President Aoun & The First Lady Honor Veteran Journalist Hoda Chedid

A ceremony was held today at Baabda Palace to honor one of Lebanon's most esteemed journalists and reporters: Hoda Chedid. With over 30 years of service in the media industry, Chedid is currently working as a reporter for LBCI News, Annahar, and L'Orient le Jour. She has also served as a correspondent to the Presidential Palace for five terms. The tribute was organized and attended by Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and First Lady Nehmat Aoun.…

Tadmor Documentary First Public Screening in Damascus

The screening of Tadmor in Syria last week was nothing short of amazing, and I only wish Lokman Slim had been among us to witness this historic event. The fact that the first screening of this documentary took place in Damascus is especially significant, given the city’s historical ties to the Syrian regime and the prison’s notoriety, particularly after the 1980 massacre following an assassination attempt on Hafez al-Assad, where hundreds of inmates were killed.…
Middle East

Get Well Ali Jaber!

6 months ago
Lebanese TV personality and Director General of MBC Group Ali Jaber is recovering after having a health scare the past two weeks. Jaber suffered from internal bleeding and had to go into a coma for ...
Movies & Television

MTV & LBCI are NOT Banned on Social Media in Canada

6 months ago
There’s a story circulating on Instagram since this morning that MTV & LBC are shadow banned in Canada as people are unable to access the accounts. This has nothing to do with the Gaza or ...
Lebanon

Have You Seen Elissa’s Netflix Docuseries?

1 year ago
Netflix has released a documentary last week shedding light on the life and career of Lebanese pop star Elissa, and I have to say it was actually a good watch. The docuseries consists of three ...
Movies & Television

“Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn” Now Playing on Apple TV

1 year ago
Apple TV released today a series on Carlos Ghosn entitled “Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn”. The four-episode series tells the tale of the Brazilian-French-Lebanese businessman and how he managed to escape from Japan by ...
Baladi

The “Beirut Dreams In Color” Movie Was Officially Nominated for An Emmy

1 year ago
“Beirut Dreams in Color” is a short movie directed by Michael Collins about the Mashrou’ Leila Lebanese rock band and feminist activist Sarah Hegazi. Mashrou’ Leila was one of the most popular alternative rock group ...
Baladi

Award-Winning Lebanese Film “Peek-A-Boom” Premiering on YouTube on July 25

1 year ago
Update: You can watch it [here]. Our talented friends at wezank produced a short animated movie back in 2020 entitled “Peek-A-Boom” (بَؤّوســي in arabic) that has won them several awards including Best Animation at Harlem ...
Baladi

“Anxious in Beirut” Wins Best Documentary Film Award at Shanghai International Film Festival

1 year ago
“Anxious in Beirut”, a documentary directed by Zakaria Jaber and produced by Jumana Saadeh, has won the award for Best Documentary Film at the Shanghai International Film Festival. The documentary covers the three years of ...
Middle East

Netflix’s Cleopatra To Be Released on May 10 Despite Feud with Egypt

1 year ago
Was Queen Cleopatra black or white? Is Adele James a more accurate representation of the Egyptian Queen than Elizabeth Taylor? This is not the first and won’t be the last debate over Cleopatra’s race but ...
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