Posted By
Najib
Oct 31, 2016 02:08
After three rounds of votes, Michel Aoun was finally elected today as the new President of the Lebanese Republic. Aoun won with 83 votes in the last round. Strida Tawk got 1 vote, Myriam Klink got 1 vote and Zorba the Greek got 1 vote as well lol! Today's elections end a two years+ vacuum after 45 failed attempts to form a quorum. The reason for that is that more than a third of MPs…
Posted By
Najib
Oct 31, 2016 09:09
Newsweek Middle East featured an article on Hanna Mitri's Al Salam ice-cream shop. Mitri's mission for the past 67 years has been to create real ice cream without any artificial products and he offers eight different flavors, four sorbets and four milk-based flavors . He occasionally makes watermelon and mango which are two of my favorite flavors. I work few minutes away from Hanna's shop and sometimes I'd go have ice cream for breakfast. It's…
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