What’s Really Happening to Lycee Abdul Kader?

Destroying heritage buildings and houses, green spaces, public beaches has become an unfortunate trend in past years in Beirut, and the latest victim might me the old Lycee Abdul Kader building. I don't know how the rumors started or who started them, but I remember hearing about selling this old building to Walid Ben Talal and turning it into a mall four years ago, yet nothing happened. The sole owner of this property, as well…

It’s Time for Round 3 of The #FitB4Christmas Challenge

We're almost 50 days away from Christmas and it's time for my yearly #FitB4Christmas with TechieDad! What started off as a fun challenge is actually paying off because I've almost managed to maintain my weight from last year and stayed active. In fact, I even got back to jogging during my summer break in Montreal and was at my lowest weight in 5 years at 100.5kg when I got back to Beirut. At this moment,…
Critiques

Generator Owners vs. Economy Ministry, There’s Only One Loser: The People

7 years ago
Two days ago, private generators announced a two hour temporary shutdown throughout Lebanon and the majority of generator owners complied with this decision. In return, the Economy Ministry vowed new measures against generator owners and ...
Lebanon

1745: A New Hotline to Report Domestic Violence in #Lebanon

7 years ago
In collaboration with the NGOs KAFA (enough) Violence & Exploitation, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the National Commission For Lebanese Women (NCLW), the Lebanese internal security forces have issued a new hotline “1745” to receive ...
Lebanon

A Lebanese and a French movies get banned at local “Maskoon” festival

7 years ago
Lebanese censorship strikes again. This time on Halloween, at the third edition of the “Maskoon Fantastic Film” festival, organized by Abbout Productions in collaboration with the Metropolis Association, the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts (ALBA) and ...
Humor

Today is “Be Nice to Your Moteur Guy” Day

7 years ago
Media is always trying to portray the generator owner as the people’s enemy but he can be a soft and kind hearted person. He’s not necessarily fat, he doesn’t necessarily smoke and he doesn’t have ...
Baladi

Make #WorldMankoushehDay A National Day

7 years ago
I woke up this morning to an online petition asking everyone to declare November 2 as the official World Mankousheh Day. An ode to the symbol of Lebanese Food Culture and Traditions. #WorldMankoushehDay was launched ...
Business

World Bank Urging Lebanese Authorities To Form Government, Implement Reforms

7 years ago
We have the world’s third largest public debt-to-GDP ratio, fiscal and electricity reforms, which are seen as priorities ,are not in place yet; inflation is the highest in five years, projection for 2018 real GDP ...
Critiques

Greenpeace Report: Jounieh Ranked Fifth in Air Pollution in the Arab World

7 years ago
Greenpeace released an analysis of satellite data gathered from 50 cities around the world, and Jounieh turned out to be among the world’s top hotspots for nitrogen dioxide pollution, along with Dubai, Riyadh, Baghdad and ...
Food

The Coffee Brewers: Awesome Reusable Coffee Bags

7 years ago
A couple of weeks ago, I received three bags of coffee called “Western Cup” containing organic gourmet coffee from Brazil. The bags are imported from abroad and produced for Cafe Abi Nasr. The brewers are ...
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