Posted By
Najib
Jul 30, 2021 05:58
This Facebook post inspired me to write these interesting facts about Lebanon's participation at the Olympics throughout history. Six Lebanese athletes are currently taking part in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, three women and three men. Here are some fun facts on Lebanon at the Olympics: 1- Lebanon made its Olympic debut in 1948 but its first appearance was in the 1936 Berlin Olympics when a delegation of officials attended the event. 2- Lebanon has never…
Posted By
Najib
Jul 27, 2021 06:11
In celebration of the Tokyo Olympics, Japan has carefully crafted 213 unique kimonos inspired by each country’s culture, history and scenery. The "KIMONO Project" aims at showing a gesture of friendship and peace towards countries and refugee athletes attending the Olympics. This is Lebanon's Kimono on which you can see churches and mosques lined up with each other, the Baalbek temple, Raouche , the Phoenician boat & Alphabet, the Phenix and grapes in reference to…
Lebanon
3 years ago
We have 6 Lebanese competing at the Olympics in Tokyo this year in five different sports as shown below: Judo: Nacif Elias [Men’s −81 kg[ Athletics: Noureddine Hadid [Men’s 200 m] Shooting: Ray Bassil [Women’s ...
Critiques
3 years ago
The answer is no, at least not in the next 3 to 5 years. As much as I want to believe that the revolution can still bring the Sulta down to its knees, the situation ...
Lebanon
3 years ago
Ronaldinho is starting a tour tomorrow in Beirut as part of the “Solidarity with Lebanon and the Lebanese” initiative. The Brazilian star will start his visit at 3:30PM at the fire brigade in Karantina before ...
Lebanon
3 years ago
A deal was signed between Iraq and Lebanon today, where Iraq will supply Lebanon with one million tonnes of fuel oil in exchange for medical services. The Iraqi fuel however cannot be used by Lebanon’s ...
Lebanon
3 years ago
Lebanon’s leading supermarkets are running short on diesel and might be forced to temporarily close until the authorities figure out a way to procure diesel. Ironically, the problem is not a market shortage but suppliers ...
Lebanon
3 years ago
Check out this lengthy BBC News Arabic report on Lebanon’s electricity sector where they investigate “allegations involving multi-million dollar agreements, bribery, and shipments of substandard oil imported to fuel Lebanon’s power stations, and reports on ...
Economics
3 years ago
EM Economist & Former and previous Director of the Geo-economics and Strategy Programme (GESP) Alia Moubayed shared some insightful figures this week on the surge in funds held by Lebanese in Swiss Banks since 2019. ...
Baladi
3 years ago
Lebanon doesn’t produce much and imports most of its basic needs, but there are still plenty of Lebanese brands that we should support and that are proudly competing with imported products. The video below was ...
