Lebanon likely out of the AFC Asian Cup after dismal losses against Qatar and Saudi Arabia

Going into the AFC Asian Cup with so much hope and belief after scoring 15 consecutive wins in 4 years with the new Montenegrin coach Miodrag Radulović until a defeat against Jordan last September, and 19 years after qualifying for the first time for the tournament , the Lebanese national football team failed to live up to the expectations when they faced Qatar on the 9th of January and Saudi Arabia on the 12th of it.…

Capharnaum gets Oprah praise and BAFTA nomination

The successes continue for Nadine Labaki's chef-d'oeuvre "Capharnaum". After being nominated for the Golden Globe Awards and falling short against "Roma" in the "Best Foreign Language Film" category last week, many challenges lie ahead for unarguably one of Lebanon's most successful movies ever made. Upcoming nominations include: 1. The 24th Critics' Choice Awards on January 13, 2019 - Best Foreign Language Film: - Burning • South Korea - Capernaum • Lebanon - Cold War • Poland - Roma • Mexico - Shoplifters • Japan 2. The…
Architecture

2018 World Design Rankings 2018: Lebanon Ranked #24

6 years ago
The 2018 World Design Rankings list is out and #Lebanon is in 24th spot with 33 awards collected in the past 12 months. The World Design Rankings ranks all the countries based on the number ...
Fun

Google Reviews on Hbeish (Ras Beirut) Police Station

6 years ago
Hbeish Police station was renovated a couple of years ago and renamed into Ras Beirut Police station. The station was one of Lebanon’s most notorious station and the bastion of Lebanon’s morale values incarceration station. ...
Gaming

PUBG Getting Banned by the Lebanese Army?

6 years ago
A memo was circulating few days ago on Reddit claiming PUBG was getting banned in Lebanon, but the memo stated that it will be banned to army personnel only. Yesterday, Al Arabiya shared an article ...
Critiques

The Ugly Side of the #Norma Storm

6 years ago
We were reminded once again in the past few days on how mediocre our infrastructure is. Heavy rains and snow turned the streets into rivers of water and mud, highways were flooded, damaged and closed, ...
Fun

Best Pictures of the Norma Storm

6 years ago
I compiled some of the best shots I found online of the Norma storm into a post. Enjoy! ...
Baladi

Remembering Dr. Charles H. Malik

6 years ago
Charles Habib Malik was a Lebanese Academic, philosopher and more importantly Lebanon’s first ambassador to the UN who helped, “more than any other delegate, helped railroad the Declaration to adoption without a single dissenting vote ...
Business

The McKinsey Report for #Lebanon is Out!

6 years ago
The Ministry of Economy has uploaded the McKinsey full report entitled “Lebanon Economic Vision” on its website. It’s a 1274 pages long report with a long and comprehensive executive summary of around 150 pages. You ...
Baladi

2018 in Pictures: Lebanon Through the Eyes of Rami Rizk

6 years ago
Rami Rizk has been sharing some stunning aerial shots from all over Lebanon for a year now and I’ve been wanting to highlight his work for quite some time. He shared yesterday an album on ...
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