“Beyrouth la rayonnante”, a new 43-minute documentary by M6

French TV stations love to explore countries that speak the same language all around the world, Lebanon being one of them. M6 has unleashed on its TV show 66 minutes on July 14, a new 43-minute documentary entitled "Beyrouth la rayonnante", French for "The radiant Beirut", which tackles a beautiful side of the capital. A seulement 4 heures de Paris, francophone et baignée par la méditerranée, Beyrouth offre un cadre idéal pour les expatriés. Entre…

Lebanon Starts Long Qualifying Journey for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and the AFC Asian Cup 2023

Just like in Basketball, Lebanon's FIFA team has a mountain to climb if they are to reach the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.But first, they have to go through the 2022 World Cup qualification second round, whose draw was announced on July 17, and back it up later on in the third round. Lebanon was drawn in Group H, alongside South Korea , North Korea , Turkmenistan and Sri Lanka . The 8 group winners and…
Lebanon

Lebanon to Have its First Netflix Series “Dollar” on August 8

6 years ago
A few weeks after controversial Jordanian series “Jinn” made the headlines by becoming the first Arabic series to hit the Netflix platform on June 13, Lebanon strikes with a series of his own, “Dollar”, which ...
Automotive

Interior Minister Raya El Hassan to Make “Special” Car Plates Public for sale

6 years ago
In a tweet unleashed today on her official account, Minister of Interior and Municipalities Raya El Hassan, who has been making positive headlines ever since she took the position, by removing blocs from the front ...
Lebanon

Mashrou’ Leila Under pressure to Cancel Byblos International Festival Gig

6 years ago
A Facebook page by the name of “جُنود الرَّب” (God’s soldiers) has been unleashing since July 17 a series of posts to its 5.5K followers condemning Mashrou’ Leila’s sexual/religious ideologies, performances and lyrics. This comes ...
Fun

Cheesy Song to Promote Tourism in Lebanon

6 years ago
I like the idea behind this video clip to include politicians and artists and it’s nicely shot (even though the majority of scenes are taken from past events) but can the lyrics get cheesier than ...
Baladi

11,000 Candles Light Up Bkaakafra on St. Charbel’s Feast Day

6 years ago
Lebanon’s most beloved saint, Mar Charbel is celebrated on the third Sunday of July. On this occasion, over 10,000 candles were lit up in Mar Charbel’s town of Bkaakafra. I found few pictures shared by ...
Lebanon

Robert Farah of Lebanese descent ranks #1 in tennis men’s doubles

6 years ago
Following his victory in an epic 5-hour Wimbledon final last Saturday alongside his compatriot and countryman Juan Sebastian Cabal over the French pair Nicolas Mahut and Édouard Roger-Vasselin 6-7, 7-6, 7-6, 6-7, 6-3, Robert Farah ...
Critiques

2019 Budget Approved (In July): Customs Fee of 3% Approved on Imported Goods

6 years ago
The long-awaited so-called austerity budget was finally passed today in parliament following a tense voting session, and as expected it failed to tackle structural problems of the economy or target corruption. Instead, they simply cut ...
Critiques

Racism at Beirut Swimming Pool Getting Worse

6 years ago
Sporting Club has gone up a notch in imposing racist laws against foreign helpers by forcing their employers to dress them in a specific way, otherwise they will be kicked out without a refund. The ...
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