The Snoubar Skatepark: A New Skatepark at Horsh Beirut

Beirut has a new skate park: The Snoubar Skatepark located at Horsh Beirut. This project is a collaborative effort led by Make Life Skate Life and the Lebanese Skateboarding Association with the support of Decathlon, CHPO Brand and Air France. This is supposedly Lebanon's first ever public skate park and the aim is to create a safe place for local youth to skateboard, improve their psycho-social wellbeing and make friends. In August 2020, after the…

Beirutportexplosion.com

It's been over a year since the Beirut Port blast, the third-largest non-nuclear explosion in history, took place and and the survivors are still grieving and waiting for justice. What's clear for now is that the explosion was the result of years of negligence and incompetence and there are tons of documents and testimonies to back this claim. Al Jadeed's investigative journalists have done an outstanding job in the past 12 months and all their…
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Tutti Frutti is Shutting Down For Good

3 years ago
Lebanon is losing one of its best cocktail shops Tutti Frutti due to the ongoing crisis. The shop owner made the announcement on Facebook few days ago and thanked his customers for their loyalty for ...
History

Seven Facts About Lebanon at the Olympics

3 years ago
This Facebook post inspired me to write these interesting facts about Lebanon’s participation at the Olympics throughout history. Six Lebanese athletes are currently taking part in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, three women and three men. ...
Baladi

A Specially Crafted Kimono for Lebanon at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games

3 years ago
In celebration of the Tokyo Olympics, Japan has carefully crafted 213 unique kimonos inspired by each country’s culture, history and scenery. The “KIMONO Project” aims at showing a gesture of friendship and peace towards countries ...
Lebanon

Full Schedule for Lebanese Athletes at the 2020 Olympics

3 years ago
We have 6 Lebanese competing at the Olympics in Tokyo this year in five different sports as shown below: Judo: Nacif Elias [Men’s −81 kg[ Athletics: Noureddine Hadid [Men’s 200 m] Shooting: Ray Bassil [Women’s ...
Critiques

Is Real Change Possible in Lebanon?

3 years ago
The answer is no, at least not in the next 3 to 5 years. As much as I want to believe that the revolution can still bring the Sulta down to its knees, the situation ...
Lebanon

Brazilian Star Ronaldinho in Beirut

3 years ago
Ronaldinho is starting a tour tomorrow in Beirut as part of the “Solidarity with Lebanon and the Lebanese” initiative. The Brazilian star will start his visit at 3:30PM at the fire brigade in Karantina before ...
Lebanon

What are We Providing Iraq In Exchange for its Fuel?

3 years ago
A deal was signed between Iraq and Lebanon today, where Iraq will supply Lebanon with one million tonnes of fuel oil in exchange for medical services. The Iraqi fuel however cannot be used by Lebanon’s ...
Lebanon

Supermarkets Are Running Out of Diesel

3 years ago
Lebanon’s leading supermarkets are running short on diesel and might be forced to temporarily close until the authorities figure out a way to procure diesel. Ironically, the problem is not a market shortage but suppliers ...
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