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Najib
Apr 01, 2023 03:59
The former intersection of Armenian & Pasteur streets will be transformed soon into a public space project named Mar Mikhael Piazza. Beirut Urban Lab, an AUB-based interdisciplinary research center is behind the project which was first envisioned by the late Habib Debs. Works kicked in 2021 but got delayed by infrastructure works, but construction resumed in 2023 and the project is expected to be completed by July 2023. The Mar Mikhael Piazza aims to make…
Posted By
Najib
Apr 01, 2023 03:56
Souraya Zakharia, a famous Lebanese doll maker from the 60s was featured in MEA's Cedar Wings Magazine February 1994. Zakharia was a UN arts and crafts consultant and "had collaborated with several countries on traditional folklore preservation as well as working closely with President Camille Chamoun's wife, Sitt Zalfa". The story was brought up by the Lebanese Fashion History page, and Souraya's daughter even shared a letter from Jacquelyn Kennedy, the First Lady of the…
Food
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Who doesn’t love Saj Manakish or simply Saj Bread? Unfortunately they’re best enjoyed when right out of the Saj and it’s hard to find that that often, especially when you’re abroad. Buying the big old ...
Art
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L’Orient-Le Jour CEO and Baalbeck Festival President Nayla de Freige was awarded yesterday during a ceremony in Paris the “Grand Prix Du Rayonnement Français – Prix du rayonnement francophone” in the presence of France’s First ...
Critiques
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Lebanese renowned actor and director George Khabbaz is starring in a Ramadan show on Shahid called “Al Narr bil Narr” (Fire with Fire). The series deals with the daily social conflict between the Lebanese and ...
Lebanon
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A six year old girl was sexually assaulted at a Baalbeck school by a classmate, however when the mom reported the incident to the high school principal, he tried to shut her down by offering ...
Business
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According to World Bank’s latest Food Security Update report, Lebanon has the highest nominal inflation rate in the world at 139% followed closely by Zimbabwe at 138% and Argentina at 108%. The food inflation rate ...
History
2 years ago
I came across this story from 1977 on LebanonArchives’ timeline and it was the first time I hear about it. An Antonov airplane departed from Varna carrying a crew of nine and tons of frozen ...
Lebanon
2 years ago
The United States Department of the Treasury imposed new sanctions today against six people, four Syrians and two Lebanese, for their role in the production or export of captagon, a dangerous amphetamine. The four Syrians ...
Art
2 years ago
A while back, I stumbled upon a short video depicting a Tintin au Liban parody edition. The video showed an English edition which seemingly was issued by the National Lampoon magazine, an American humor magazine ...
