Environment Ministry: Natural Reserves Open for Free this Sunday

The New Minister of Environment Fady Jreissati has announced this Sunday a "National day for Lebanon's natural reserves" and has invited all Lebanese to go out and enjoy them free of charge. There are fifteen natural reserves, out of which nine will be open: 1- Tannourine Cedars Nature Reserve 2- Horsh Ehden Nature Reserve 3- Chnaniir Nature Reserve 4- Bentael Nature Reserve 5- Shouf Cedars Nature Reserve trees of Al Shouf Cedar Nature Reserve Barouk…

Meet The Female Members of Al Mina’s Municipal Police

Take note Broumana: This is the right way to empower women and encourage them to join the municipal police. You don't need to "sexualize" them by dressing them in sexy shorts in order to empower them. The recruitments of females in Lebanon’s Municipal Police falls under a “new vision for Lebanon’s Municipal Police” developed by the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities , with the support of UNDP. Out of Al Mina's 21 newly recruited police…
Fun

Ben Stiller & Susan Sarandon in #Beirut

6 years ago
Hollywood stars Ben Stiller and Susan Sarandon were in Beirut yesterday for the screening of Soufra at Beirut Digital District with Al Fanar. The story behind this documentary film is quite an inspiring one. Here’s ...
Art

2019 “La Plume de Pierre” Winners Announced

6 years ago
This year marks the third edition of “La Plume de Pierre”, a ceremony organized by the “Pierre Sadek Foundation”, a foundation aimed at safeguarding the work of Pierre Sadek by gathering and organizing his vast ...
Business

LCPS 2018 Report: 95% of Lebanese Think We’re Headed in The Wrong Direction

6 years ago
The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS) released its Feb 2019 report and revealed some interesting finds after conducting a survey back in October 2018 with 1,200 respondents. According to the repot, The survey was ...
Health

Alarming Suicide Numbers in #Lebanon: How You Can Help

6 years ago
According to statistics released by the ISF, the average number of suicide cases throughout the past ten years in Lebanon is 119, with the highest recorded number being 143 in 2017. This means that 1 ...
Lebanon

Awesome Shots of #Qaraoun Lake at Full Capacity

6 years ago
Here are some cool shot taken by Rami Rizk of the Qaraoun Lake at its full capacity today. The excess water is expected to flow towards the Litani River. Sadly enough, and even though the ...
Baladi

LAU Translates Oldest Book About #Beirut Into French, English & Arabic

6 years ago
Back in January, I was invited to attend a special event at the Center for Lebanese Heritage (CLH) at LAU where a translation of the very first book to be printed about Beirut was launched. ...
Lebanon

A Lebanese Biathlete?

6 years ago
I stumbled upon an a Facebook post on Hasroun Church’s page about a Lebanese biathlete competing in Italy as a member of the Lebanese Army. He’s called Yorgo Hakim and accordingly to the post, he ...
Critiques

Cement Blocks removed in front of the General Security Building in Adlieh

6 years ago
Almost 5 years after the blocks were put for security reasons on June 21, 2014, and a couple of weeks after the newly-appointed Minister of Interior And Municipalities Raya El Hassan ordered the removal of ...
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