“Doshka” is allowed in Lebanon

Few days ago, I read on a Lebanese news portal that a man by the name of Zakaria Ahmad Hankir was arrested outside a Palestinian camp in Lebanon with a "Doshka" in his trunk. The weapon was confiscated and the man put behind bars. Surprisingly, the man was released today because, and I quote, "he was using the weapon as a decoration item". صوت لبنان 100.5: اخلاء سبيل زكريا أحمد حنقير بعدما تبين أن الاسلحة…

Beaten Ethiopian worker commits suicide

The Ethiopian woman who was beaten in front of her embassy by a Lebanese called Ali Mahfouz has committed suicide. According to LBC, she was being treated in Deir el Salib when she killed herself. Two questions that have to be asked here: - Why was she moved to Deir el Salib? Who decided that she's crazy or has some mental problem and needs to be moved there? - If she truly has a mental…
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Prime Minister Najib Mikati tops Lebanon’s billionaires

13 years ago
Forbes released its World’s Billionaires 2012 list with Carlos Slim Helú hanging on to the top spot with $69bn, followed by Bill Gates. [Link] As far as Arab billionaires are concerned, HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin ...
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Patriarcat Towers in Beirut

13 years ago
Divine apartments for sale starting 599,000$. ...
Automotive

Mother of potholes

13 years ago
Watch out on your way up to Dbayyeh right after Hotel Royal. In case you missed this huge pothole, the Dbayyeh municipality made sure to keep a manhole cover open few meters later. ...
Automotive

Dbayyeh bridge

13 years ago
What the hell happened here? ...
Critiques

After SOPA & PIPA, it’s time to Stop LIRA!

13 years ago
The Lebanese government is trying to kill freedom of expression on the internet by imposing the Lebanese Internet Regulation Act, or LIRA. The man behind this proposal is Walid el Daouk, the minister of information. ...
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Confiscated Rotten Meat (Update)

13 years ago
According to LBCI, the list of restaurants/hotels/pubs/butchers who bought rotten meat exceeds 190 names. [Link] I think they should publish the full list in the papers. ...
Critiques

More crime, this time in Adonis

13 years ago
So two days back I posted about the FJ that got stolen from my neighbors place in Seheili. Well today a friend of mine was leaving her office in Adonis at 3:30 in the afternoon ...
Humor

New History Book of Lebanon

13 years ago
[Source] It is one thing to write history from a subjective point of view and a whole different thing to wipe out historical events. For those of you unaware, there’s apparently a new history book ...
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