The Goethe Institute Offers Support To The Sursock Museum

The Nicolas Ibrahim Sursock Museum is one of Lebanon's most important and most visited museums. It first opened in 1961 with a mission to collect, preserve, and exhibit local and international art, and played key role in the development of the cultural scene in Beirut, especially in the 1960s and 1970s. The museum reopened officially 6 years ago but was severely damaged during the Beirut port explosion last year. All the stained-glass windows on the…

Lebanese-German Amin Younes Receives First Call-Up To German Squad Since 2017

Eintracht Frankfurt's player Amin Younes has been given his first call-up to Germany's squad since October 2017 after a great display this season especially during the matchup against German Champions Bayern Munich. Younes last played for Germany in a FIFA World Cup qualifier against Azerbaijan in October 2017, earning the last of his five caps three months after winning the FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia. Younes was born in Germany to a German mother and…
Food

Lebanon’s Famous Street Food Outlet Barbar Set to Open in Dubai

4 years ago
Dubai will have its first Barbar restaurant as the famous Lebanese food outlet is set to open a 600 square meter branch located in Hessa street that will offer both dine-in and delivery services. Barbar’s ...
Health

Lebanon Will Get One Million Doses of Russia’s Sputnik V Vaccine Next Thursday

4 years ago
After weeks of stalling, the Health Ministry has finally taken the first step towards speeding up the vaccination campaign in Lebanon, by allowing a Pharmaline, a private Lebanese company, to acquire one million doses of ...
Critiques

Some Shops Are Charging 500LL For Extra Plastic Bags

4 years ago
A video was circulating last week where a grocery shop owner was filmed asking a customer to pay LL500 for an extra plastic bag. I heard a similar story from a friend of mine at ...
Information

Women March in Solidarity With Mothers of Beirut Blast Victims

4 years ago
Several marches were organized across Lebanon today in solidarity with the mothers who lost their loved ones in the August 4 Beirut blast. The powerful explosion killed over 200 people and injured thousands. Among the ...
Humor

[Spoiler Alert] What Happens To Beirut In The Movie Greenland?

4 years ago
Ever since the situation started deteriorating in Lebanon, especially in 2020 where we had to face an economic crisis, a pandemic, a collapsing Lira and the August 4 blast, many Lebanese would jokingly wish for ...
Economics

The Lebanese Pound 100 Years Journey

4 years ago
Lebanon issued its first coins in 1924 in denominations of 2 and 5 (قرش) with the French denominations given in Syrian piastres. The first banknotes were issued in 1925 and it was only in 1939 ...
Lebanon

Central Bank Governor Did Not Appear in Front of Judge Ghada Aoun

4 years ago
Back in January, State Prosecutor for Mount Lebanon Judge Ghada Aoun charged Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh with dereliction of duty and breach of trust and Salameh was expected to appear today in front of ...
Humor

New Foreign Affairs Minister Finally Showing on Ministry Website

4 years ago
The above picture is showing the former Foreign Affairs minister, but if you visit the MFA’s website and click on its social media channels, you will be directed to the former minister instead of the ...
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