ASHEKMAN’s take on Trump & Tolerance

ASHEKMAN were invited to take part in an international group exhibition in the US entitled "Trumpomania" where they drew Trump's face, using Arabic #calligraffiti and used a powerful Gibran Khalil Gibran quote that says "You are blind and I am deaf and mute, so put ur hand in my hand so we realize each other". The quote says it all, and the fact that Gibran was a US immigrant makes it even better. The exhibition…

Lebanon is Building The Biggest Cross in the Middle East (Again)

We're building a new cross in Lebanon that is bigger than the one in Bekich. The Ijdabra cross, located in the Batroun area, will be 60 meters long and is being built on a land owned by the church of Mar Saba at 400m above sea level. The Qanat Bakish is 73.8 meters tall so I'm guessing the new cross will be wider but I couldn't find further info. The cross project, which is almost…
Lebanon

31 Wedding Dresses Hung in Beirut to Protest Article 522

8 years ago
ABAAD hung 31 wedding dresses on Ain el Mraysseh to protest Lebanon’s law on rape that still allows a rapist to get away with his crime if he marries his victim. The 31 partially-shredded symbolize ...
Fun

Batman to the rescue in the Bekaa

8 years ago
War Child is an international NGO investing helping out children and young people affected by armed conflict. They’ve been doing an amazing work for years now in Lebanon helping out Syrian refugees and they’ve just ...
Critiques

Malak el Taouk Reopens in Zouk Mosbeh

8 years ago
Malak el Taouk issued a statement today clarifying that early investigations showed that neither bacteria nor germs led to the death of the Syrian worker and that they will publish the official Ministry of Health ...
Baladi

Why Lebanon is the Healthiest Nation in the Arab World

8 years ago
Lebanon ranked 32nd out of 163 countries in Bloomberg’s 2017 Global Health Index and the healthiest nation in the Arab World with a health score of 79.55. Just to give you a quick overview of ...
Critiques

UAE Bans Import of Apples from Lebanon

8 years ago
It doesn’t look like Lebanon’s apple crisis is going to end anytime soon as the UAE has just banned imports of fruits and vegetables from five Middle Eastern countries, including apple from Lebanon. The reason ...
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Jou3an? 3o2o …

8 years ago
Snack Chouchou has recently opened in Jounieh and the above is their idea of promoting their delivery service. Their delivery number is 71/302080 so they decided to highlight the 3020 in big letters as “3o2o”. ...
Critiques

Lebanese Ministry of Telecom Website Got Hacked for 6 Hours Yesterday

8 years ago
The Lebanese Ministry of Telecom official [website] got hacked yesterday in the afternoon and only got fixed around the midnight. What’s funny is that I wanted to tag the ministry or minister to inform them ...
Fun

French Presidential Elections (Round 1) Results in Lebanon

8 years ago
Who did the Lebanese-French vote for in the first round of France’s Presidential elections? The French Embassy tweeted the official results and surprisingly more people voted for Fillon (5451 votes) than Le Pen (1099 votes) ...
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