Lebanese Michel Daher rings Wall Street opening bell for the second time in three years

Michel Daher is the founder and chairman of Daher Capital. He also founded Master Chips and Poppins, two of the largest FMCG companies in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as the very first hedge fund in Lebanon and Master Capital Group, the largest independent non-bank affiliated financial services company. Michel Daher is the first Lebanese to ring the Wall Street Stock Exchange opening bell in 2010, and the only other Lebanese person…

FAIL: Dutch Studies Show 85% of Lebanese Women Are Not Married

I've seen at least two Lebanese channels share these studies and discuss them but a simple looks at the original article and graph show that we have 5,000,000 unmarried women in Lebanon . I know that's probably a typing mistake but it says a lot about this so-called study. More importantly, this whole concept of "عنوسة" should not be even considered as it is demeaning to women. If a woman is 40 years old and…
Art

Salim Eddé – Mim Museum

12 years ago
[YouTube] [Full Episode] Last week’s Kalam Ennas episode was about “Mim”, a private museum displaying Lebanese Salim Edde’s collection of over 1400 minerals, representing more than 300 different species from over 60 countries. Eddé’s collection ...
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Lebanon Ranked 119th In The 2013 Global Slavery Index

12 years ago
According to this report, 29.8 million people live in modern slavery globally, out of which nearly 4000 in Lebanon. Honestly speaking, I am not sure how accurate this report is as it is estimated that ...
Baladi

CNN Travel: Beirut Among the World’s Top Cities

12 years ago
Downtown Beirut by Michaelallangrant, on Flickr Condé Nast Traveler announced the winners of its 26th annual Readers’ Choice Awards two days ago and Beirut made it as one of the World’s best cities. It’s quite ...
Beirut

A Short Documentary on The Beirut Neighborhood of North Philadelphia

12 years ago
Eugene Martin’s “Beirut” Show Unfortunately, there are still gun battles taking place in Beirut every now and then and the last one was yesterday in Tariq el Jdidé. The area of Beirut, Philadelphia is just ...
Lebanon

Goals: Kuwait 1 – 1 Lebanon

12 years ago
[YouTube] Despite conceding a goal in the first half-time, Lebanon had a great second half against against the Kuwaiti team and could have won the game but only managed to score the equalizing goal. A ...
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The World’s Second Biggest Cross in Kobayat

12 years ago
Kobayat, a Lebanese town located north of Lebanon, is set to inaugurate the world’s second biggest cross and Lebanon’s biggest cross on the 26th of October. The cross is 40 meters long and 20 meters ...
Animals & Wildlife

Israeli “Spy Eagle” Caught In Lebanon

12 years ago
Both Pictures taken from LebanonDebate A bird was caught in Achkout by a local hunter wearing a GPS transmitter and a leg bracelet engraved with the “Tel Aviv University” logo. The website that posted the ...
Lebanon

In Pictures: Waiting For The Train Exhibition

12 years ago
Here are few selected pictures from the “Waiting For The Train” exhibition that took place on October 11th at the Mar Mikhail train station. All pictures were taken from the below sources: – Achillea Facebook ...
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