The Revolution Houwwara
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Melhem Khalaf Wins Beirut Bar Association Elections Against All Ruling Parties
Khalaf's win is being celebrated as the first electoral victory for the revolution and it righteously is so. Khalaf, an independent candidate running against politically-backed candidates, got the highest number of votes and is officially the new head of the Beirut Bar Association. Khalaf got the highest number of votes in the first round, which took the other politically-backed candidates by surprise. They decided all to team up against him in the second round but…
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Nadine Labaki Speech at MEI’s 73rd Annual Awards Gala
4 years agoA beautiful and captivating speech by Oscar-nominated Lebanese film director Nadine Labaki upon receiving the 2019 Issam M. Fares Award for Excellence at MEI’s 73rd Annual Awards Gala on November 12 in Washington, DC. If ...
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Lebanese-Born Roula Khalaf First Ever Female Top Editor of Financial Times
4 years agoThe Financial times has appointed its first female editor in 131 years, as Roula Khalaf is set to replace Lionel Barber who is stepping down as editor after 14 years. Ms Khalaf has been the ...
Art
Reviving Beirut’s Grand Theatre with a Live Cello Concert
4 years agoA Cello concert was organized yesterday at Riad el Solh square facing the Grand Théâtre de Beyrouth in an attempt to revive this abandoned and forgotten gem. Here are some pictures and videos I got ...
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Ray Bassil Wins Gold Medal at Asian Cup, Qualifies to 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics
4 years agoLebanese Champion Ray Bassil is off to a new quest for an Olympic medal after clinching the Gold medal at the Asian Championships being held in Doha, Qatar. Ray beat all her competitors and earned ...
Critiques
Moody’s Downgrades Lebanon Credit Rating from Caa1 to Caa2
4 years agoMoody’s has downgraded today Lebanon’s credit rating to Caa2 after having downgraded it to Caa1 nine months ago. “Moody’s said the decision to cut Lebanese debt from Caa1 to Caa2 “reflects the increased likelihood of ...
Fun
“All Means All of them” and Daylight Saving is One of Them!
4 years agoThe European Union has already voted in favor of dropping DST, and other countries are working on it. I never saw the point of DST, and if you google it, you realize how useless and ...
Critiques
Five Ways to Fact-Check News Before Sharing Them on Social Media
4 years agoEver since the revolution started, more and more fake news and videos are circulating around. Fake news are a serious problem across the world as they get a lot of attention and can have dire ...
Art
The Artsy Side of the 2019 Lebanese Revolution
4 years agoThe talented artists of this revolution are making it even more beautiful inside out. I compiled some of the graffiti works that I received in the past week or more and shared them below. I ...