4 Reasons Why Everyone Is Sharing Dubai, Not Beirut’s NYE Fireworks

I always enjoy watching NYE fireworks from around the world mainly in London, Sydney and New York. As far as the Middle East is concerned, Dubai has been impressing the world with a spectacular show around Burj Khalifa every year and yesterday's show was even more impressive than last year. Of course we also had fireworks planned in Beirut but most Lebanese I know are sharing Dubai's fireworks for 4 main reasons: 1- Dubai's fireworks…

Lebanese ISF Deployed All Over Lebanon on NYE To Keep Everyone Safe And Stop Drunk People

via Almaza While we were all drinking and singing yesterday, the Lebanese Internal Security Forces were running alcohol breath tests in almost every region in Lebanon. Those who were driving and failed the test were arrested while those walking in the street and found drunk were sent home in a cab. The aim was to keep New Year's Eve accident-free but unfortunately and despite all the measures taken, two people were killed and four others…
Automotive

Don’t Drink And Drive On New Year’s Eve, Taxis Are For Free!

10 years ago
via Yasa PS: The hotline you should call is 1720. We all enjoy drinking on New Year’s Eve and we tend to overdo it which is fine but it’s never okay to drink and drive, ...
Automotive

Updated: Carfax NOT Blocked In Lebanon

10 years ago
Update2: Carfax is not blocked in Lebanon as it’s giving the same message in other countries. It’s probably an internal technical issue or something related to their servers. Update: Carfax.eu is still working A friend ...
Beirut

A Full [2014] List Of New Year’s Eve Parties Happening In Lebanon

10 years ago
If you are still undecided on where to celebrate the new year tomorrow, our friends at Lebtivity compiled a list of over 200 events that you can choose from with all the details needed. Check ...
Information

Israel Has To Pay Lebanon $850m For The 2006 Oil Spill

10 years ago
This is the first time that a price was put on the damages done by Israel during the 2006 war. Unfortunately, the General Assesmbly resolutions are not legally binding and even if they are, I ...
Gaming

And The Winner Of The 20th Anniversary Edition PS4 Is …

10 years ago
This has been the craziest and most exciting giveaway I’ve done till today on the blog and I am glad that so many of you participated. I spent the whole night yesterday going through the ...
Information

Best of Sakker el Dekkene 2014

10 years ago
Sakker el Dekkene initiative was kicked off in May 2014 and the team behind it has been doing a great job fighting corruption in Lebanon and collecting statistics and reports. Ten days ago, Sakker el ...
Information

LBCI Surprises Lebanese Passengers With A WestJet “Christmas Miracle” Inspired Stunt

10 years ago
[YouTube] I love the initiative and it’s a pretty cool Christmas stung from LBCI and 7kijelis but it’s not a new idea really as Westjet did almost the same thing last year with its real-time ...
Architecture

The New Yorker On The Myth of Baalbeck’s Megalith

10 years ago
Photo credit: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut. German Archeologists made an incredible discovery a month ago in Baalbeck when they found right next to the “Hajar Al Hibla” in Baalbeck, the world’s biggest ancient stone block. The ...
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