On Bargylus: The World’s Most Dangerous Wine

Arte.tv is the latest to produce a report on Bargylus, often labeled as the world's most dangerous wine. Since the beginning of the war, as harvest is approaching, samples of grapes come from the Bargylus vineyard located close to the Syrian coastal city of Latakia all the way to Beirut so that Karim & Sandro Saade can taste the grapes to determine the harvest date. The vineyard is owned by the Saadé brothers that have…

November declared Lebanese Heritage Month in Ottawa

In recognition of the large Lebanese Canadian contributions to this province's social, economic, political and cultural platforms, the month of November was declared Lebanese Heritage Month in Ottawa on the 25th of October 2017. Ottawa City's twitter account announced the news after the Bill that was presented back in November 2016 was finally passed. Why November? Because all Lebanese people around the world celebrate Independence Day on the 22nd of November. The Lebanese community in Ottawa…
Lebanon

Lebanon Faces France in Rugby League World Cup Debut

8 years ago
The 2017 Rugby League World Cup kicks off on October 27 and Lebanon will kick off his campaign against France at Canberra Stadium. The final game in the group stage will be against Australia, which ...
Baladi

Watch American slackliner Alex Mason Beat His Record over The Raouche Rock

8 years ago
Red Bull brought 20-year old American slack liner Alex Mason to beat his own highland record by walking between the Raouche rocks 40 meters above the sea. Mason had to keep his balance with the ...
Critiques

Lebanese Minister of Economy Just Realized We have a Refugee Crisis

8 years ago
Lebanon’s Minister of Economy held a press conference where he tackled the impacts of the Syrian crisis from 2011 till today on the Lebanese economy and stressed that we can no longer bear this crisis. ...
Beirut

Here’s why Uber did not show up to the #CareemDanceOff

8 years ago
I’m sure you’ve all seen Careem’s billboards challenging Uber to a dance off on October 22 at 4pm. I thought it was a fun challenge but I wasn’t really expecting Uber to show up, unless ...
Critiques

After 35 Years: President Bashir Gemayel Killers Sentenced to Death

8 years ago
Lebanon’s highest state security court sentenced earlier today Habib Chartouni and Nabil al-Alam to death in absentia in the case of the 1982 assassination of President-elect Bashir Gemayel. Both were stripped from their civil rights ...
Lebanon

TSC Signature Closed at the Beirut Souks

8 years ago
I’ve been hearing rumors for quite some time that TSC is closing down at the souks and it just happened. TSC employees were protesting for the past couple of weeks in front of the store ...
Art

“Stolen” Salvador Dali Portrait of Mrs. Reeves Seized in Beirut

8 years ago
I’m surprised this story did not make a major buzz locally and internationally. The ISF has apparently recovered this week a painting thought to be an original work by Salvador Dali, a prominent Spanish surrealist ...
Lebanon

Movie Review: Geostorm [2017]

8 years ago
PS: Review posted by our blog contributor Jihad. I was never a big fan of disaster movies they were always kind of predictable and Geostorm is no different in terms of plot. However the visual ...
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