I Spent Over 17 Hours In Traffic This Week!

It's been three months since works started at the Jal el Dib bridge and traffic is getting worse by the day. In the last two weeks, they started closing additional sections on the highway and maritime road and the outcome was an extra 30 to 45 minutes in traffic. Last Wednesday, it took me over 3 hours to get back home because of the works and because some politician decided to block roads at 5PM.…

The Huawei Experience in Milano

Prior to the launch of the Huawei P20 Pro in Lebanon, I had the privilege to visit the Huawei Experience Store in Milano and was among the first to try out the Huawei P20 pro as well. Huawei's Milano store has Italian written all over it, from the design to the features to the feel and stands out from your average mobile experience stores. Sustainability and green design are highlighted in every corner of the…
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Ali Wehbe Sets New Guinness World Record for Fastest Crossing of Lebanon on Foot

7 years ago
The first time I wrote about Ali Wehbe back in 2014, he was running Lebanon for 12 days in 12 different marathons to raise and support the Lebanese Austism Society (LAS). This year, Ali Wehbe ...
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LAU’s Dr. Lina Abirafeh Among The World’s 100 Most Influential People in Gender Policy

7 years ago
Lebanese-Palestinian Lina Rafeh, director of the Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World (IWSAW) at the Lebanese American University, was included on the world’s 100 Most Influential People in Gender Policy in 2018, a ...
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Don’t Blame Rising Gas Prices on the Government

7 years ago
It’s easy to blame the authorities here for everything and we’re usually right most of the time, but believe it or not, the rise in local oil prices is not something the government can control. ...
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Major Floods in Ras Baalbeck

7 years ago
The strongest cyclone to ever hit southern Oman and neighbouring Yemen has left its mark on Lebanon in the last few days and some of the most affected areas by the recent rainstorms are Ras ...
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Sorting Waste at Source Kicked off in Beirut?

7 years ago
PM Hariri and the Municipality of Beirut announced back in April a recycling project entitled “Warak Beirut” or “Paper Beirut” that will supposedly promote source sorting of paper and cardboard at public institutions and the ...
Fun

Fifa World Cup 2018 Song As Bad As The 2014 One

7 years ago
Out of all artists and musicians, they picked Will Smith and a latin artist to come up with a song for a World Cup being held in Russia? And what a horrible song that is! ...
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Lebanese TV Channels that You May Have Never Heard Of

7 years ago
If you ask me about old Lebanese TV channels that were shut down, I can think of C33 and ICN but there’s more. I came across a FB post by a friend and an old ...
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Did Israel Fly An F-35 Stealth Fighter Over Beirut?

7 years ago
Jalopnik shared last week a picture of an Israeli F35 Stealth fighter flying over Beirut. The picture was tweeted by a military correspondent and reportedly taken by an Israeli Air Force commander. Israel has been ...
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