Buy Local: 15 Alternatives to Nutella in Lebanon

Nutella is no longer affordable or even available in Lebanon due to the dollar crisis. As a result, people are looking into Lebanese-based alternatives and surprisingly, there are many. In fact, our friend Bassam Karam found fifteen locally produced chocolate spreads and reviewed three of them already: 1- ChocoDoux 2- Munchies 3- Ted Lebanon 4- Eshmoon 5- NuCrema 6- GTella 7- Sevilla 8- Chic&Choc 9- Chocola Tia 10- Gardenia 11- Chocowoo 12- Equia 13- Bader…

Where Did the Bank Deposits Go?

Between end of 2018 and February 2020, 98,885 accounts were closed in Lebanese banks, the majority holding between 5 and 30 Million Liras. $21.3 Billion Dollars is the total amount of cash withdrawn from banks during this same period, out of which 16 Billion are in Lebanese Lira and the remaining five billion in foreign currencies. Lebanese Lira withdrawals: - Accounts with less than $100K dollars withdrew $1.8 Billion Dollars. - Accounts having over $100K…
Lebanon

A Brilliant 22-Minute Documentary on Lebanon’s Financial Meltdown

3 years ago
How did we get here? What went wrong? Why is the “All means all” right on the money? Megaphone News produced this amazing 22 minute documentary to explain how Lebanon ended up in this deep ...
Critiques

Watch Ali Haidar’s Interview on The State of Lebanese Basketball

3 years ago
A couple of weeks ago, Lebanese NT player Ali Haidar shared a video where he stated he will never play in the national team as long as Akram Halabi is president of the Lebanese Basketball ...
Baladi

Shop Local These Holidays

3 years ago
Holidays are around the corner, our economy is hanging by a thread, the majority of businesses are struggling big time and need our support to survive. For that sake, consider shopping local this month and ...
Automotive

When Did The First Car Enter Lebanon?

3 years ago
Old Beirut shared a picture yesterday of the first car to enter in Lebanon, as per their claim. The car, which was brought to Lebanon in 1906 was owned by AUB President Dr. Howard Bliss ...
Critiques

Get Ready for The COVID-19 Vaccine Fiasco

3 years ago
If you thought the way this government handled the pandemic was a mess, wait till they get their hands on the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines. According to this LBCI report, we’re only getting the ...
Lebanon

Lebanon recovers against Iraq after dismal start to qualify for the FIBA Asia Cup 2021

3 years ago
After starting in a very chaotic, selfish way, with a game lacking any strategy whatsoever during almost the first 2 quarters of the match, it was a different Lebanese team that showed up in the ...
Lebanon

Lebanon demolishes India in the second window of the FIBA Asia Cup 2021 qualifications

3 years ago
After comfortably topping Group D in Window 1 of the FIBA Asia Cup 2021 qualifications, with 2 wins over Iraq and Bahrain last February, Lebanon’s national team is back on track for Window 2. In ...
Lebanon

Dima Sadek joins MTV Lebanon, a year after quitting LBCI

3 years ago
After being a news anchor on OTV for 4 years, between 2007 and 2011, then on the LBCI for 8 years, until 2019, including hosting the Miss Lebanon Pageant in 2014, 15, 17 and 2018, ...
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