Posted By
Najib
Jun 20, 2020 06:12
Everyone is selling & buying dollars in Lebanon and the easiest way to do so if you're not a licensed exchanger is through WhatsApp groups. The black market is booming and those trading via WhatsApp are figuring out new ways to trick the authorities, that are presumably monitoring groups and arresting those trading illegally. Check them out in the video below, it's quite hilarious but overall a sad state of affairs. People are lining up…
Posted By
Najib
Jun 10, 2020 05:23
Is it ok to swear at politicians? Is profanity allowed when addressing ruling parties that have made our lives miserable for the past 30 years and more? Why is it ok for them to swear but ordinary Lebanese with real problems can't? If we were to resort to the Lebanese penal code, it clearly "criminalizes defamation against public officials and authorizes imprisonment for up to one year in such cases. It also authorizes imprisonment for…
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