For The Love of Zaatar (Thyme)

Here's a 6-minute short movie on Mohammad Ali Neimeh, the man who cultivates Lebanon's wild herb and who's a thyme passionate. Mohammad, also known as Abou Kassem, used to collect thyme from the fields and quite often get exposed to snipping and shelling by the Israeli Army during their occupation of South Lebanon. That's where he decided to take the seeds and plant them elsewhere. It took time, patience and dedication but he pulled it…

EDZ Strikes Again: Teta Samira’s Worst Nightmare

This is a hilarious new ad by EDZ showing the famous Teta having a nightmare about electricity cuts and a fridge full of rotten food because of a power outage. Unfortunately though, it may be funny now but the current Energy minister is not planning to renew EDZ's contract apparently. They should have put his face in the Teta's dream to send out a message LOL!
BlogWaladi

#BlogWaladi: Celebrating Brian’s Two Years in Pictures

8 years ago
It’s true what they say that “Time flies when you’re having fun”. Brian has officially turned two on Saturday and the past 24 months have been tiring but thrilling, exciting and more importantly rewarding. Raising ...
Baladi

Beirut Planting Roofs

8 years ago
Beirut Planting Roofs is the latest experiment by Ziad Abichaker, The “Garbage King”, where he’s teaming up with the American University of Beirut to install vertical planters made out of Eco-board panels on a rooftop ...
Fun

From No Burkinis to Burkinis Allowed on Tuesdays Only

8 years ago
Following the latest Burkini controversy, a summer resort in Zgharta is now allowing veiled women wearing Burkinis to swim on Tuesdays only. When asked by one of the readers on why it’s only allowed on ...
Architecture

#Lifehaus: The First Self-Sufficient Project in the Middle East Coming to Baskinta

8 years ago
Lifehaus is the first low cost fully self-sufficient project in the Middle East that is designed to lower the carbon footprint ​using upcycled, local materials and ancestral techniques. The founder and architect behind LifeHaus is ...
Critiques

Lebanese Soldiers Fight off Terrorists & Suicide Bombers in Arsal

8 years ago
The Lebanese Army stormed two refugee camps in Arsal’s outskirts and managed to arrest and kill several terrorists. The operation wasn’t that easy as the first man they were looking for blew himself up, then ...
Advertising

Castania to Replace Al Rifai at Beirut Duty Free

8 years ago
I noticed Al Rifai’s ads all over the billboards in the past few days and wasn’t sure if they were celebrating a milestone or sending out a message. I checked their Facebook page and they ...
Events

A Busy Summer Schedule For Wael Kfoury

8 years ago
We were talking about summer festivals last week and someone mentioned that Wael Kfoury is performing in like 10 festivals, which is not quite common given how highly-rated and popular the singer is. But I ...
Art

What You’re Missing Out At The 2017 Beirut Cultural Festivals

8 years ago
Wednesday June 28th was the opening night for Beirut’s Cultural Festivals and the first screening of a “Journey Through Time”, the festival’s centerpiece and a true masterpiece. From the live orchestra, the script, the spectacular ...
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