Posted By
Najib
Jan 06, 2017 09:11
Many Christians around the world celebrate Epiphany on January 6th, also known as Three Kings' Day, in reference to the three wise men/kings who visited baby Jesus. Epiphany is a public holiday in many countries including Lebanon and marks the day Saint John baptized Jesus in Jordan's river along with the three kings' visit. Every religious holiday has its special traditions and there are three that I know of during Epiphany: - Galette des Rois…
Posted By
Najib
Oct 13, 2016 12:37
For the fourth year in a row, Who is Hussain? and Donner Sang Compter Lebanon organized a blood drive in Haret Hreik in commemoration of Ashoura. This special blood drive aims to encourage those who commemorate Ashoura to “give blood for those who need it most and be like Hussain" and it turned out to be a complete success with over 200 blood units collected! . In fact, DSC Lebanon informed me that this is…
Architecture
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Today marked the opening of the Amir Shakib Arslan mosque in Mukhtarah. The new progressive look was designed by L.E.FT arhictects led by Makram el Kadi and Ziad Jamaleddine. I loved the design and the ...
Events
9 years ago
Photo Credits: Natheer Halawani This year marks the fifth edition of the “Flying Lanterns” night (#نور_دربن), where Tripolitans gather to welcome Eid by lightening Tripoli’s sky with lanterns and collecting money to put less fortunate ...
Beirut
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Most of the Lebanese Jews lived in Beirut but there were also communities in other cities like Saida and Tripoli. In fact, there were around 1,500 Jews living in Saida in the early 1970s according ...
Lebanon
9 years ago
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Lebanon
10 years ago
Grégoire Haddad was a bishop and at some point Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Beirut and Jbeil, yet he believed in secularism, was among the first to strike his religious affiliations from ...
Critiques
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Child marriage is still a huge problem in Lebanon and is simply wrong. There are no official stats on child marriage in Lebanon but girls are generally more impacted than boys. These girls are not ...
Photography
10 years ago
A man makes meat pastries ahead of the Eid al-Fitr holiday marking the end of Ramadan in Sidon, south Lebanon [REUTERS] I was checking out Eid Festivities in the Arab World and I compiled some ...
Lebanon
10 years ago
Another mass iftar held by a bunch of activists and well-doers in town. The iftar gathered people from both religions to share iftar on a same table in a one-of-a-kind event where everybody contributed to ...
