Canada Prime Minister Announces First Ever Lebanese Heritage Month

Justin Trudeau, Canada's Prime Minister, issued a statement yesterday announcing the beginning of the very first Lebanese Heritage Month, "a time to recognize and honour the contributions of Lebanese Canadians to the country we proudly call home". Earlier in July 2023, Canada's parliament unanimously approved naming November as Lebanese Heritage Month and this year throughout Canada, November will be known as such. Here's the full statement by PM Justin Trudeau: “Since the 1800s, when the…

Israeli Shelling Has Destroyed Over 40,000 Olive Trees in South Lebanon

Few months back, I was posting about the gold medal awarded for Darmmess, an olive oil proudly produced in the village of Deir Mimas located South of Lebanon. Today, the olive oil harvest in Der Mimas and other towns is in danger because of Israeli shelling that has burned so far over 40,000 olive trees and torched hundreds of square km of land. According to the Agriculture Ministry, more than 100 fires in 60 different…
Lebanon

Can You Use Starlink in Lebanon?

1 year ago
It was announced last year that Starlink, Elon Musk’s satellite internet constellation, will launch in Lebanon and I read some people might already be using it and even procuring equipment via Cyprus, but this is ...
Food

Babel Restaurant Now Open at Dubai Mall

1 year ago
One of Lebanon’s finest restaurants has recently opened a luxurious branch at Dubai Mall. Babel, which was previously at La Mer Dubai has relocated and opened on Dubai Mall’s Fashion Avenue. The new location is ...
Humor

Pain D’or Replaced Rainbow Cakes With Sunset Cakes

1 year ago
After being targeted for promoting LGBT rights through rainbow cakes by a bunch of bigoted ignorants, Pain D’or released a rather disappointing statement and has recently decided to replace its rainbow cakes with sunset cakes. ...
Lebanon

Sprinter Aziza Sbaity Was Once Questioned Over Her Lebanese Passport at The Airport

1 year ago
Imagine being the country’s fastest female sprinter and one of its most celebrated athletes, and being interrogated at the airport by a security officer and questioned over the validity of your Lebanese passport. That’s what ...
Lebanon

Stray Bullet Shootings in Lebanon Kills & Injures at Least 23 People Yearly

1 year ago
According to a study by Information International, a Beirut-based independent regional research & consultancy firm, stray bullet shootings kill 8 people and injure 15 yearly in Lebanon. The numbers are based on data acquired from ...
Lebanon

Leading Lebanese Media Issue Powerful Joint Statement Against Hate Speech

1 year ago
LBC, MTV, Al Jadeed, Annahar, Nidaa Al Watan, L’Orient Lejour, Raseef22, Daraj, the Legal Agenda and other leading newspapers & media outlets in Lebanon issued a powerful joint statement yesterday condemning the “hate speech and ...
Humor

Snakes & Ladders Promote Homosexuality According to Education Minister Abbas Halabi

1 year ago
Our Education Minister has unveiled a dangerous conspiracy aimed at promoting homosexuality to Lebanese children through the “Snakes & Ladders” Game. The game which is presented within the “Kitabi – My Book”, a project funded ...
Lebanon

Riad Salameh Making Sure He Remains Untouchable

1 year ago
Lebanon’s former Central Bank governor left his office with a Zaffé and is nowhere to be found ever since. He’s supposedly still in the country given the travel bans imposed on him and international arrest ...
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