Someone Burned The Old Homeless Man’s Street Library

Remember the story I shared a week ago about the old man selling books under a bridge? It appears that someone has set fire to his small kiosk and burned all his books. I don't know what evil mind would do that, but I'm trying to figure out how we could help the old man find a proper shelter and maybe get him back a small kiosk to sell his books. I will post updated…

What’s Happening to the Lebanese Lira Exchange Rate?

If you're wondering how the Lebanese Lira rate has been improving steadily over the last few days, after dropping to an all-time low of 33,000 last week, here's why: - Following the decision by the Central Bank a month ago to set a new rate of 8,000 Lebanese pounds to the US dollar for withdrawals, there was a substantial increase in the amount of Lebanese Liras circulating in the market, which meant more demand for…
Baladi

HEC & CMA CGM Launch “The CMA CGM Excellence Fund for Lebanon”

4 years ago
At times where seeking higher education abroad has become out of reach for many Lebanese university students, HEC & CMA CGM have decided to partner and launch The “CMA CGM Excellence Fund for Lebanon”, a ...
Critiques

Minister of Culture Helps Homeless Book Seller By Giving Him More Books

4 years ago
Pictures of a homeless man taking shelter under a bridge and selling used books went viral last week, prompting Lebanon’s Minister of Culture (wait for it) to visit the old man and throw some more ...
Lebanon

Greece Aegean Airlines Suspends All Flights to Beirut

4 years ago
Greece’s largest carrier Aegean Airlines has announced today that it will be suspending all flights to Beirut after a hole was discovered in the hull of a Greek airliner before taking off from Beirut. Minister ...
Baladi

Lebanon Wins Award For Best Arab Video Commercial Film On Cyber Extortion

4 years ago
A Lebanese video commercial won the award for the best Arab Video commercial on Sexual Harassment/Cyber Extortion in Tunisia. Lebanon was taking part in the 45th Conference of Arab Police and Security Leaders being held ...
Lebanon

Illegal Mining Rigs Seized By The Authorities

4 years ago
Crypto mining is becoming more and more popular worldwide and Lebanon is, or at least was in the last couple of years, a great place to set up mining rigs given that the cost of ...
Lebanon

Denmark Donates 429,000 #Moderna Covid Vaccines to Lebanon

4 years ago
Danish Ambassador to Lebanon Merete Juhl met with Health Minister Firas Abiad and announced donating more than 400,000 vaccines to the ministry. This comes as a huge boost to Lebanon’s vaccination drive and will hopefully ...
Animals & Wildlife

Dead Crocodile Found Near Cola Area in Beirut

4 years ago
Animal rights advocate Ghina Nahfawi went live few days ago to report a dead crocodile found in Beirut near the Cola Area. It’s not clear how the crocodile got there, and it took several days ...
Humor

Inverted Kuwaiti Flag Placed instead of Emirati Flag At Mohamed Bin Zayed Hospital Centre Opening

4 years ago
Today was the opening of the “Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Emirati-Lebanese Hospital Centre for the Treatment of COVID-19 Patients” on the Beirut seafront today. The center has a capacity of approximately 80 beds, which will ...
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