Posted By
Chadi
May 17, 2019 06:04
On the 1st of May, four Lebanese swimmers made their mark at the Tunisian Swimming Open Masters by obtaining 23 medals and being ranked 9th out of the 80 international teams present. The brothers Ali, Omar and Adel Daaboul, along with Sevag Demerjian, from the Al Jazirah team, earned 10 gold medals, 6 silver medals, and 5 bronze medals. Among the 25 middle-eastern teams present, they were 5th by making a total of 25 medals.
Posted By
Najib
May 16, 2019 05:18
Beirut Municipality is set to revamp Beirut's corniche to add new bike lanes, greenery and more. Vladimir Djurovic, a Lebanon-based landscape architect, has been contracted to design the project and works should begin later in 2019 for the Ain el-Mreisseh corniche. The project will be executed within two years and will cost around $25 million dollars. As you can see from the pictures and quoting the Daily Star, there will be a new “piazza area”…
Art
5 years ago
Renowned sculptor and painter Rudy Rahme carved Patriarch Sfeir’s coffin on the trunk of an olive tree from Kadish Valley and using Bkerke’s rocks. Rahme explained that the trunk bears witness to the history of ...
Art
5 years ago
Check out this beautiful film showcasing how artist Tom Young transformed the Grand Sofar Hotel in Lebanon into a centre of creative education for children and students. Young is famously known for being the first ...
Art
5 years ago
Protesters marched last week in Beirut against the Kafala system, urging the authorities to end this “inherently abusive” migration sponsorship system and change the labour law to offer domestic workers more protection. NGOs and local ...
Information
5 years ago
PM Hariri’s office has announced that Wednesday and Thursday will be national mourning days over the death of former Maronite patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir and that all public administrations and municipalities and public and private institutions ...
Critiques
5 years ago
“Lebanons is nearing fiscal crunch”, “Lebanese PM Warns of Catastrophe”, “EBRD urges Lebanon to pursue painful economic reforms to avoid crisis”, “Lebanon Is Facing an Economic and Environmental Disaster” and “As Lebanon leaders talk austerity, ...
Critiques
5 years ago
The Lebanese General Security released a video to raise awareness on the dangers of online gaming and that’s what they managed to come up with. It looks as if they’re still stuck in the Counter ...
Lebanon
5 years ago
“YALLA AA’BELKOUN” has joined the list of Lebanese movies on Netflix. There’s Al Hayda, Chi Yom Rah Fell and Very Big Shot that I know of so far and Adel Karam’s stand up. “YALLA AA’BELKOUN” ...
Baladi
5 years ago
French Ambassador His Excellency Mr. Bruno Foucher has awarded renowned journalist Gisele Khoury the French order of chivalry (chevalier dans l’ordre Français de la Légion d’honneur) during a ceremony held at the Pine Residence. The ...
