U.N. Refugees Chief Antonio Guterres Warns Lebanon Could Collapse Under Syrian Refugees Burden

Picture via UNHCR Here's a sum up of what United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said during an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour: - Lebanon could collapse under the weight of the massive influx of Syrian refugees - Without economic and financial support, and an increased effort to share the burden of Syrian refugees, “Lebanon not the possibility to go on with the present situation. - Twenty-five percent of the Lebanese population today…

Roqayya Monzer A New Victim Of Domestic Violence + Parliament To Discuss Draft-Law On April 3

Roqayya Monzer is yet another victim of domestic violence in Lebanon after her husband shot her dead when she asked him to divorce her. Roqayya was fed up from all the beating and asked for a divorce on several occasions according to her sister who was brave enough to come out and testify against the criminal husband. Unfortunately, the victim was pregnant. This is not the first case of domestic violence and definitely won't be…
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Lebanese Teacher Caught On Camera Beating Students

11 years ago
[YouTube] The school in question is the Makassid school in Nabatieh and the teacher got fired and is being sued. He deserves to be in jail for what he’s done! ...
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Dear Lebanon

11 years ago
[YouTube] Dear Lebanon is a movie showing Lebanese teenagers’s views on Bombings, Religion and Politics. I want to believe that the new generations will make a change in the right direction and rebel against the ...
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Reason Behind The Traffic In Beirut Today

11 years ago
I don’t understand why they have to close the road all the way from Annahar building if they are holding a session at the parliament. Moreover, isn’t it better to close it starting 9am and ...
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About That Video On Syrian and Ukrainian Refugees In Lebanon

11 years ago
Picture via GlobalPost I am sure you’ve all seen this [video] showing how Lebanese reacted when asked about Syrian Refugees in Lebanon and the possibility of having Ukrainian refugees following recent events in Ukraine and ...
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Lebanese Cameraman Samir Kassab Still Missing In Syria

11 years ago
I don’t know why Samir’s story is not over the news like the Maaloula nuns, but he’s a Lebanese who’s gone missing along with Sky News Arabia Mauritanian correspondent Ishak Moctar back in October 2013 ...
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Are White Belly Dancers Engaging In Cultural Appropriation?

11 years ago
[YouTube] Ranja Jarrar argues in her piece that white women who practice belly dance are, willingly or unwillingly, engaging in appropriation. Personally speaking, I didn’t really get the point the author was trying to make ...
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8 Useless Speed Bumps At the Marina Dbayyeh

11 years ago
Anyone who takes the Dbayyeh Maritime road in the morning has probably noticed a bunch of new speed bumps at the Marina entrance all around the new public park that they are working on. Now ...
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Heavy Celebratory Gunfire For The Second Night In A Row In Beirut

11 years ago
[Youtube] Two days ago it was Nasrallah giving a speech and yesterday it was Berri on TV. This has to stop no matter who’s giving a speech or showing on some TV show. Maskhara! Video ...
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