Maronite Patriarch Rai To Visit The Holy Land

via JTA The Lebanese Maronite Patriarch Bechara el Rai has decided to visit Jerusalem as part of a papal delegation in May. According to Al-Akhbar, he will be the first Lebanese Patriarch to ever visit the Holy Land. Former Maronite Patriarch Mar Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir had refused to accompany Pope John Paul II on his journey to the Holy Land because “there is a domestic situation that we must take into account. We have bishops…
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Save The Music – Save The Cedars

11 years ago
[YouTube] 3000 years is the first track ever created using a rhythm extracted from inside a Lebanese cedar tree. This track is the focal point of the “Save The Music – Save The Cedars” campaign ...
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Freedom of the Press 2014: Lebanon Still Partly Free

11 years ago
Lebanon’s score hasn’t changed for the past 3 years and is still 53, which is a bad thing of course. Nevertheless, it remains the best country in the Middle East followed by Kuwait with a ...
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Mr “Nice Guy” Arrested By The Lebanese Police

11 years ago
I read the news first on Naharnet and I thought they translated the nickname to English, but based on the ISF report, “النايس غاي” is his nickname. Of course Mr. Nice Guy is not so ...
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Telecom Minister Boutros Harb Cancels Obligation To Register New Phones

11 years ago
This is great news to kick off the week! No more device registration and sending empty SMSes starting the 5th of May. Here’s the full article [Here]. ...
Events

BlogBaladi Taking Part In Bifex 2014: Bloggers & Brands: How should they interact?

11 years ago
I was invited to join a discussion panel tomorrow on Bloggers and Brands and how they should interact as part of the Bifex 2014. I will be joined by fellow bloggers and my good friends ...
Gossip & Rumors

Georges Clooney Reportedly Engaged To Lebanese Lawyer Amal Alamuddin

11 years ago
I posted back in October about Clooney’s mystery lady and that she’s originally Lebanese and a successful lawyer in the UK. Well it looks like the couple just got engaged according to TMZ. Amal Alamuddin ...
Events

De-Feet Cancer Run: Charity Run For The Children’s Cancer Center of Lebanon (CCCL)

11 years ago
A group of 8 Lebanese friends are running the whole Lebanese coast (210Km) starting May 7th and for 5 consecutive days in an attempt to raise $50,000, which is the cost of treating one child ...
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Beirut City Center Stopped Using Fake Bomb Detectors

11 years ago
Based on what Ralph posted today on his blog, Beirut City Center has finally decided to stop using fake bomb detectors and switched to real ones. The device they are using is probably a trace ...
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