Meet All the “Civil” Regiments that Marched on Lebanon’s Independence Day

We witnessed today a glorious Independence Day by all means. As the revolution entered its 37th day, large groups of protesters organized a nationwide civil march where over 40 "regiments" paraded in front of the crowds on Martyrs Square. Check out this video showing all those who took part including the bikers, the retired soldiers, the teachers, the students, the environmentalists, the lawyers, the mothers, the fathers, the "Tanajir", the artists, the media, doctors and…

Chekka Going for World Record Christmas Tree

Amidst the turbulence and chaos in the country, the municipality of Chekka, with the help of Arc en ciel, has decided to take an environmental leap and attempt to build a Christmas tree made of 120,000 recycled water bottles. The aim is to enter the Guinness World Book of Records for the largest tree of plastic bottles. The current record is held by the region of Aguascalientes, Mexico, where around 120 public staff workers created…
Fun

The Revolution Houwwara

6 years ago
Check it out, it’s pretty cool. ...
Baladi

Melhem Khalaf Wins Beirut Bar Association Elections Against All Ruling Parties

6 years ago
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 ...
Baladi

Nadine Labaki Speech at MEI’s 73rd Annual Awards Gala

6 years ago
A 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 ...
Baladi

Lebanese-Born Roula Khalaf First Ever Female Top Editor of Financial Times

6 years ago
The 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

6 years ago
A 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 ...
Baladi

Ray Bassil Wins Gold Medal at Asian Cup, Qualifies to 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics

6 years ago
Lebanese 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

6 years ago
Moody’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!

6 years ago
The 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 ...
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