahahaha! [YouTube] ...
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