Beirut Blast Survey Reveals 25% of Residents Did Not Return

A survey by Beirut Urban Lab exploring the aspects of life in Beirut ruptured by the blast in 2020, has shown that the occupancy rate stood at 54% for eight sub-neighborhood residential clusters located in neighborhoods of the city that were severely affected by the Port explosion. In addition to that, a quarter of the residents did not return after the blast, while half the residents who received NGO assistance mentioned they were dissatisfied with…

Snakes & Ladders Promote Homosexuality According to Education Minister Abbas Halabi

Our Education Minister has unveiled a dangerous conspiracy aimed at promoting homosexuality to Lebanese children through the "Snakes & Ladders" Game. The game which is presented within the "Kitabi - My Book", a project funded by the US Agency for International Development , was confiscated from all public schools. The minister's decision was a personal one and he justified it as to "avoid any confusion". By confusion, I suppose he meant turning lesbian or gay…
Lebanon

Riad Salameh Making Sure He Remains Untouchable

1 year ago
Lebanon’s former Central Bank governor left his office with a Zaffé and is nowhere to be found ever since. He’s supposedly still in the country given the travel bans imposed on him and international arrest ...
Critiques

Ashraf Rifi Has a Problem With Lesbians

1 year ago
Back in 2014, a judge bravely dismissed a case against a transgender woman on the basis that article 534, which prohibits sexual relations that “contradict the laws of nature”, cannot be used against homosexuals. This ...
Lebanon

US Basketball Team Coach Steve Kerr Meets Lebanon Team

1 year ago
International Basketball Week is taking place from August 17 till August 20th in Abu Dhabi and Lebanon is one of six teams taking part in this week, in addition to the US team, Greece, Germany, ...
Baladi

Ottawa Saint Charbel Parish Makes Longest Markouk Sandwich

1 year ago
This week marks the feast of the assumption of Mary, a feast celebrated mainly by Catholic Churches around the world. The assumption of Mary or (عيد السيده) is a very special in Lebanese villages mainly ...
Economics

Central Bank Forensic Audit by Alvarez: Early Findings

1 year ago
Alvarez & Marsal just completed its first preliminary forensic audit of the Lebanese Central Bank. The audit company was supposed to deliver its initial audit report in September 2022, but difficulties in collecting information and ...
Lebanon

U.S. Treasury Sanctions BDL Ex-Governor Riad Salameh

1 year ago
Reuters Iraq Bureau Chief reported this morning that the U.S. Treasury has sanctioned former Lebanese central bank governor Riad Salameh, along with his brother Raja, his son Nadi, his aide Marianne Howayek and his lover ...
Lebanon

Saudi Arabia & Bahrain Urge Their Citizens To Leave Lebanon

1 year ago
Saudi Arabia was the first to issue a travel warning to Lebanon following the ongoing clashes at Ain el Helwe camp, followed by Kuwait, Bahrain & Qatar. While Saudi Arabia & Bahrain urged their citizens ...
Food

Starbucks Knock-off Coffee Shop Open in Beirut

1 year ago
There’s a new chain of coffeehouses open across Lebanon called “Stories” that has a striking resemblance to Starbucks. From the logo to the colors, the cups, the straws, even the aprons, everything looks the same. ...
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