Vote for Jeita for free (+10 cents)

I got this SMS yesterday from the Ministry of Tourism: "Vote for Jeita grotto. Send the word "Jeita" to 1070. The ministry of tourism is offering this sms free of charge, however a cost of 10 cents will be charged by the organizers of the new seven wonders competition" What exactly is the MOT offering free of charge? Can someone please explain? As for the new seven wonders competition, I will refrain from commenting on…
Lebanon

George Wassouf rushed to the hospital

14 years ago
Georges Wassouf, also known as Abou Wadih, was rushed to the hospital this morning. According to news, Lebanese doctors rushed to his rescue in Syria. What’s surprising to me is that he’s in Syria now. ...
Blog Info

BlogBaladi on Facebook!

14 years ago
I finally created a fan page for BlogBaladi on Facebook. It will be updated daily with Blog posts and some other non-Blog material that we feel like sharing. Feel free to join in [Here]. ...
Lebanon

BlogBaladi Featured in Communicate Magazine

14 years ago
BlogBaladi was featured once again in the October 2011 Communicate Levant issue. This time, the post mentioned was the one entitled “Answering Lebanon’s Ministry of Tourism ads“. You can check out the other fellow bloggers ...
Humor

How to get things done in Lebanon

14 years ago
Nadine Labaki proposed a very efficient way to settle our differences in her latest movie “Where do we go now?” and I think this is another smart way to incite politicians and men to get ...
Automotive

Accidents Dropped 40% During the BlackBerry Outage

14 years ago
Looks like something good came out of the Blackberry outage even though I am a bit skeptical of those statistics. In fact, there’s no mention as to how many accidents occurr on a daily basis ...
Critiques

3D sucks

14 years ago
I went to see my first 3D movie, the three Musketeers, the other day and I must say it was a rather disappointing experience. The 3D glasses are not big enough and did not fit ...
Humor

J’ai fait un ‘Zouzou Ebba’

14 years ago
I must say I never thought I would hear the term ‘Zouzou Ebba’ mentioned in an English or French sentence. Turns out I am wrong and it has become a term widely used even by ...
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Beautiful Castle overlooking Faraya

14 years ago
The last few times I’ve been to Faraya were during the night, which is probably why I did not see this castle. It is on the road leading to Sad Chabrouh and looks like it ...
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