Posted By
Najib
Jun 21, 2019 03:47
Every city has flea markets and Souk el Ahad was Beirut's most popular flea market, but not for long. There's been talks for months now about shutting down and relocating Souk el Ahad and they've already started the process weirdly enough by painting over all over the Souk el Ahad murals. Relocating Souk el Ahad is understandable but why destroy the artwork of tens of local and international artists? These artists have been working since…
Posted By
Najib
Jun 16, 2019 04:30
Whenever I write about the Syrian refugees crisis in Lebanon, I can't help but re-read two and three year-old posts about the same issue, and realize that not only things are getting worse, but the situation has become so chaotic that everyone's taking extremes and almost no one's willing to figure a decent way out of this crisis. The only undeniable facts that we know of is that the Syrian crisis has taken a heavy…
Critiques
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Critiques
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Critiques
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Critiques
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I’m still finding it hard to believe that one man was able to plan Tripoli’s attack yesterday but what was unseen before during this attack, and I’m not sure it’s a good thing, was the ...
Critiques
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The indoor smoking ban was first implemented back in 2012 but it turned out to be an epic failure. In 2015, Health Minister Wael Abu Faour promised he will make sure the law is enforced ...
Critiques
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Critiques
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Environment Minister Fady Jreissati launched a teaser campaign last week where he shared a picture of himself covering his face and using the hashtags #SaveOurFace #نظّف_سمعتنا. The campaign was revealed today and consists of a ...
Critiques
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UN-Habitat and UNICEF Neighborhoods 2018 studies of Tripoli’s Jabal Mohsen, El-Qobbeh, and Tabbaneh revealed staggering poverty rates ranging from 55 to 60 percent. In Tabbaneh for ex who’s working age-population (from 15 to 63) is ...
