At least 73 killed after football match in Egypt

I never thought I would feel that lucky to be Lebanese, specially with everything that's been going on in this country for the past 10 years or so, but seeing what's happening in the Arab countries around us, we should consider ourselves as being very fortunate. We've always criticized fights erupting after Basketball games, or Football games where the army started shooting in the air to disperse the crowds, but we've never had one single…

Kuwait leads Lebanon in freedom of the press

I always thought Lebanon would be ahead of other Arab countries in terms of freedoms, but according to this report, Kuwait is ahead of us in terms of freedom of press. Here's a list of the top 20 countries, as compiled by Mark from 248am.com: 1- Kuwait 2- ****** 3- Lebanon 4- UAE 5- Qatar 6- Oman 7- Algeria 8- Jordan 9- Tunis 10- Morocco 11- Iraq 12- Palestine 13- Libya 14- Saudi Arabia 15-…
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Protecting the Lebanese borders

13 years ago
I was reading an article on Israel’s plans to build a 1-kilometer security wall along the border of its northernmost village with Lebanon to prevent potential clashes in the area, and I thought to myself: ...
Critiques

Was 2011 a good year for Beirut Port?

13 years ago
I was surprised to read about “phenomenal growth” and “Beirut Port among the the world’s biggest 100 international ports” in the DailyStar, especially when I’ve been hearing the complete opposite from business owners and economic ...
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Kuwait bans all work permits for Lebanese

14 years ago
I read on JadAoun’s blog yesterday that Kuwait has officially banned all work permits for Lebanese and that other GCC countries will follow suit. I don’t know what’s the reason behind such a decision, but ...
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Israeli air show over Lebanon

14 years ago
Rehearsing for war? ...
Lebanon

See The Beauty – Lara Scandar

14 years ago
Her father is Egyptian/Italian and her mother is Lebanese. Lara was a semi-finalist on the Lebanese reality talent competition Star Academy during the 6th season. [Wiki] Crappy song. ...
Humor

Chou we2fit 3layna??

14 years ago
[YouTube] It looks like the Shukur-Allouch fever is picking up. PS: Notice no water glasses are on the table. ...
Humor

Ketermaya crime used in Syrian propaganda

14 years ago
I thought the Syrian dramas are pretty popular these days. Couldn’t they have shown some of their atrocities? Did they have to use pictures of the shameful Ketermaya crime that took place back in April? ...
Humor

Bil Kaff!

14 years ago
You wouldn’t expect such a thing from Omar Sharif. [YouTube] via 248PM ...
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