Wine Windows Trend Lands in Batroun

The first time I heard about wine windows was during COVID as many opened such small service shops to keep social distancing while serving customers. However, the tradition goes back to Florence where people in the 17th century would sell glass bottles of wine through small arched windows to avoid opening a shop or paying taxes. Going back to Lebanon, we just got our first wine window in Batroun. The place is called "The Winery…

UC Davis Starts Memorial Fund for Karim Abou Najm

In case you've missed this terrible news, a 20-year-old UC Davis Lebanese student was stabbed to death in a city park. Karim Abou Najm was biking home from an academic awards ceremony in Davis when he was stabbed to death at Sycamore Park; he is the second person to be stabbed and killed in the past few days at this park. Karim attended International College in Beirut before moving to the US with his family…
Critiques

Energy Ministry Launched a Useless App To Track Fuel & Gas Prices

1 year ago
We have 4 or 5 different rates for the Lebanese Lira in the market and no one, including the Central Bank, is capable of controlling the fluctuations, but the genius minds behind the Energy Ministry ...
Humor

The “Official” Justification For Postponing The Municipal Elections

1 year ago
I think the whole world knows by now that Lebanese politicians are a joke, yet the Lebanese parliament seems adamant to show to what extent they’ve become incompetent and negligent. The below is a leaked ...
Baladi

17 Medals for Team Lebanon at the 2023 West Asia Athletics Championships

1 year ago
The 2023 West Asia Athletics Championships were concluded today with Qatar winning the first place for men and women by clinching a total of 28 medals. Lebanon’s athletics team finished on a high note with ...
Baladi

Claudine Kamar’s Hilariously Relatable Comics About Everyday Life

1 year ago
It takes a special talent to translate everyday struggles into fun comics, especially in a country plagued by so many problems, but Claudine Kamar, or as she prefers to be called Lemy, does it perfectly. ...
Lebanon

Lebanon To Face France, Canada & Latvia at 2023 men’s FIBA World Cup

1 year ago
Lebanon didn’t get much luck in today’s draw as our national team is set to face France, Canada and Latvia in Group H of the 2023 FIBA World Cup. The tournament will kick off on ...
Lebanon

“LeMall Sin El Fil” Set To Reopen as “The Sooq Avenue”

1 year ago
Emirati businessman & founder of Al Habtoor Group, Khalaf bin Ahmed Al Habtoor, announced this week the reopening of Le Mall Sin el Fil and rebranding it under a new name “The Sooq Avenue”. In ...
Lebanon

Lebanon Lost One of Its Leading Environmental Activists: R.I.P Ziad Samaha

1 year ago
I’ve known Ziad since my AUB years, he was fun, kind and always smiling whenever we’d bump into him on campus. After graduating, I’d see him in events but only learned in recent years about ...
Information

R.I.P Sami Khayat

1 year ago
Today, Lebanon lost one of the greats. Sami Khayat has unfortunately passed away leaving behind a 60 year legacy of comic theater. Khayat began his career in the 60s and is long considered as the ...
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