Posted By
Najib
Feb 18, 2023 11:08
You'd expect luxury goods imports to decrease dramatically when an economic crisis hit a country followed by a dramatic currency collapse, but that doesn't appear to be the case in Lebanon where caviar imports, as highlighted by Jad Chaaban in his latest post, dropped significantly in 2019 but then increased dramatically from 0.5 in 2020 and 2021 to 3.2 tons in 2022. Cars imports also witnessed a major increase last year and even surpassed the…
Posted By
Najib
Dec 23, 2022 02:19
The Christmas spirit is unfortunately missing this year again in Lebanon but one has to find a reason to be cheerful and thankful, even for the little things, during this time of year. Here are few pictures I collected of Christmas trees from around Lebanon, hoping that you all spend a blessed one: Harissa Our Lady of Lebanon - Credits: @flyoverlebanon Gemmayze - Credits: @whatworksforhiba ABC Mall - Credits: @m_kay6 ABC Mall - Credits: @m_kay6…
Humor
3 years ago
Fake news have been traveling online about a brilliant inventor from Lebanon who apparently broke three Guinness World Records, as “The Youngest Engineer in the World”, “The Youngest Inventor to Obtain a Patent for an ...
Critiques
3 years ago
According to Legal Agenda, the ministry of education received 2.1 billion dollars between 2016 and 2021 to enhance schools and make sure all students have access to an education. Out of these two billions, 270 ...
Baladi
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Le Petit Robert, the popular single-volume French dictionary, has added the word “Labné”, also pronounced as “Labneh” to its 2023 edition. Labneh is traditionally made with goat’s milk but it can also be done using ...
Baladi
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The award-winning film “Costa Brava” directed by Mounia Akl starring Nadine Labaki is now streaming on Netflix for all those who wish to see it. The movie has already won the “Green Star” award from ...
Baladi
3 years ago
The Pierre Sadek Foundation revealed yesterday that an exhibition entitled “Pierre Sadek… Picturing History” will take place in Abu Dhabi from November 21 till November 24 2022. The exhibition is organized by the the Lebanese ...
Baladi
3 years ago
I’ve seen several campaigns and blogposts aimed at promoting local businesses, artists, craft vendors and others and I was thinking instead of promoting all at once in a list, that I’d dedicate a blogpost every ...
Lebanon
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President Aoun’s mandate ends today yet the Lebanese parliament hasn’t yet elected a new president. We’ve already had four sessions where the candidate who got the most votes was Michel Moawad (42), knowing that two-thirds ...
Baladi
3 years ago
The Cedars are proudly representing Lebanon in the 2021 Rugby League World Championships in England and have just reached the quarter finals after beating Jamaica 74 to 12. The team has delivered very strong results ...
