Posted By
Najib
Oct 06, 2017 08:10
Twelve Lebanese made it to the Forbes Top 100 Most powerful Arab businesswomen this year, and five of them were named among the world's 10 most powerful Arab Women. However, all five of them almost have nothing to do with Lebanon, except having one or two parents of Lebanese origins. Here's the list: #2: Amal Clooney Lawyer, Doughty Street Chambers #3: Nayla Hayek Chair, Swatch; CEO, Harry Winston $6: Rula Ghani Afghanistan's First lady #7:…
Posted By
Najib
Oct 05, 2017 10:40
I found this article on Lebanon's richest athletes and it says it's based on the Forbes list but I couldn't find anything on the Forbes website. In fact, Lebanon is not even in the 21 countries they selected to come up with the world's highest-paid athletes list. Five out of the top 10 richest athletes listed are football players, two of them are basketball players, there's one rugby player, one rally driver and Lebanese explorer…
Critiques
8 years ago
Major Suzan Hajj Hobeiche is no longer the head of the Cybercrime and Intellectual Property Bureau as she was re-assigned (or forced to quit?) presumably for ‘liking’ an anti-Saudi Arabia tweet by Comedian Charbel Khalil. ...
Baladi
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Famous American trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong, who’s considered as one of the finest jazz musicians of all time, apparently visited Beirut in 1959 and performed at the UNESCO Theater. Armstrong was on a Middle ...
Critiques
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Corruption, match-fixing, attacking referees, tricking young players, mismanagement and disgusting sectarian fans. That’s not what football is about and that’s why football is doomed in Lebanon. I wish I could share MTV’s optimism in promoting ...
Information
8 years ago
If you’re a non-resident Lebanese who’s eligible to vote in the upcoming Lebanese elections, you only have 47 days left to register on the Ministry of Foreign Affair’s website. You can also access the mobile ...
Sports
8 years ago
We have a new team in this year’s Lebanese Basketball season top-division: “Beirut Club”. The team was promoted to the top division along with Antonieh this year and is proving to be a title-contender after ...
Architecture
8 years ago
The new US Embassy in Lebanon will remain in Awkar and will be built over an area of 174,000 square meters at a cost of around $1 billion. They practically bought the whole mountain on ...
Health
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Every year, during Ashoura, Who is Hussain? and Donner Sang Compter Lebanon team up to organize a blood donation campaign to encourage those who commemorate Ashoura to “give blood for those who need it most ...
Fun
8 years ago
If you haven’t experienced Lebanon by bike you’re definitely missing out. Even though there aren’t that many pre-set bike trails, there are plenty of awesome locations where you can bike and enjoy the sceneries. Few ...
