Posted By
Najib
May 17, 2017 08:44
Professor Salma Samar Damluji, a British architect of Iraqi and Lebanese descent, was elected member of the prestigious Académie d’Architecture en France a month ago. Dr. Damluji joined the American University of Beirut in 2013, and has hosted "a series of lectures from renowned international architects; initiated and launched with her colleagues the Sustainable Design Week as part of the The Areen Lecture Series, among other things". It is worth noting that becoming a member…
Posted By
Najib
May 16, 2017 11:07
The DailyStar mentioned yesterday that the central bank thwarted a cyber attack on Monday and had to suspend some of its online services, mainly its email services, as a precautionary measure. The rest of the article indicates that the attack was linked to the Wannacry ransomeware as it mentioned an automaker in Europe hacked recently as well as schools and hospitals. As you all probably know, they figured out a way to halt the vicious…
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