iflix Launches in #Lebanon

The Asian-based video-on-demand service iflix has officially launched in Beirut last week and Lebanese users can already sign-up for a 30-day trial. For those of you who are not familiar with the service, Iflix was founded back in 2014 and while it's very similar to Netflix in terms of features, it has a different offering and gives you access to thousands of the world’s best TV shows and movies that are not available on Netflix,…
Fun

Hariri-Trump Handshake

8 years ago
I wasn’t really hoping for anything positive to come out of the Trump-Hariri meeting yesterday but I tuned in to see how the handshake goes and our PM did not disappoint or maybe Trump didn’t ...
Critiques

Public Sector & Government Agencies to Close on Saturdays

8 years ago
The government approved a decision to change working hours for public sector employees to become 35 hours per week whereas Saturday will no longer be a working day. This means that the schedule will change ...
Fun

Alex Riachy Pulling 12-Ton Trucks with his Hair

8 years ago
I’m sure most of you have heard about Chamchoum. Well Alex Riachy is Chamcoum’s son, he’s well known for his superhuman stunts which include dragging trucks with his ponytail and breaking large rocks with his ...
Fun

Despacito 3al Lebnene by Fouad Yammine

8 years ago
I hate that song and I hate the fact that it made so much buzz. Gangnam was also a silly song but at least there was something original about it, unlike Despacito. Anyway, I haven’t ...
Baladi

12 Lebanese Women in Forbes’ Top 100 Most Powerful Arab Businesswomen 2017 List

8 years ago
The 2017 Forbes list of the 100 most powerful Arab Businesswomen is out and 12 Lebanese women made the list. Forbes collects information from annual reports and company websites and look at criteria such as ...
Critiques

Burj Hammoud Mountain Garbage Being Dumped Into the Sea

8 years ago
No one really knows what’s happening at the Burj Hammoud landfill but the mountain is slowly being flattened and dumped into the Mediterranean. Here’s a recent picture taken by a friend showing how the mountain ...
Architecture

In Pictures: The Synagogue of Bhamdoun

8 years ago
Most of the Lebanese Jews lived in Beirut but there were also communities in other cities like Saida and Tripoli and there are still intact synagogues mainly in Saida, Bhamdoun and Deir el Qamar. The ...
Baladi

Lebanon Just Appointed 3 new Female Ambassadors

8 years ago
Amal Mudallali, Sahar Baassiri and Tracy Chamoun were appointed this week by the Lebanese government as new ambassadors for Lebanon. Dr Amal Mudallali, who works as a CEO for Bridges International Group, is a contributor ...
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