Posted By
Najib
Jan 11, 2022 03:59
Almaza shared some pretty exciting news today, as Philippe Jabre, the third generation Jabre family member, has now the majority stake in the company after having acquired it from Heineken who "will remain a minority shareholder and will continue to provide access to international brands and technical expertise". Almaza was founded in 1933 by the Jabre family in 1933 and has been for as long as I can remember Lebanon's favorite beer. The decision by…
Posted By
Najib
Jan 11, 2022 03:36
Underage marriage is still a big problem in Lebanon and has unfortunately increased during the pandemic. Back in 2017, UNICEF revealed that for 1 in 25 girls was married before 18 in Lebanon. Despite years of campaigning to set the minimum marriage at 18, the real problem remains the same: We don't have a unified personal status law to dictate matters such as inheritance, custody of children and the legal age of marriage. Instead, these…
Art
2 years ago
A 1908 painting of a Lebanese family overlooking the Mediterranean from their Ghazir house caught my attention on Twitter, so I decided to look further into its owner and discovered Philippe Jabre’s mesmerizing collection of ...
Health
2 years ago
While hundreds were protesting against vaccination yesterday in Beirut, defying social distance guidelines and raising baseless claims, over 30,000 individuals including students, teachers and schools staff opted to get vaccinated and help protect themselves and ...
Baladi
2 years ago
Tawlet By Souk el Tayyeb was one of my favorite spots in Mar Mikhail, and it’s great to see them open their first location abroad in the French Capital. The announcement was made yesterday on ...
Lebanon
2 years ago
Update Jan 31 2022: “Marwan Habib’s now charged w/2 sex battery offenses connected to when he allegedly burglarized a S. Beach hotel room & attacked a visiting KC woman in Nov. Charges were added in ...
Baladi
2 years ago
OldBeirutLebanon shared a picture from 1969 of a cafe located in the village of Joun called Cafe Lady Stanhob. The Lady in question was called Hester Lucy Stanhope and was a British aristocrat and adventurer ...
Fun
2 years ago
How many words can you think of to describe types of rain in Arabic? Well apparently there are 18 and by looking at them, I am only familiar with 2! Check them out as shared ...
Lebanon
2 years ago
The ISF has published a list of 238 names suspected of celebratory gunshots to mark the New Year. The list was published on their website including their full names, the province and the area where ...
Lebanon
2 years ago
Abu Dhabi has officially dropped several countries from its “Green List” which now includes 71 countries. Among the countries dropped are the UK, Turkey, Jordan, Qatar, Russia and Lebanon. All travelers arriving from the green ...
