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Najib
May 17, 2017 09:41
The latest Instagram update just added "Face filters" to your Instagram stories, similarly to the popular Snapchat augmented reality selfie filters. You will see a small face when you're adding a story that will let you add virtual koala ears, nerd glasses, a butterfly crown or wrinkle-smooth makeup. Here are all the faces as explained by Tech Crunch: Gold Crown – A Caesar-style golden wreath around you head, this filter is subtle and universal enough…
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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…
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