21 Stereotype-Exploding Facts About The Middle East, 5 From Lebanon

It's a fun read by BuzzFeed but the author apparently ran out of ideas towards the end. Here are the facts where Lebanon is mentioned: 1. Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, Syria, Morocco, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Turkey, and Morocco all have their own national beers. 2- Lebanese are obsessed with plastic surgery - 1.5 million surgeries per year in a country of only 4 million! 4- In Lebanon, you can ski in the morning and…

U.N. Refugees Chief Antonio Guterres Warns Lebanon Could Collapse Under Syrian Refugees Burden

Picture via UNHCR Here's a sum up of what United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said during an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour: - Lebanon could collapse under the weight of the massive influx of Syrian refugees - Without economic and financial support, and an increased effort to share the burden of Syrian refugees, “Lebanon not the possibility to go on with the present situation. - Twenty-five percent of the Lebanese population today…
Middle East

Vice Report: Miss Camel Beauty Contest In Abu Dhabi

11 years ago
[YouTube] Quite an interesting pageant. It’s unbelievable how much money is spent on camels! ...
Lebanon

Will The Movie Noah Be Banned In Lebanon?

11 years ago
UAE, Qatar and Bahrain have already banned the Hollywood film “Noah” because it contains scenes that are seen as offensive to Islam. I am not sure whether it will be banned in Lebanon as well ...
Information

The Selfiest Cities in the World: Beirut Ranked 210

11 years ago
According to Time, Makati City known as the financial center of the Philippines is the Selfie Capital of the World, or the capital where people take the most selfies. Manhattan came in second spot followed ...
Critiques

Are White Belly Dancers Engaging In Cultural Appropriation?

11 years ago
[YouTube] Ranja Jarrar argues in her piece that white women who practice belly dance are, willingly or unwillingly, engaging in appropriation. Personally speaking, I didn’t really get the point the author was trying to make ...
Events

More Than 1000 Cyclists Take Part In The “Ride For Roy” 65K Memorial Ride

11 years ago
The Ride For Roy is a 65 km ride that starts and finishes at Atlantis, The Palm. It was organized to honor Triathlon Lebanese Champion Roy Nasr‘s memory. Roy was killed by a drunk driver ...
Beirut

Baghdad Airport Deputy Head Arrested Over MEA Incident

11 years ago
Source Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ordered the arrest and dismissal of Samer Kubba, Baghdad Airport’s deputy head as well as all “those responsible for preventing the plane coming from Beirut from landing in Baghdad”. ...
Beirut

MEA Plane Headed to Baghdad Forced To Return To Beirut

11 years ago
Source And the reason is that the son of the Iraqi Transport Minister was very late and the plane had to leave without him. Apparently the Iraqi authorities didn’t like that and asked the plane ...
Humor

LinkedIn to include new ‘Wasta’ section for Middle East markets

11 years ago
Hilarious stuff from the Pan-Arabia Enquirer and the comments are as epic as ever! Read the full article and comments [Here]. In an announcement made this morning, the company revealed that the ‘Wasta’ category would ...
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