Posted By
Najib
May 28, 2016 12:45
Even though we have one of the most expensive and least useful passports in the world, there are still some cool travel destinations that we can go to without a visa and MasterCard wants to remind us of some of them: 1- Mauritius 2- Turkey 3- Sri Lanka 4- Georgia 5- Jordan 6- Nepal 7- Malaysia 8- Oman 9- Seychelles 10- Maldives I am not so sure about Sri Lanka though as I know there…
Posted By
Najib
May 27, 2016 06:36
After finally reopening in September 2015 to the public on Saturdays only after 25 years, Horsh Beirut will now be open all week long from 7 AM till 2 PM and on Saturdays and Sundays from 7 AM till 7 PM. This is all thanks to efforts from several parties and NGOs, mainly Nahnoo. Beirut's municipality still did not allow dogs inside the park though. Here are from my first visit to Horsh Beirut few…
Architecture
9 years ago
I live in Jounieh yet I’ve never spotted this house. It is a private residence designed by New York-based architects SOMA right on the Mediterranean sea. In order to defend against the waves, there’s a ...
Lebanon
9 years ago
Lebanon is one of the oldest countries in the world and has been at the heart of the growth of Christianity and Islam. Christianity has had a long presence of over two thousand years in ...
Critiques
9 years ago
Update: Here’s an elaborate article on the Janna Dam. This is probably the 4th article I write about the Janna dam in the past 4 years and the issue is still causing a controversy. For ...
Lebanon
9 years ago
Even though Huawei phones have been in the market for quite some time, I’ve never had the chance to use or review any of them. A month ago, I spotted the Messi commercial with the ...
Lebanon
9 years ago
#LawChouMaSar is a new online campaign that was launched few days ago and is a collective call for action from all the productive and creative sectors to keep working in Lebanon no matter what. It’s ...
Critiques
9 years ago
via lebanonfiles I still can’t believe these things still happen in Lebanese schools. The kid was apparently beaten up, taken to the hospital and the mother was told that he “fell accidentally” and injured himself. ...
Architecture
9 years ago
This is a cool piece by Dima Karam (The Guardian) on the Grand Aley Hotel that was built in 1926 by three brothers from a Beiruti trading family. The British Army set up their command ...
Art
9 years ago
The Story of Beirut was the centerpiece of the May 17-22 Beirut Cultural Festival and the best possible way to kick off the first edition of these festivals. Using Nejmeh Square’s iconic clock tower as ...
