Bekaa’s Attorney General Sues a Citizen for Littering

It's hard to believe, but there are still a lot of people who litter and unfortunately for one pick-up driver who was throwing garbage out of his window, Bekaa's Attorney General was driving behind him and had him arrested and fined for littering. As it turns out, he was also driving the car without a license so he got fined twice. Of course fining him was the right thing but if the judge is capable…

What’s Really Happening to Lycee Abdul Kader?

Destroying heritage buildings and houses, green spaces, public beaches has become an unfortunate trend in past years in Beirut, and the latest victim might me the old Lycee Abdul Kader building. I don't know how the rumors started or who started them, but I remember hearing about selling this old building to Walid Ben Talal and turning it into a mall four years ago, yet nothing happened. The sole owner of this property, as well…
Critiques

UNHCR: 88% of Syrian Refugees Want to Return Home

6 years ago
Amid all this talk about naturalizing refugees and keeping them in Lebanon, UNHCR representative to Lebanon Mireille Girard revealed yesterday that 88% of Syrian refugees in Lebanon want to return to their country, but cannot ...
Baladi

Dr. Paul Salem Becomes First Lebanese-Arab President of the Middle East Institute

6 years ago
Dr. Paul Salem, former director of the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut and one of the world’s leading scholars on the Middle East, has been named president of the Middle East Institute (MEI). The ...
Baladi

“Marqet”: Lebanon’s First Blind-friendly Supermarket

6 years ago
On September 27, the Lebanese NGO Red Oak launched in collaboration with the Youth Association of the Blind (YAB), at the “Marqet” supermarket on the Koraytem main road, Beirut, its “Red Oak Blind-Friendly Market” project which ...
Lebanon

75-Year Old Publisher Dar Assayad To Shut Down

6 years ago
Al-Anwar newspaper first declared on its front page and it will stop being published, only to be followed by news that its publisher, Dar Assaad, which was founded in 1943 by Said Freiha, will halt ...
Food

Dunkin’ Donuts to become Dunkin’, with Lebanon to follow trend starting 2019

6 years ago
After 20 years of going under the name “Dunkin’ Donuts”, the American-borne company has decided to move to Dunkin’ to emphasize the selling of coffee and other drinks, beside doughnuts. This will happen in January ...
News

[Updated] South Africa Added to Countries Lebanese can Visit Without a VISA

6 years ago
[Update: May 1 2019] One of the blog readers informed me the embassy denied the below and we still need a VISA until further notice. Lebanese will no longer need a visa to visit South ...
Lebanon

Underground Waste Containers Installed in #Beirut

6 years ago
Ramco replaced Sukleen and started collecting garbage in Beirut back in May after winning a $70 million tender over a 5-year period. The company will pick up 650 tons of waste per day and has ...
Fun

ISF covers Entire Football Field to Display Lebanon’s Largest-Ever Drug Bust

6 years ago
Fifteen tons of weed were apprehended yesterday by the Internal Security Forces, making it the country’s biggest-ever drug bust. The drugs were worth over $100M dollars and were hidden inside paint buckets. They were set ...
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