Posted By
Najib
Feb 28, 2017 01:39
The Lebanese Cabinet approved few days ago a USD 20 million Saints Route project linking the villages in Batroun and Byblos governorates. The aim is "to link Batroun, Edde, Jran, Derya, Douk, Mayfouq, and Annaya, going through Saint Rafqa, Saint Hardini, Saint Estephan Nehme, and Saint Charbel convents" and was described by Foreign Affairs Minister Gebran Bassil as the most important religious tourism project in Lebanon. Any project that ends up boosting tourism in Lebanon…
Posted By
Najib
Feb 24, 2017 04:00
Said Akl's graffiti in Gemmayze was recently vandalized. Few months ago, someone added some lipstick on the poet's lips but now it got totally ruined. Said Akl is considered one of the most important modern Lebanese poets and philosophers; he passed away in 2014 aged 102. I wouldn't be surprised if this was done on purpose as there are many who hate Akl for his political stances back in the 1980s. Nevertheless, he's still a…
Critiques
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I just read Lebanon’s Minister of Youth and Sports Mohammad Fneich has just banned mixed martial arts (MMA) in Lebanon and removed all licenses linked to this game. Here’s the full resolution as mentioned on ...
Critiques
8 years ago
Update [March 8 2017]: Shura Council has once again ordered all constructions works to stop on Ramlet el Baida after a new construction license emerged. Lebanon’s Shura Council issued a decision today to halt temporarily ...
Critiques
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The easiest thing to do these days is blame everything on Syrian refugees and the Syrian crisis. Air pollution? Syrian refugees. Increase in crime rates? Syrian refugees. No 24/24 electricity? Syrian refugees. There’s no doubt ...
Critiques
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Prostitution rings, fist fights, gun fights outside nightclubs, I have no idea what’s happening in Kaslik these days and I had no idea there are so many people who go party there still. Check out ...
Critiques
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I wasn’t really surprised to hear Le Pen refused to cover herself up when she went to meet Lebanon’s Grand Mufti today. Some will interpret it as a disrespectful act while others will claim that ...
Automotive
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The Traffic Management Center (TMC) is teaming up with Sensys Gatso Group, the leading provider of traffic safety solutions delivering systems, to install the first Red-light systems in Beirut. The red-light cameras were first tested ...
Critiques
8 years ago
Sagesse Basketball Club has one of the largest and most loyal fan-base in Lebanon but the team hasn’t been able to perform well in recent years due to poor management and a lack of sponsors ...
Critiques
8 years ago
Paul is a Lebanese young man from Bcharreh who got severely beaten by a group of young men in Blat (Jbeil) because he refused to show them his ID card and they “thought” he was ...
