Antoury Market In Hamra Closing Down: This is not Ariel Sharon’s Supermarket

If you pass by Makdessi street in Hamra, you will notice the above banners outside Antoury's market. The big banner says "This is not Ariel Sharon's Supermarket" while the small ones translate roughly to "Stop this unjust decision that will leave 6 families homeless" and "Can you find a property in Hamra that sells for $2000 per square meters?". So what's the story? Based on The Beirut Report's post, a relative of the shopkeeper is…

Syrian Elections In Lebanon

I couldn't care less about elections in Syria or in Lebanon for that sake, and Syrians and non-Syrians in Lebanon have the right to elect their president, but that doesn't mean they can block highways and walk in the middle of the street. Why were the elections scheduled on a Wednesday and why aren't there designated gathering spots for those going to vote? via Hagop via Sara Assaf
Critiques

Why We Should Close Dekkenet el Balad

11 years ago
via Sakker el Dekkene Dekkenet El Balad opened its doors a couple of weeks back in Gemmayze offering illegal certificates, driving licenses and other permits. Of course this was part of a marketing campaign to ...
Critiques

Time Out Beirut Closes Down

11 years ago
Update: Timeout Beirut’s website now redirects to Timeout.com As you can see from the tweets below, someone was asking why TimeOut Beirut is now called BeirutView on Twitter and then a previous employee replied and ...
Animals & Wildlife

Dynamite Fishing In Lebanon

11 years ago
[YouTube] Dynamite fishing is extremely harmful to the underwater environment as it kills a large number of fish and marine organisms and destroys the coral reefs that support the fish. It’s quite sickening to see ...
Critiques

Is This True?

11 years ago
[YouTube] I am glad MTV raised the issue but you’d think something like that should be given a bit more importance, specially that it affects all the Lebanese and is a very serious matter. ...
Art

Lucien Bourjeily Got His Passport Back From The General Security

11 years ago
Lebanese Writer and Director Lucien Bourjeily had applied to renew his passport and was expecting to receive it few days ago in order to travel to London and represent Lebanon at the “The LIFT festival”. ...
Critiques

Hunting Crimes In Lebanon: Shooting Down White Storks With An AK47

11 years ago
Post by STOP Hunting Crimes in Lebanon. Unbelievable! ...
Critiques

The Reasons Why TMC Chief Michel Moutran Was Removed From His Position

11 years ago
[YouTube] You’d think that after watching the video above, you’d understand why Michel Moutran got fired but the title is misleading and the Jadeed report is meaningless. I really find it hard to believe that ...
Critiques

TMC Chief Michel Moutran Sacked For Unknown Reasons

11 years ago
I just read Gino’s post and noticed Michel Moutran‘s tweets that he is no longer managing the Traffic Management Center account and apparently was removed from his position. It’s a shame that he’s no longer ...
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