#BeirutShutdown: What’s Happening Tomorrow is a Mistake

#YouStink just announced that they will be go on with their plan to block roads and shut the capital for a few hours starting 6:30am. The roads that will be closed are as follows: 1- Khalde triangle- over the bridge 2- The Dora region next to CIT 3- City Center- the Hazmieh highway towards Beirut The purpose as stated on their page, is to cut down roads for the people, not to harm them. They…

No One Takes Myriam Klink Seriously, Even When She’s Hijacking a Plane

So Myriam Klink thought it was a smart idea to get on a MEA flight and upload a small video where she pretends to be hijacking it. Of course no one took her seriously but I love how no one in the video could care less about what she's doing, they are not even looking at her. Nevertheless, I can't wait to see her try to pull this joke on an American or European airline.…
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Cabinet Wants To Postpone The Garbage Crisis For Four Years

10 years ago
Picture via Ramez Dagher The cabinet convened today at the Grand Serail to discuss the garbage crisis and came up with a temporary solution for the next four years. Here’s what they announced so far: ...
Critiques

Garbage Crisis in Beirut Back in The Old Days

10 years ago
This is an old interview with an AUB student (Engineer) talking about a garbage crisis at the time (Not sure about the year), and asking people to wrap their garbage properly and not throw them ...
Humor

An Epic Mistake From Al Mustaqbal Newspaper

10 years ago
Not only did they include Hekmeh twice in the Lebanese Basketball League table, but they mistakenly took out Riyadi (Sporting) and put Hekmeh (Sagesse) in the lead. On another note, what’s up with the total ...
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The Week Middle East: Is Lebanon Sinking?

10 years ago
The Week Middle East featured our PM Tamman Salam on its cover page with the title “Is Lebanon Sinking?” in reference to the ongoing garbage crisis. I tried looking for the magazine but couldn’t find ...
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How is Saudi Arabia a Better Country for Women than Lebanon?

10 years ago
An Online campaign shedding the light on women rights in Arab countries. International Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8 in Lebanon and around the world every year. It is a a global day celebrating ...
Humor

The Lebanese Passport: Probably The Most Expensive & Least Useful One

10 years ago
Here’s a hilarious sketch by CHINN’s Abbass Jaafar on the Lebanese passport, the countries that we can fly to without a visa and the tons of documents that we need to prepare to get a ...
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How to Detect Fake 1000 Lebanese Lira Bills

10 years ago
I am not really sure if it’s profitable to produce and use 1000 LL counterfeit bills but there are plenty in circulation apparently. I don’t think I’ll ever bother to check if a 1000 LL ...
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Municipalities are Also to Blame For The Garbage Crisis

10 years ago
Making good use of open manholes The majority of municipalities in Lebanon are to blame for the garbage crisis as much as the Lebanese government is. They’ve been doing very little to manage and recycle ...
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