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Najib
Apr 01, 2023 01:29
L'Orient-Le Jour CEO and Baalbeck Festival President Nayla de Freige was awarded yesterday during a ceremony in Paris the "Grand Prix Du Rayonnement Français - Prix du rayonnement francophone" in the presence of France's First Lady Brigitte Macron. Created in 2009, the "Grand Prix Du Rayonnement Français" rewards each year a personality or an institution, French or foreign, which carries the colors of France high in the world. There are five categories for the prize…
Posted By
Najib
Mar 30, 2023 04:30
Lebanese renowned actor and director George Khabbaz is starring in a Ramadan show on Shahid called "Al Narr bil Narr" . The series deals with the daily social conflict between the Lebanese and the displaced Syrians on Lebanese soil and one of the scenes between Khabbaz and a Syrian teacher has been making the rounds online and getting mixed reactions from viewers. The 2 minute confrontation sums up 10 years of struggle for Syrian refugees…
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Business
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History
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Lebanon
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Art
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Art
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Baladi
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Patrick George, a Lebanese expat and Concordia graduate, kicked off his banking career with a Lebanese private bank (FFA Private Bank) in 1994 before moving to HSBC in 1996 to manage the Emerging Markets Equities ...
Critiques
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The Minister of Public Works & Transport announced on Twitter yesterday plans to build a new terminal at the Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport with a foreign investment of $122 million, noting that no expansion plans ...
