Pictures from the car-free day in Rmeil & Geitawi

As previously posted, and following the great success of the Achrafieh car-free day two months ago, today was a pedestrian day in Rmeil and Geitawi loaded with activities from running, cycling, yoga, zumba, painting and others. As you can see from the few selected pictures I posted, people from all age groups went down to the streets to enjoy this day. Those events are part of the Achrafieh2020 initiative, which is aimed at "satisfying Achrafieh…

ACT for the 17000 disappeared in Lebanon

Thousands of people who disappeared during the war in Lebanon and its aftermath are still missing today. Since the war ended, the government made a few, limited attempts to clarify the fate of the missing persons, but these did not succeed. It's been more than 20 years that the Lebanese Civil war is over and we still have over 17,000 disappeared. This is quite a shocking number and an embarrassing one for all of us…
Events

Beirut on Armin Van Buuren’s ASOT 600 itinerary

13 years ago
Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Kuala Lumpur, New York, Den Bosch and Beirut were the cities chosen by Armin Van Buuren for his “A State of Trance 600” tour planned in 2013. The World No.1 DJ ...
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Another art work by Mark Jenkins at Beirut Souks

13 years ago
I posted few weeks back about the creepy sculpture of a woman lying below a bench at the Beirut Souks. As it turns out, there’s another one which I did not notice before, two men ...
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Dancing With the Stars on MTV soon

13 years ago
Dancing with the Stars is a dance competition where the contestant pairs consist of a celebrity and a professional dancer. It’s been running in the U.S for 15 consecutive seasons now on ABC. I liked ...
Events

Mamma Mia! coming Lebanon

13 years ago
Mamma Mia! is a stage musical written by British playwright Catherine Johnson, based on the songs of ABBA, composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, former members of the band [Wiki]. I had the chance ...
Events

Salon Du Livre Beirut 2012

13 years ago
I passed by the “Salon du Livre Francophone de Beyrouth” yesterday and I was glad to see so many people attending the event. In fact, Biel was packed with visitors from all age groups and ...
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A nice tribute to Le Castel

13 years ago
Picture by Anthony Rahayel I lived in Keserwan most of my life and most of my outings with friends as an adolescent were around Kaslik but I’d never go to Le Castel as it was ...
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98 Lebanese gone missing after Sandy Hurricane

13 years ago
When I first read the title, I thought it was terrible news but then I checked the source (Addiyar) and I started laughing. I am not sure how Addiyar newspaper didn’t turn yet into a ...
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