DiminBeirut: Premier League Clubs as Lebanese Religious Sects

Here's a funny post on how Premier League Clubs can be seen as Lebanese Religious Sects. Manchester United are compared to Sunnis, Liverpool to Christian Maronites, Arsenal to Druzes, Christian Orthodox to Everton, Shiites to Chelsea etc .. Check out the full article . Sunnis- Manchester United Always present with big, huge numbers of followers. But only really dominated the local scene since the early 90s. Blamed by many for having corrupted the local arena,…

A Blessed And Peaceful Ramadan To All!

I wish I could have just wished everyone a Ramadan Kareem and moved on with other posts but given what's been happening in the past week in Tripoli and before that in Abra, it looks like some people, aside from the terrorists and suicide bombers, are trying to ruin Ramadan for all the Lebanese. As you all probably know by now, there's a memo that was circulated in Abra first, and then in Tripoli asking…
Religion

Ramadan Kareem!

10 years ago
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Critiques

What’s Happening At Sabis School?

10 years ago
[YouTube] According to this MTV report, Sabis which is a secular school, dismissed Christian students having a cross of ashes on their forehead on the first day of Lent because the school does not tolerate ...
Events

Lebanese At The Pope’s Mass In Amman

10 years ago
Pope Francis was in Amman yesterday and held a mass which was attended by around 20,000 people. I happened to be there and I noticed a lot of Lebanese have made trip to see the ...
Information

Beirut Maghen Abraham Synagogue To Open Soon

10 years ago
Old Passport of a Lebanese Jew Beirut’s only synagogue, the Maghen Abraham Synagogue, is apparently set to reopen very soon. Asharq Alawsat newspaper interviewed the head of the Lebanese Jewish community Isaac Arazai who stated ...
Lebanon

Around 11,000 Lebanese Attended John Paul II and John XXIII’s Canonization In Rome

10 years ago
Picture via NBC It was reported that more than 11,000 Lebanese, including the President of the Republic Michel Sleiman and Maronite Patriarche Bechara El Rai, made the trip to Rome to attend the canonization of ...
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Tripoli Celebrates Zambo Carnival Before Lent

10 years ago
[YouTube] The Zambo carnival is a yearly tradition that Christians in Tripoli Mina celebrate before the beginning of the lent. They wear tribal clothes, paint their skins in dark colors and put on scary masks ...
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The World’s Second Biggest Cross in Kobayat

11 years ago
Kobayat, a Lebanese town located north of Lebanon, is set to inaugurate the world’s second biggest cross and Lebanon’s biggest cross on the 26th of October. The cross is 40 meters long and 20 meters ...
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