In Pictures: Phoenicia Hotel In Beirut From 1961 Till 2015

The oldest picture of Phoenicia I was able to find. It was taken before the grand opening in 1961 Phoenicia Beirut was celebrating its 50th anniversary around the same time four years ago. This majestic landmark at the heart of Beirut was inaugurated back in 1961 by the Lebanese businessman Najib Salha and was one of the best hotels in the whole area. The hotel was a victim of the Lebanese civil war and had…

Why Do We Need A Huge Basketball Stadium In Zouk Mikhael If We Don’t Have A Good Team?

Via arabasket The largest basketball stadium in Lebanon will be inaugurated this summer in Zouk Mikhael yet basketball teams in Keserwan are all suffering financially. In fact, Tadamon, Kahraba and Centrale have been struggling for years due to the lack of funds and sponsors and haven't been able to compete for the championship. This being said, I don't understand why we're spending millions on a huge stadium when all we need is a couple of…
Fashion

RIP Basil Soda

10 years ago
Lebanon lost today one of its renowned fashion designers Basil Soda. Soda unfortunately lost his battle against cancer after a couple of years and died today aged 47 only. I don’t know much about the ...
Humor

The Most Hilarious Lebanese TV Interview And Other Fun Stuff

10 years ago
Before talking about this hilarious interview I just found out, let’s start with another epic made-up story by the guys behind Anaween Areeda. Going back to that old CHINN video, it was taken from an ...
Critiques

Tweet At #GazaFont To Break The Media Blackout And #UncoverGaza Stories

10 years ago
When sectarian fights were raging in Tripoli and innocent people were getting killed, a lot of people were clueless about what’s happening and who’s fighting who. The sad part was that most local TVs seemed ...
Lebanon

Week21: LiveLoveBeirut’s Best Pictures Of The Week

10 years ago
Tarchich by Sacha el Aref You can follow LiveLoveBeirut on Instagram on [Instagram]. I’m also on Instagram and you can follow me [Here] if you like. Chou ya Ashta? By ItsGeorge Surfing in Lebanon – ...
Humor

Shoud We Celebrate Earth Hour In Lebanon?

10 years ago
Taken from an old post Earth Hour is an annual global event where cities from around the world switch off their lights for an hour. The purpose of Earth Hour is to remind us that ...
Movies & Television

Hiba Tawaji Sings Christina Aguilera’s “Fighter” & Advances To The Final Stages

10 years ago
Update (04/04/2015): Hiba Tawaji is still going strong in the Voice France and has advanced to the next round. Hiba Tawaji is one step closer to the Voice France finals after she passed the knockout ...
Information

Forest Areas in Lebanon Are Now Less Than 13%!

10 years ago
Shouf Biosphere Reserve Back in 2011, the Ministry of Environment stated that forest areas have declined from 35% of the total area of Lebanon in 1965 to 13% in 2009 and they are even less ...
Movies & Television

Gebran Khalil Gebran’s The Prophet As An Animated Film: Here’s The Official Trailer

10 years ago
Salma Hayek has been working on this project for quite some time now and Khalil Gebran’s “The Prophet” is finally coming to the big screen. I still have mixed feelings about turning this masterpiece into ...
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