Posted By
Najib
May 15, 2024 04:46
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 state of genocide in front of the world and its silence" as mentioned by Jumblatt. This is definitely a setback as this festival is one of the most prestigious annual music festivals in the Middle East and has been attracting…
Posted By
Najib
Feb 28, 2024 05:29
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 and Commonwealth office between 2014 and 2016. She will succeed Oana Lungescu, who served as spokeswoman from 2010 to 2023. Farah went to school at IC in Beirut and then majored in Audiovisual Arts at USJ. She then moved to…
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