Alarming Suicide Numbers in #Lebanon: How You Can Help

According to statistics released by the ISF, the average number of suicide cases throughout the past ten years in Lebanon is 119, with the highest recorded number being 143 in 2017. This means that 1 person is dying from suicide every 2.5 days in the country yet awareness on mental healthy is still limited while suicide and emotional distress rates are on the rise. There are several NGOs working tirelessly to make a difference, one…

Awesome Shots of #Qaraoun Lake at Full Capacity

Here are some cool shot taken by Rami Rizk of the Qaraoun Lake at its full capacity today. The excess water is expected to flow towards the Litani River. Sadly enough, and even though the picture does look nice and neat, the lake and the Litani are heavily polluted due to years of neglect. This pollution continues to pose a threat to public health and has resulted in major economic and environmental losses. It's quite…
Baladi

LAU Translates Oldest Book About #Beirut Into French, English & Arabic

5 years ago
Back in January, I was invited to attend a special event at the Center for Lebanese Heritage (CLH) at LAU where a translation of the very first book to be printed about Beirut was launched. ...
Lebanon

A Lebanese Biathlete?

5 years ago
I stumbled upon an a Facebook post on Hasroun Church’s page about a Lebanese biathlete competing in Italy as a member of the Lebanese Army. He’s called Yorgo Hakim and accordingly to the post, he ...
Critiques

Cement Blocks removed in front of the General Security Building in Adlieh

5 years ago
Almost 5 years after the blocks were put for security reasons on June 21, 2014, and a couple of weeks after the newly-appointed Minister of Interior And Municipalities Raya El Hassan ordered the removal of ...
Lebanon

Massive Stealing of Hyundai Tucson Cars Reported in the Metn area

5 years ago
In recent weeks, claims of stolen Hyundai Tucson cars have been reported in the Metn area, in particular around Fanar, Ain Saade and Hadath. The incident, which has been filmed, but whose video will not ...
Critiques

Finding A ScapeGoat For The Corruption Scandals

5 years ago
Update [October 11th 2019]: We still have no idea who hired these 5000 employees as they’re still not capable of finding a scapegoat. The President, the Prime Minister and the Head of parliament all vowed ...
Lebanon

Byblos to host Greek Festival this June

5 years ago
Starting June 7th, and for three consecutive days, Byblos will be transformed into a Greek city, with the biggest event of its kind to come to Lebanon. It will include Greek travel agents to promote ...
Technology

You Cannot Ban The “Momo” Challenge

5 years ago
Ex-Minister Inaya Ezzedine addressed the Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Information asking them to take the necessary measures to ban the notorious electronic game known as “Momo” and that spread recently on Whatsapp, YouTube ...
Lebanon

Three Exciting Smartphones Coming Out Soon

5 years ago
Remember when Samsung launched the Galaxy, dubbed a phablet, years ago? And how everyone, mostly Apple fans, started mocking it before smartphones eventually started getting bigger and bigger? Well just when we thought phones couldn’t ...
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