Posted By
Najib
Sep 04, 2018 01:18
Following my article on the lack of outdoor playgrounds in Lebanon, I received an email regarding an award-winning initiative undertaken by two landscape architects Zeina Kronfol & Pamela Haydamous who redesigned the old Karantina public garden into a playground for kids. The new design, which won the award for the public space category during the Lebanese Architecture Awards last year, is one of the first public play gardens for kids in Beirut. The architects transformed…
Posted By
Najib
Sep 03, 2018 07:08
When supermarkets decided to axe plastic bags in Australia, one fed-up customer decided to put the entire shopping kart and take it back home. When interviewed by a local channel, he welcomed them "the Lebanese Way" and went on to brag about what he did. The stunt is a funny one but I hope he's not serious about getting charged for plastic bags. It's not "just a plastic bag" as plastic pollution is one of…
Critiques
7 years ago
Telecom Ministry Jamal Jarrah tweeted a statement issued by the Ministry announcing new measures to prevent illegally imported mobile devices. Unlike the useless and ineffective decision taken few years back forcing smartphone users to register ...
Lebanon
7 years ago
British artist Tom Young moved to Lebanon ten years ago and is a deeply committed artist who draws his inspiration from Lebanon’s heritage, mainly old abandoned houses and buildings. Young is famously known for being ...
Lebanon
7 years ago
The ISF released a statement last week stating that part of the northbound Jounieh highway will be closed for four days in order to install fiber optic cables. The works included fiber loops, cleaning manholes ...
Animals & Wildlife
7 years ago
Lorises are a group of several species of nocturnal strepsirrhine primates. They are highly endangered species that somehow made their way to a Lebanese pet shop, where they obviously don’t belong. The pet shop was ...
Critiques
7 years ago
A picture was circulating last week of a Lebanese MP’s office where a Saudi flag was showing. the MP in question was Othman Alameddine and the office was indeed his. He ended up releasing a ...
Critiques
7 years ago
August is the busiest month for traveling as airports are generally crowded and Beirut’s airport is no exception to that. The only problem is that no additional measures are taken during this month to ease ...
Lebanon
7 years ago
When a woman gets married in Lebanon, her name is removed from her father’s family register and added to her husband’s. However in the event of a divorce, the woman’s register is moved back to ...
Automotive
7 years ago
A friend of mine compiled the TMC stats for car accidents during the month of August and shared them in a graph. The numbers are alarming to say the least and nothing much (as usual) ...
