Posted By
Najib
Jan 13, 2022 02:50
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 help receive patients, diagnose them and giving them the needed treatment before transferring them to hospitals, if needed. While this is good news, the Lebanese authorities showed their appreciation for the Emiratis by misplacing a Kuwaiti flag instead of the…
Posted By
Najib
Jan 11, 2022 04:03
Following the decision by the Central Bank to raise the exchange rate of the dollar meant to import fuel from LL23,500 to LL24,600, gasolines prices registered a significant rise today in Lebanon. The price of gasoline rose by LL23,000, that of gasoline by LL24,200 and the price of diesel rose by LL33,000. In addition to that, the Lebanese Lira reached its lowest point at LL 33,000 for each 1 dollar. What are the authorities doing…
Alcohol
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Almaza shared some pretty exciting news today, as Philippe Jabre, the third generation Jabre family member, has now the majority stake in the company after having acquired it from Heineken who “will remain a minority ...
Information
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Art
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A 1908 painting of a Lebanese family overlooking the Mediterranean from their Ghazir house caught my attention on Twitter, so I decided to look further into its owner and discovered Philippe Jabre’s mesmerizing collection of ...
Health
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Lebanon
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Baladi
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OldBeirutLebanon shared a picture from 1969 of a cafe located in the village of Joun called Cafe Lady Stanhob. The Lady in question was called Hester Lucy Stanhope and was a British aristocrat and adventurer ...
Fun
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How many words can you think of to describe types of rain in Arabic? Well apparently there are 18 and by looking at them, I am only familiar with 2! Check them out as shared ...
Lebanon
4 years ago
The ISF has published a list of 238 names suspected of celebratory gunshots to mark the New Year. The list was published on their website including their full names, the province and the area where ...
