Posted By
Najib
Mar 28, 2017 11:21
The Laziza brewery , which was established in the early 1930s and closed in 2003 is getting demolished to make way for a new project called "Mar Mikhael Village" by renowned Lebanese architect Bernard Khoury. Khoury plans "to demolish the existing building, replacing it with the memory of its shell; its morphology traced and reproduced using a permeable lattice of vertical and horizontal elements, with its infamous arch untouched along the southern façade", so basically…
Posted By
Najib
Mar 28, 2017 10:06
We always tell foreigners about being able to “Swim & Ski” on the same day in Lebanon but we never get to do it, mainly due to traffic LOL, but Silvio Chiha wants to make it happen and is collaborating with Alfa to complete an exciting “Mountain to Sea” challenge as part of its nationwide #LivePlus Campaign to introduce 4G+. Silvio Chiha is a Lebanese water skiing champion and an inspiration to all the Lebanese…
Critiques
9 years ago
Update 2 (28/03/2017): I received the following statement from TALACO’s General Manager: Statement of Denial and Correction A number of websites have published reports to the effect that “TALACO” will open an “Apple Store” outlet ...
Advertising
9 years ago
I’ve been looking for almost a year for a Captain Majed jersey for Brian and I just found out Ashkeman Clothing is selling one. It’s not exactly the same as Captain Majed’s jersey but it’s ...
Baladi
9 years ago
Mohammad el Mir is good at mental calculation, really good! In fact, he’s so quick he came first at The Junior Mental Calculation World Championship 2014 when he was only 11 years old. He was ...
Critiques
9 years ago
Here’s another silly act of censorship by the Lebanese authorities. Submarine, a movie by Mounia Akl, that tells the story of a Beirut that is still dealing with a trash crisis is apparently being censored ...
Beirut
9 years ago
Now that’s a first! The American University of Beirut has agreed to pay a financial penalty of $700,000 to settle a lawsuit after being accused of assisting three organizations linked to Hezbollah. One example was ...
Food
9 years ago
On Tuesday March 21 2017, in more than 100 countries around the world, 2000 restaurants and embassies celebrated France’s gastronomy by inviting the public to a “French-style” dinner. The aim from this initiative, named “Goût ...
Baladi
9 years ago
Joumana Haddad is Lebanese journalist, activist, poet, instructor, author and the head of the cultural pages for An Nahar newspaper, as well as the editor-in-chief of Jasad magazine, a controversial Arabic magazine specialized in the ...
Critiques
9 years ago
I’m glad Gino brought this issue up and shared SMEX Beirut’s very useful video on this matter. For those who are not familiar with this term, Sextortion is “a serious crime that occurs when someone ...
