The New Electoral Law: How Does it Work?

The Lebanese cabinet has finally approved an electoral law after months of ongoing debates and disputes. To be honest, I stopped following up on this matter a month or two ago and I was almost sure they'd adopt the 1960 law but somehow the cabinet has managed to pull out a new law that all parties, well most of them, agreed on. The new proposed law is quite a complicated one and I didn't have…

Woman Waving Flag in Horrific Grenfell Fire Believed to Be Lebanese Mother of Three

The above is one of the most harrowing images to come out of London's Greenfell Tower fire where a woman is seen waving a flag from her window. The woman has apparently been identified as Nadia Choucair who has gone missing along with five members of her family. Nadia was standing with her husband while fire was raging behind her and all over the tower. The whole family is feared dead unfortunately. Nadia used to…
Critiques

Human Rights Watch Urges Lebanon NOT To Resume Executions

8 years ago
Lebanon has not carried out any execution since 2004, yet every time an innocent person is killed by thugs or armed assholes, you see a lot of people urging the authorities to hang the guy ...
Critiques

AUB Professor Denied Entry to the US Due to New “Extreme Vetting” Measures

8 years ago
George Saad, a Lebanese professor at the American University of Beirut, was “wrongfully denied entry to the US because of new “extreme vetting” measures”, according to the New York Post. When he landed Friday, Saad ...
Critiques

Lebanon is Not Really Among The 20 Most Dangerous Countries in the World for Tourists

8 years ago
Business Insider released an article today listing the 20 most dangerous countries in the world for tourists. The list was extracted from The World Economic Forum’s 2017 Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index Report, which measures ...
Critiques

What Justice For Roy Hamoush?

8 years ago
Every time an innocent person gets killed by armed thugs, whether at a night club or on the road or even by accident, we start asking for justice and condemn the state of lawlessness that ...
Critiques

Meet The New Garbage Trucks (Replacing Sukleen)

8 years ago
As you’ve probably noticed by now, there are new garbage trucks roaming our streets instead of the old green Sukleen trucks. The new ones are operated by Ramco and it’s written all over them that ...
Automotive

One Killed in Tripoli Mina Drag Race Held in Broad Day Light

8 years ago
Every Sunday, reckless and dangerous drag races are organized all over Lebanon in broad day light and the police is nowhere to be seen. Sometimes road are blocked (illegally) and other times they just race ...
Critiques

No More EDZ in 2019?

8 years ago
What Assaad Nakad did to Zahle is a dream come true for many Lebanese. He provided them with 24/7 electricity, 24/7 water and united them against the generator mafias. EDZ has been providing 24/7 electricity ...
Critiques

Some People Want to Boycott Wassouf’s Concert in Achrafieh Now

8 years ago
So George Wassouf is holding a concert on June 17 at Sassine Square in Achrafieh and a page called “You Like Lebanon? Buy Lebanese (or from the Lebanese)” shared a poll asking people to vote ...
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