Posted By
Najib
Jul 04, 2016 08:10
The Oslo-based foundation "Business for Peace" grants every year the Oslo Business for Peace Award to up to seven honourees "in recognition of their individual and outstanding business-worthy contribution to the building of trust, stability and peace". The honourees are selected by previous Peace and Economics Nobel prize winners. This year, Sarah Beydoun, the founder and creative director of Sarah's bag, was granted this prestigious award and became the first honoree from the fashion industry.…
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Najib
Jun 28, 2016 09:19
British-Lebanese political talk show host and Former BBC Journalist Liliane Daoud was arrested and deported from Egypt yesterday night. She was the host of ONTV's political show "Headlines". "Eight men who said they were from the border police force took her to an unknown location after taking her telephone and her British passport," Daoud's ex-husband Khaled al-Berri had earlier told Agence France Presse. Daoud also holds a Lebanese passport. The prominent TV talk show host's…
Business
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Information
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Lebanon
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Humor
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Lebanon
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Critiques
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Humor
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Information
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