Mar Mikhael Flyers “Politely” Asking Pubs to Close Down on Good Friday

Several bars and pubs in Mar Mikhael received a flyer asking them in a polite way to close down on Good Friday. Unlike the threatening memos that are sometimes distributed during Ramadan by fanatic groups and directed at those who do not observe fasting, the memo signed by the Mar Mikhael locals and residents is a friendly one, and could be easily ignored by pub & bar owners. Gino brought the issue up few days…

Ex-PM Najib Mikati Tops Lebanon’s Billionaires For 2017

Forbes' 2017 Billionaires list is out and this year's list was topped by Bill Gates followed by Warren Buffett and Amazon's Jeff Bezos in third spot with $72.8 Billion. As far as Lebanon is concerned, Najib & Taha Mikati continue to top Lebanon's Billionaires list with $2.6 Billion each, followed by Bahaa Hariri and Robert Mouawad . I could not find Saad Hariri on the list.
Animals & Wildlife

Camel Spotted on Dora Highway

9 years ago
My friend was driving towards Jal el Dib an hour ago when he spotted a camel on the highway. He followed him to see where he’s headed before the man holding the camel crossed the ...
Fun

#UnleashThe Speed: Don’t Forget to Test Your Ogero DSL Speeds Today!

9 years ago
Today marks the third “unlimited speed” day planned by Ogero and the regions covered will be: Dora, Sin el fil, Minât el Hosn, Chiah, Achrafieh, Dekwaneh. I just did a speed-test earlier this morning and ...
Fun

One Horrible Easter Ad

9 years ago
I’m pretty sure there are better ways than this ad to promote healthy eating and ask people to avoid eating Maamoul. I have to admit I did lose appetite looking at it but it’s just ...
Fun

15 Things I was Doing/Had آخر_مرّة_صارت_الإنتخابات#

9 years ago
The hashtag آخر_مرّة_صارت_الإنتخابات# has been trending since yesterday where people are sharing what they’ve been doing 8 years ago when we had our last parliamentary elections in Lebanon. The tweets & Facebook posts are quite ...
Critiques

Yet Another Parliament Extension

9 years ago
According to The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index for the year 2016, Lebanon is not even a flawed democracy but a hybrid regime, which means a “nation where consequential irregularities exist in elections regularly preventing ...
Automotive

Live Image Feed from Mecanique – Hadath

9 years ago
The Traffic Management Center announced today that they installed a live cam at the Mecanique center in Hadath that will broadcast pictures almost every 5 minutes on the following [link]. That way, you will be ...
Fun

Global Fire Power 2016 Report: Lebanon Ranked 68th out of 126, KSA Third Worldwide

9 years ago
Globalfirepower published a list featuring countries ranked by their military budgets for the year 2015. The info is not 100% accurate but it pretty much gives you an estimate of where Arab countries stand in ...
Advertising

EDZ Palm Sunday Ad

9 years ago
Yet another witty and spot-on ad by EDZ on Palm Sunday, reminding us that 24/7 electricity is a big deal and something to be proud of in a country filled with corruption and incompetence. Next ...
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