Meet The Ghiath Beast Patrol By W Motors

The most recent addition to Dubai's police force is a mega-4x4 beast called the Ghiath, courtesy of the Dubai-based Lebanese supercar maker W Motors. Dubbed as one of the most advanced police vehicles in the world, the Ghiath Beast Patrol SUV is equipped with artificial intelligence systems featuring facial recognition technology, and it even has a touchscreen dashboard, suicide doors, emergency lights in the grille, roof and tailgate, as well as an automatic number-plate recognition…

Lebanese Zeinab Khalifeh Wins Prestigious National Geographic Abu Dhabi Award

Zeinab Khalife's picture of a tailor and his sewing machine in Sidon has won her the Arab world’s prestigious annual photography competition, "Moments", which is organized by National Geographic Abu Dhabi. The competition attracted over 50,000 entires this year but it was Zeinab's picture of "Abu Hassan", along with another candidate that emerged as winners. It is worthy noting that Zeinab is a nurse by profession and a self-taught photographer. The winner of the Adult…
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Meet All the “Civil” Regiments that Marched on Lebanon’s Independence Day

6 years ago
We witnessed today a glorious Independence Day by all means. As the revolution entered its 37th day, large groups of protesters organized a nationwide civil march where over 40 “regiments” paraded in front of the ...
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Chekka Going for World Record Christmas Tree

6 years ago
Amidst the turbulence and chaos in the country, the municipality of Chekka, with the help of Arc en ciel, has decided to take an environmental leap and attempt to build a Christmas tree made of ...
Fun

The Revolution Houwwara

6 years ago
Check it out, it’s pretty cool. ...
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Melhem Khalaf Wins Beirut Bar Association Elections Against All Ruling Parties

6 years ago
Khalaf’s win is being celebrated as the first electoral victory for the revolution and it righteously is so. Khalaf, an independent candidate running against politically-backed candidates, got the highest number of votes and is officially ...
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Nadine Labaki Speech at MEI’s 73rd Annual Awards Gala

6 years ago
A beautiful and captivating speech by Oscar-nominated Lebanese film director Nadine Labaki upon receiving the 2019 Issam M. Fares Award for Excellence at MEI’s 73rd Annual Awards Gala on November 12 in Washington, DC. If ...
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Lebanese-Born Roula Khalaf First Ever Female Top Editor of Financial Times

6 years ago
The Financial times has appointed its first female editor in 131 years, as Roula Khalaf is set to replace Lionel Barber who is stepping down as editor after 14 years. Ms Khalaf has been the ...
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Ray Bassil Wins Gold Medal at Asian Cup, Qualifies to 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics

6 years ago
Lebanese Champion Ray Bassil is off to a new quest for an Olympic medal after clinching the Gold medal at the Asian Championships being held in Doha, Qatar. Ray beat all her competitors and earned ...
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Moody’s Downgrades Lebanon Credit Rating from Caa1 to Caa2

6 years ago
Moody’s has downgraded today Lebanon’s credit rating to Caa2 after having downgraded it to Caa1 nine months ago. “Moody’s said the decision to cut Lebanese debt from Caa1 to Caa2 “reflects the increased likelihood of ...
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