“LeMall Sin El Fil” Set To Reopen as “The Sooq Avenue”

Emirati businessman & founder of Al Habtoor Group, Khalaf bin Ahmed Al Habtoor, announced this week the reopening of Le Mall Sin el Fil and rebranding it under a new name "The Sooq Avenue". In addition to that, Al Habtoor announced that he will give tenants a rent grace period of up to 12 months in an attempt to encourage them to open and alleviate the burden of the ongoing economic crisis Lebanon is going…

Lebanon Lost One of Its Leading Environmental Activists: R.I.P Ziad Samaha

I've known Ziad since my AUB years, he was fun, kind and always smiling whenever we'd bump into him on campus. After graduating, I'd see him in events but only learned in recent years about his outstanding work with the IUCN and his dedication to the marine life. Prior to joining the IUCN , Ziad founded the Purple Reef, a local marine conservation and social Non-governmental Organization in Lebanon. Between 2013 and 2022, he was…
Critiques

2023 Municipal Elections To Be Delayed

2 years ago
The 2023 municipal elections were supposed to take place next month but will most likely be postponed, even though Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi had confirmed his preparedness to hold the elections. The lack of funding, ...
Lebanon

Baalbeck School Principal Offering Bribes to Cover Up Sexual Assault Charges

2 years ago
A six year old girl was sexually assaulted at a Baalbeck school by a classmate, however when the mom reported the incident to the high school principal, he tried to shut her down by offering ...
Lebanon

U.S. Sanctions Notorious Lebanese Drug Dealers Noah Zaaiter and Hassan Daqqou

2 years ago
The United States Department of the Treasury imposed new sanctions today against six people, four Syrians and two Lebanese, for their role in the production or export of captagon, a dangerous amphetamine. The four Syrians ...
Architecture

Heritage Buildings of Beirut Placed on 2022 World’s Monuments Watch

3 years ago
The World Monument Fund has decided to place for this year the heritage buildings of Beirut and their surrounding on the 2022 World Monument Watch. This decision comes following the heavy damages that these houses ...
Information

215,563 Lebanese Left the Country Since 2017

3 years ago
According to the latest report published by Information International, more than 215,000 individuals have immigrated/traveled from Lebanon between 2017 and 2021, including 79,134 last year alone. The statistics are based on on data provided by ...
Lebanon

The Economist Democracy Index: Lebanon Now Labeled as an “Authoritarian Regime”

3 years ago
More than a third of the world’s population is living under authoritarian rule according to the 2021 Economist’ Global Democracy Index, and only 21 countries were labeled as full democracies. Pandemic restrictions have damaged democratic ...
Lebanon

Lebanese Nabu Museum To Return 337 Ancient Artifacts to Iraq

3 years ago
Nabu Museum was inaugurated in 2018, but little did we know that hundreds of its antiquities were actually smuggled from Iraq following the 2003 US invasion and what the years of war and instability that ...
Lebanon

Illegal Mining Rigs Seized By The Authorities

3 years ago
Crypto mining is becoming more and more popular worldwide and Lebanon is, or at least was in the last couple of years, a great place to set up mining rigs given that the cost of ...
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