Construction works to resume at Emile Lahoud’s “Olympic Swiming Pool complex”
I first posted about this abandoned site back in 2010 and it has been the same since then. In 2012, it turned out that 18 million dollars of our tax money were gone to waste to build this complex. Yesterday, I saw a banner on the Naccache bridge informing us that works will resume soon to finish this project. To be honest, I think they should just destroy the whole thing and stop wasting our…
Lebanon
FAIL: No Pedestrian Walking Allowed
12 years agoPicture from KunHadi This photo is taken in DownTowm Beirut. ...
Humor
Najwa Karam Tweets
12 years ago@NajwaKaram Shames el Ghenniyye is hurting our eyes with her tweets. Maybe someone should tell her to install/enable the Arabic Keyboard? ...
Critiques
100 seconds about Take Back Parliament
12 years agoWhat I like about this initiative is that they have an electoral platform posted on their website [Vote2013.org] covering almost all the topics you could think of. They are divided as follows: – Administrative & ...
Automotive
Car Wash Logic in Lebanon
12 years agoThere are at least 3-4 workers washing and cleaning the car, they ask for your keys to move it from one spot to another, and then notify you that they are not responsible for the ...
Information
UK Ambassador Tom Fletcher On the Anniversary of Lebanon’s Civil War
12 years agoPicture taken from UKInLebanon via Flickr One of the points raised by Fletcher is very similar to what I posted yesterday, in that we need to write down a history book that goes beyond 1943, ...
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Remembering The Lebanese Civil War
12 years agoSource: Annahar Until we figure out a way to write down a history book that goes beyond 1943, the young generations will never learn the reasons behind behind the civil war, its consequences and how ...
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Thank you for nothing
12 years agoPictures taken from GebranBassil Facebook Page Wen byerkab el train? It seems elections are closer than we think as campaigns have kicked off from all sides. In fact, I spotted billboards reminding us on how ...
Economics
Lebanon has the 3rd-highest degree of wealth inequality in the world
12 years agoSource: Credit Suisse Global Wealth Databook 2012 Out of 141 countries, the U.S. has the 4th-highest degree of wealth inequality in the world, trailing only Russia, Ukraine, and Lebanon. Yet the financial industry keeps creating ...