NASA rover lands on Mars

NASA team showing Lebanese Charles al-Achi, director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. It's a great honor to have a Lebanese at such a high position especially that this is the first time NASA has successfully put together a video of a landing on Mars. NASA’s latest adventure to Mars has given the world more than just glimpses of a new alien landscape. It opened a window into the trip itself, from video footage of the…

The MEA 7-Hour Flight From Hell

Throughout all of this, I kept wondering: Where are the flight attendants? Aren’t they supposed to maintain order on the plane? Who will cater to my burnt flesh? Who will discipline the wild animals and explain to them that it’s sleepy time for normal, sane people? Of course, they are all at the back of the plane chatting, laughing and ignoring all passenger requests . . . and possibly finishing the chilled wine, secretly. Customer…
Humor

MEA Airlines takeoff video

13 years ago
[YouTube] From what I heard, they usually show small videos about Lebanon to promote tourism. This however is so weird and random. Thank you Chahe ...
Humor

Fruit stand at the Cedar Lounge

13 years ago
No wonder no one’s touching the fruit stand if there’s a bait station underneath it. ...
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MEA To Buy 10 Airbus Neo Jets

13 years ago
The deal is estimated at $1.0 billion. “Middle East Airlines-Air Liban (MEA), the flag carrier of Lebanon, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for five A320neo and five A321neo aircraft plus eight options,” Airbus ...
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KSA warns nationals from traveling to Lebanon

13 years ago
Lebanese Minister of Tourism “Due to the unstable security situation in Lebanon, the foreign ministry warns its citizens against traveling to Lebanon to maintain their safety, until further notice,” an unidentified high-ranking official in the ...
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Guerrilla Gardening Beirut

13 years ago
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Automotive

Lotus Evora GTE at Beirut Airport (Update)

13 years ago
Mark sent me this picture 3 days ago. I am not sure if this is still the same Lotus that was being displayed few weeks back at the Rafic Hariri Airport but the plate number ...
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Andre’s trip to Rafic Hariri International Airport

13 years ago
Picture from Al-Akhbar This is what Lebanon is turning into. Read and rejoice. Today, as I have done in the last 150 weeks, stepped into a car and headed towards the airport to take my ...
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Beirut replaces Abu Dhabi as most expensive city in Middle East

13 years ago
A woman looks down upon central Beirut from the top floor of the Four Seasons Hotel, Beirut. Picture by Cormac Walsh The Middle East sees its ranking fall in Mercer’s 2012 Worldwide Cost of Living ...
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