Cristiano Ronaldo vs Roda Antar’s Bicycle Kick

Ever since Cristiano Ronaldo scored that stunning overhead kick against Juventus on Tuesday, everyone's been comparing to the greatest all-time overhead kicks, and a couple of football fan pages in Lebanon even brought one of Roda Antar's stunning goals back when he played for Köln in the Bundesliga. In all fairness, Antar's bicycle kick is a great goal but what makes Ronaldo's overhead kick so special is the astonishing height at which he kicked the…

Beirut’s “Green Line” Through the Eyes of Lebanese photographer Patrick Baz

Just like many Beirutis, war was the new normal for Lebanese Photographer Patric Baz who used live along Beirut's Green line during the Lebanese civil war. At age 17, he picked up his father's camera and started shooting whatever he saw and photographing people who lived along the Green line. Throughout Lebanon’s 15 year civil war, this narrow, five-mile sliver of land divided the city and separated Muslim and Christian factions. Beirut's Green line was…
Baladi

Earth Hour Celebrated at City Centre Beirut

7 years ago
I dropped by City Centre Beirut last Saturday to take part in their Earth Hour activation. For those who are not familiar with the movement, Earth Hour is a global initiative that aims at turning ...
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AUBMC Wins the Silver Dubai Lynx Award for Shisha Risks Awareness Video

7 years ago
I shared this ad on the health risks of smoking Shisha over a year ago and thought it was a brilliant one. Basically AUBMC went to a regular Shisha coffee shop and asked the waiter ...
Critiques

90K Registered Lebanese Expats Data Leaked?

7 years ago
When the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants was asking Lebanese expats to register online to vote in the upcoming elections, a lot of questions were raised on the privacy policies on the website and ...
Animals & Wildlife

Brutally Beaten Horse in Tripoli Rescued by Animals Lebanon

7 years ago
Following the horrible video that emerged online showing a horse being brutally beaten in a farm in Tripoli, Animals Lebanon notified the officials, went to the crime scene with the ISF and confiscated the horse. ...
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Happy Easter Ads [2018]

7 years ago
Here are some of the Easter ads I spotted this year. Fakhry, Barbar & McDonalds are my favorites. The worst one was Malak el Taouk. What were they thinking? McDonalds: Kababji: Fakhry: Barbar: Castania: Casper: ...
Fun

What’s with All These Green People/Flyers/Billboards?

7 years ago
First I spotted two people painted and dressed in green from head to toe with a green logo in the middle then I spotted some people distributing flyers with the same logo in the streets ...
Elections2018

Vote for Teta?

7 years ago
For those who are not aware yet, Gisele Hachem Zard, the woman behind all these kids plays at “le Theatre de Gisele” is running for office at the upcoming 2018 elections. Her plays are pretty ...
Critiques

Unemployment Rate in #Lebanon at 46%?

7 years ago
I was just reading that President Aoun warned yesterday “that the grave economic situation, presence of Syrian refugees and the reluctance of Lebanese to take low-paid jobs has caused unemployment to soar to 46 percent”, ...
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