Posted By
Najib
Oct 21, 2016 01:00
During my last trip to Montreal few weeks ago, it came to my attention that I've never been on a commercial plane flown by a woman. Given that only 3% of the airline pilots around the world are women, you wouldn't expect to have a Lebanese female captain but we actually have one and she's called Rola Hteit. She was featured in an article on the HuffPostArabi a week ago and praised as the only…
Posted By
Najib
Oct 21, 2016 09:54
Lebanese blogger and visual artist Maya Zankoul launched her latest book yesterday entitled "Beirut-New York" where she explores unlikely similarities between these two highly incompatible cities. The illustrations are funny, witty and spot-on, just like everything Maya does :) Here are few illustrations from the book. For those interested, you can buy the book online and check out Maya's artwork as well. There's also an explanation for these similarities at the end of the book.
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