Posted By
Najib
Feb 26, 2018 02:43
The 2017 Corruption Perceptions Index placed Lebanon at the 143rd spot out of 180 countries and 14th out of 20 countries in Middle East and North Africa. The report did state that Lebanon is taking small yet positive steps towards fighting corruption and increasing transparency and integrity, like the passage of the Access to Information Law, Lebanon joining the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative and the ratification of the national budget for the first time since…
Posted By
Najib
Feb 26, 2018 10:02
Every time I'm walking from Ayn el Mraysse towards the lighthouse, I notice a large number of fishermen gathering around one specific spot, which is where the sewers are discharged down into the Mediterranean. The smell is horrible yet they spend hours there looking for fish but I'm not really sure if they're doing it for fun or they're actually eating or selling these fish. Is this normal? I get it that some types of…
Critiques
8 years ago
People have been sharing pictures of a red Berdawni river since yesterday. It appears that color originated from a chemical or a dye from a nearby factory in Hzerta. This is not the first time ...
Art
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Minister of Culture and the Order Of Engineers And Architects Of Beirut announced yesterday along with the Italian Ambassador and architect Hala Younes that Lebanon will be represented officially at the 16th edition of the ...
Fun
8 years ago
It’s always good to have people breaking sex clichés in Lebanon but the below video showing a Lebanese sexologist giving advice on homemade sex toys seemed more like a joke than the real thing. I ...
Critiques
8 years ago
I was reading the other day about a new trend in Sweden called #Plogging, whereas people go for a jog and pick up litter at the same time, and was thinking if it would work ...
Critiques
8 years ago
I barely commented on what happened in the past week, from Murr’s controversial comments on MTV’s high advertising rates and audience, to MTV reporting videos & posts bashing them on Facebook and the reactions that ...
Fun
8 years ago
If you go to dgps.gov.lb and look up your ID in Beirut for example, you will notice in the drop-down list of sects the term “إسرائيلي”, which does not refer to Israelis but to Israelites, ...
Fun
8 years ago
During the past few years, living in the shadow of the conflict in Syria, it’s easy for many to assume the UN just works with refugees in Lebanon. This though, is far from the case. ...
Food
8 years ago
Lent is a season of reflection and preparation before the Easter Celebrations and is marked by fasting both from food and festivities. As far as food is concerned, people tend to fast from meat and ...
