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Walid Jumblatt And The Islamic State’s New Caliphate “Rolex?” Watch
Ever since the new Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi made his first public appearance, everyone's been speculating, including Lebanese MP Walid Jumblatt, over the brand of the watch he was wearing. Some are saying it's a Rolex, while others are claiming it's an Omega or a Tag Heuer or even an Al-Fajr WA-10S Deluxe watch. via Mustapha The Al-Fajr watch is apparently Swiss made and is pre-programmed with the correct prayer times for all…
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Three Lebanese Families Killed In The Air Algeria Crash
11 years agoAt least 20 Lebanese nationals were on board of the Algerian flight AH5017 that went missing on Thursday between Burkina Faso and Algiers. Here are the names of the victims as compiled from MTV and ...
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Lebanon Sees 90% Rise In Arab Tourism In June (Waynoun?)
11 years agoThe Tourism Ministry is saying the number of Arab tourists is up by 90 percent in June when compared with the previous year. Considering that practically no one came last year, I guess any improvement ...
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Helping Donner Sang Compter Reach 10,000 Donors
11 years agoI added a banner on the right side of the blog to help Donner Sang Compter reach 10,000 donors in 10 months. The campaign will end on May 16 2015 and everyone is invited to ...
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#TouchGivesBack: 16,000 Tweets To Treat Two Kids From The Children’s Cancer Center of Lebanon
11 years agoUpdate: 16,000 tweets reached! As part of its campaign this Ramadan, Touch has launched an intiative on Twitter to raise funds for two children at the Children’s Cancer Center of Lebanon. Their goal is to ...
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250 New Buses For Beirut and Lebanon
11 years agovia BeirutBlog The article says the ministry will be also installing 911 stations including 310 inside Beirut with a sign to inform passengers about possible delays. The Public Works and Transport Ministry is devising a ...
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Arab-American Sulome Anderson’s #JewsandArabsRefuseToBeEnemies Selfie Gone Viral
11 years agoHe calls me neshama, I call him habibi. Love doesn’t speak the language of occupation #JewsAndArabsRefuseToBeEnemies via @SulomeAnderson Sulome Anderson is an Arab-American journalist who writes for the Atlantic, Foreign Policy, NY Mag & VICE. ...
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Mercer Consulting 2014 Report: Beirut Is The Most Expensive City In The Middle East For Expats
11 years agoTwo African cities, Luanda in Angola and N’Djamena in Chad, topped the Mercer Consulting list of the most expensive cities for expatriates according to Mercer’s 2014 Cost of Living Survey. They were followed by Hong ...
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U.S Authorities Arrest Lebanese Mahmoud Bazzi Accused Killer Of Two Irish Soldiers 34 Years Ago
11 years agoIf you remember back in January, Vice posted a story that I shared here about an Israeli-backed militiaman and murderer who kidnapped a journalist and two Irish UN peacekeepers in Lebanon back in the 1980s ...