Interior Minister Raya El Hassan to Make “Special” Car Plates Public for sale

In a tweet unleashed today on her official account, Minister of Interior and Municipalities Raya El Hassan, who has been making positive headlines ever since she took the position, by removing blocs from the front of the General Security in Adlieh, to prohibiting ministerial convoys and allowing Lebanese citizens to get their Civil Extract from their area of residence to name a few, has announced that "special" car plates will be made public soon, on…

Mashrou’ Leila Under pressure to Cancel Byblos International Festival Gig

A Facebook page by the name of "جُنود الرَّب" has been unleashing since July 17 a series of posts to its 5.5K followers condemning Mashrou' Leila's sexual/religious ideologies, performances and lyrics. This comes around 2 weeks before they are expected to perform at the Byblos International Festival on August 9, marking the band's 10-year-anniversary. Mashrou' Leila is being criticized for the content of its lyrics, attacking religions, and for promoting homosexuality, by its openly-gay frontman…
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Cheesy Song to Promote Tourism in Lebanon

5 years ago
I like the idea behind this video clip to include politicians and artists and it’s nicely shot (even though the majority of scenes are taken from past events) but can the lyrics get cheesier than ...
Baladi

11,000 Candles Light Up Bkaakafra on St. Charbel’s Feast Day

5 years ago
Lebanon’s most beloved saint, Mar Charbel is celebrated on the third Sunday of July. On this occasion, over 10,000 candles were lit up in Mar Charbel’s town of Bkaakafra. I found few pictures shared by ...
Lebanon

Robert Farah of Lebanese descent ranks #1 in tennis men’s doubles

5 years ago
Following his victory in an epic 5-hour Wimbledon final last Saturday alongside his compatriot and countryman Juan Sebastian Cabal over the French pair Nicolas Mahut and Édouard Roger-Vasselin 6-7, 7-6, 7-6, 6-7, 6-3, Robert Farah ...
Baladi

Broken Wings: A Musical Adaption of Gibran Khalil Gibran’s 1912 Masterpiece

5 years ago
Gibran Khalil Gibran’s masterpiece “Broken Wings”, a story laden with Gibran’s views on morality, love, marriage, children, pain and loss, has been turned into a musical that premiered at the Theater Royal Haymarket, London, in ...
Critiques

2019 Budget Approved (In July): Customs Fee of 3% Approved on Imported Goods

5 years ago
The long-awaited so-called austerity budget was finally passed today in parliament following a tense voting session, and as expected it failed to tackle structural problems of the economy or target corruption. Instead, they simply cut ...
Information

Lebanese Movies on Netflix

5 years ago
Front Row Filmed Entertainment shared a short video listing all the Lebanese movies that are currently on Netflix. Th current movies streaming on Netflix are: – Bosta – Taxi el Ballad – The Attack – ...
Critiques

Lebanese Expats are Key to Promoting Tourism in #Lebanon

5 years ago
I’m not a fan of the current Tourism Minister, not because I have something against him but simply because of his short-sighted and inefficient tourism strategies. I don’t really blame him though, since he was ...
Critiques

Racism at Beirut Swimming Pool Getting Worse

5 years ago
Sporting Club has gone up a notch in imposing racist laws against foreign helpers by forcing their employers to dress them in a specific way, otherwise they will be kicked out without a refund. The ...
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