Nightclubs are Reopening This Weekend in Lebanon

WenSehranTonight, an instagram page that promotes nightlife in Lebanon posted today the list of nightclubs and venues that will be reopening this weekend. The events won't be promoted on social media according to that same page, but the venues felt the need to re-open given that there are over 15,000 employees making their living from this industry. This isn't the first time nightlife prevails in times of war in Lebanon, and there were articles back…

Israeli Strikes Wound 2 UNIFIL Troops, Kills 2 Lebanese Soldiers

Two Lebanese soldiers today were killed and three others injured in an Israeli strike next to an army checkpoint in South Lebanon. This is the first time that Israel fires at the Lebanese Army ever since the war escalated two weeks ago. On the same day, and few days after having rejected an Israeli demand to relocate some positions in the South, UNIFIL Sri Lankan troops were injured by an Israeli strike close to their…
Movies & Television

MTV & LBCI are NOT Banned on Social Media in Canada

1 month 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 ...
Food

Famous Lebanese-Australian Chef Greg Maalouf Dies at 64

1 month ago
This is sad day for Lebanese cuisine as one of its most awarded chefs and authors has passed away. Lebanese-Australian chef Greg Maalouf, long considered as the “godfather of Lebanese cuisine”, has died at the ...
Lebanon

Death Toll From Dahieh Airstrike Rises to 31, Including 3 Children and 7 Women

1 month ago
The Lebanese Health Minister announced that the death toll from Israel’s latest airstrike has risen to 31 kills including 3 children aged 4,6 and 10 respectively. There are 68 injured including two in a critical ...
Lebanon

Riad Salameh Arrested Over Money Laundering & Embezzlement Charges

1 month ago
Just when we thought Salameh was untouchable, Judge Jamal al-Hajjar decided to arrest him after a hearing at the country’s judicial palace. Salameh is the subject of multiple investigations into alleged financial misconducts but the ...
Lebanon

Donner Sang Compter is Sadly Shutting Down After 14 Years

4 months ago
After 14 years, 1,312 blood drives and over 104,679 blood units donated, Donner Sang Compter has decided to close down due to a lack of funds primarily but more importantly due to a lack of ...
Lebanon

Dr. Food Charged With “Manufacturing, Trafficking and Drug smuggling”

5 months ago
Mount Lebanon investigating judge Ziad Dagheedi had issued an arrest warrant in absentia against George Deeb, also known as Dr. Food, for the crimes of “drug manufacturing, trafficking, and smuggling abroad”. The memo will be ...
Lebanon

Beiteddine Festival Will Suspend Its Activities This Summer

5 months ago
The Beiteddine Art Festival’s president Noura Jumblatt issued a statement today and announced the suspension of all activities scheduled for this year. The reason for that is the situation in South Lebanon and the “ongoing ...
Baladi

Lebanese-British Farah Dakhlallah is The New NATO Spokeswoman

8 months ago
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has appointed this week Farah Dakhlallah as the new NATO spokesperson. Farah had worked before as a communications manager at the WHO and an Arabic spokeswoman for the UK Foreign ...
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