Posted By
Najib
May 13, 2018 05:31
May Arida, the President of Lebanon's prestigious Baalbek International Festival and "a name that raises so much values, so many memories" has passed away aged 92. Here's a small biography of Arida's numerous accomplishments and honors: - President of the Baalbek International Festival from 1973 till 2018 - President of the Lebanese Water Skiing Federation from 1953 till 1961. She organized the first world championship of water skiing in Lebanon. She also won once the…
Posted By
Najib
May 13, 2018 02:22
The official results were finally published online by the Interior Ministry, they included detailed results for every districts and every polling station. The results are all in PDF formats which sucks but fortunately there are few websites that presented them in a more user-friendly matter, like , and other blogs like that analyzed the voter turnout percentages between 2009 and 2018. Here are some of the most interesting finds: - The turnout is 5% less…
Architecture
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Critiques
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Art
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Baladi
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The American University of Beirut has officially become a Guinness World Record Holder after building the largest notebook mosaic-flag. The flag consisted of around 60,000 notebooks and was unveiled tonight on the Green field on ...
Elections2018
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Elections2018
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Amid all the tensions in today’s elections, here’s a fun story for a change. Lebanonfiles shared earlier today a remote polling station that’s basically a small tent in the outskirts of Jbeil in the town ...
