Lebanese Saleh Basma and Chawqy Arab stole $8,000,000 from Tyr citizens

Several investors in the southern city of Tyre have reportedly become victims of embezzlement, radio Voice of Lebanon said on Thursday. "Saleh Basma and Chawqy Arab pretended to be businessmen and cheated their victims into depositing $8,000,000,” VDL explained, adding that the depositors thought their money will be invested. Haven't they learned not to trust such investors with their money? Did they forget already about Salah Ezzedine, Lebanon's Madoff, who stole more than a billion…

لا نؤمن بالعنف ضد المرأة

Lebanese blogger Khattar Torbey shared the same exact views on the recent "We Believe" ad that I wrote about this morning. I thought of sharing it given the importance of the issue and because it could reach a bigger audience since it's written in Arabic. بخصوص هيدي حملة “نؤمن” لمناهضة العنف ضدّ المرأة، وهالفيديو يلّي عارضينلنا فيه سحبة من أعلى رجال الدين مرتبة بأبهى حللهم وهم يدينون العنف ضدّ المرأة الزوجة ويوصون بها خيرا، سؤال:…
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