Posted By
Najib
Feb 23, 2022 04:32
I'm sure everyone has played wordle at least once so far, and if you're hooked on it like myself, you've probably tried the French version, the Arabic version or even the unlimited version. However, there's an even better game out there, for all geography fans, where you need to guess the country based on the map provided. Every time you enter a country, it tells you how far off you are from the correct one…
Posted By
Najib
Feb 23, 2022 04:19
I love discovering or reading about old gems in Beirut and I'm surprised I had never heard about Tokyo restaurant until today. In fact, I passed right next to it countless times but for some reason never spotted the sign. Tokyo restaurant was apparently one of Beirut's most popular Japanese restaurants in the 1990s, and if we were to believe some comments, Walid Jumblatt's favorite spot. Source: http://beirutntsc.blogspot.com/2013/10/tokyo-restaurant-beirut.html According to The Beirut Banyan, Tokyo was…
Baladi
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I cannot imagine how hard it must have been for Najla el Khatib to try and write down her sister’s story, but I can only admire her courage and perseverance in coming up with this ...
Baladi
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Architecture
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Lebanon
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History
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I stumbled upon today an aerial shot of Beirut’s port taken in 1929 by François Pierre-Alype, found on the National Library of France website. I dug out the website, searched for all the Beirut-related pictures ...
Art
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Information
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Lebanon
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