Posted By
Najib
Apr 03, 2017 10:38
Some guy got into a fight on Friday night with a bouncer at a night club in Beirut so he decided to pull out his gun and fire into the air before he was stopped. The incident almost went unnoticed and I haven't read anywhere about arrests made. The next day, a group of masked Hezbollah members dressed in black-clad decided to kick off an anti-drugs campaign in Burj el Brajneh camp. Fortunately, the whole…
Posted By
Najib
Apr 02, 2017 11:15
There's an all-star Lebanese basketball game scheduled on April 9th at 5 PM by the FLB. The game will oppose players from Beirut vs Outside Beirut including three foreign players on each team LOL! So technically speaking, there are four Lebanese players out of 10 on the starting lineup in a LEBANESE all-star game. If the aim is to organize an all-star game just like NBA does, they shouldn't call it a Lebanese all-star game.…
Critiques
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Critiques
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Critiques
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Critiques
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Critiques
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