A Documentary on The Assad Regime’s Mass Graves

Al Jazeera shared few days ago a haunting documentary on the mass graves in Syria under Assad's rule, including an interview with an unnamed witness that helped dig graves around Damascus. The harrowing testimony by the grave digger provides a stark reminder of what the Syrian people has been experiencing under the criminal Assad regime. As for us Lebanese, it reminds us of the hundreds, if not thousands, of political prisoners still missing in Syrian…

A Question For Crime Movie Fans

A while back, the ISF arrested a man accused of stealing $50,000. The thief admitted to blackmailing a man in Achrafieh by sending him a fake bomb and asking him for money, he also said that he got inspired from a movie that he had seeing recently. While we're all glad the victim was unhurt and got his money back, I couldn't help but think of the movie he got inspired from, and I couldn't…
Critiques

General Security Passport Renewal Platform Powered by an NGO?

2 years ago
Update: General Security changed the “Powered by Hani Saliba Foundation” to “With appreciation for Hani Saliba Foundation efforts”. SMEX, an organization which advocates for digital rights, shed light last week on new service offered by ...
Critiques

No Budget For Lebanon’s Supervisory Commission For Elections

2 years ago
During the 2018 elections, over 7000 violations were recorded by LADE (Lebanese Association for Democratic Elections) including volunteers intervening in the voting process, votes being moved out from ballot boxes, bribes, and over 200 cases ...
Lebanon

Unlock Your iPhone With Face ID While Wearing a Mask

2 years ago
The latest iOS 15.4 beta introduced by Apple now allows you to use Face ID while wearing a mask and without needing an Apple Watch. The feature will be available for iPhone 12 and iPhone ...
Automotive

Minister Ali Hamieh Doesn’t Believe Lebanon had a Public Transportation Crisis

2 years ago
If you haven’t met yet our new Public Works & Transport Minister, he was on TV the other day claiming that Lebanon never had a transportation crisis before 2019, and that the government never really ...
Lebanon

Someone Burned The Old Homeless Man’s Street Library

2 years ago
Remember the story I shared a week ago about the old man selling books under a bridge? It appears that someone has set fire to his small kiosk and burned all his books. I don’t ...
Critiques

What’s Happening to the Lebanese Lira Exchange Rate?

2 years ago
If you’re wondering how the Lebanese Lira rate has been improving steadily over the last few days, after dropping to an all-time low of 33,000 last week, here’s why: – Following the decision by the ...
Baladi

HEC & CMA CGM Launch “The CMA CGM Excellence Fund for Lebanon”

2 years ago
At times where seeking higher education abroad has become out of reach for many Lebanese university students, HEC & CMA CGM have decided to partner and launch The “CMA CGM Excellence Fund for Lebanon”, a ...
Critiques

Minister of Culture Helps Homeless Book Seller By Giving Him More Books

2 years ago
Pictures of a homeless man taking shelter under a bridge and selling used books went viral last week, prompting Lebanon’s Minister of Culture (wait for it) to visit the old man and throw some more ...
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