Posted By
Najib
Sep 04, 2021 02:48
Autism 123, Lebanon's only autism school is shutting down because of the economic crisis. The main reason behind the closure is the dollar shortage whereas the school has been unable to transfer any funds to the Boston-based institution they work with, despite several pleas to the banks. Added to that, the school had kept its fees at the LL1500 rate and needed over LL20 million liras to cover its fuel needs on a monthly basis.…
Posted By
Najib
Aug 28, 2021 05:27
Lebanon is making its comeback to the Paralympic Games after missing out on the last games in Rio in 2016. Arz Zahreddine, a 22-year old runner, will be the sole Lebanese at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games and will compete in T64 class in Para athletics. The most successful Lebanese Paralympic athlete has been so far Edward Maalouf, who won two bronze meds in cycling events at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Best of luck…
Economics
4 years ago
Lebanon’s Central Bank has reportedly received its share of the IMF’s new SDR allocation, totaling $860 million. SDRs are usually meant to help low-incoming and developing countries build reserve buffers and facilitate their recovery efforts, ...
Lebanon
5 years ago
Emirates Airlines will be offering an additional 10kg of baggage on trips from the UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Australia back to Beirut and an additional piece of luggage totaling 23kg for Emirates customers ...
Information
5 years ago
I first read about the meteorite buried underground in Hermel on Twitter but thought it was a joke, until I saw Annahar’s article on that matter. So apparently, NASA got in touch with the Hermel ...
Information
5 years ago
After a series of raids that lasted three days, the Lebanese Army stated yesterday that they’ve seized 4,392,735 liters of fuel and 2,212,140 liters of diesel. The majority of the fuel was sold while 1,671,737 ...
Baladi
5 years ago
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, ...
BeirutBlast
5 years ago
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 ...
Information
5 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
5 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. ...
