Kahaleh Tensions: The Problem is Not Who Took The First Shot

The Kahaleh incident will probably take few days to cool down and no serious investigation will be conducted, as usual, until we get another similar incident, followed by tensions then a cooldown and so on. The 2021 Tayyouneh clashes left 7 people dead, the 2021 Khaldeh clashes left 2 people dead, tens were killed in the 2008 Beirut clashes and I could list several other incidents with all having one thing in common, a self-governing…

7-Year Old Naya Fighting For Her Life After Being Hit By a Stray Bullet

How many times are we going to hear such tragic stories? How many children and innocent civilians have to pay the price of dumbasses firing their guns in the air? The answer is unfortunately not anytime soon as we continue to live among armed militias and in a lawless country. Naya Hanna is the latest victim of celebratory gunfire after a bullet pierced her brain while she playing outside at school. She is currently in…
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Pain D’or Issues Statement on the Rainbow Cake Controversy

1 year ago
An old picture showing rainbow cakes sold at Pain D’or resurged online few weeks ago, triggering an Anti-LGBTQ campaign against pastry shops selling rainbow cakes. The campaign even extended to include festivals that were raising ...
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Lebanon Just Cut Cultural Ties with Sweden & Denmark

1 year ago
Lebanon’s Minister of Culture tweeted today that Lebanon will suspend cultural coordination with Denmark and Sweden and their corresponding embassies in Beirut. The decision comes after the Koran burnings that took place in both countries, ...
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Energy Ministry Fined for Refusing To Hand Over Mseilha Dam Documents

1 year ago
Three years ago, I posted about the Mseilha dam asking why wasn’t it completed yet; the Energy Ministry claimed back then works are still underway and that we have to wait till 2021 for the ...
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BDL Vice Governors Plot to Renew Riad Salameh’s Term

1 year ago
BDL Governor Riad Salameh’s term is ending soon but it looks like there’s no other way but to renew for Salameh as Deputy Governor Wassim Mansouri refuses to take over and BDL Vice Governors released ...
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Lebanon Voted AGAINST a UN Resolution To Reveal Fate of Missing or Forcibly Disappeared in Syria.

1 year ago
Our Foreign Minister Abdullah Bou Habib was bragging earlier today that he will abstain from voting in favor of establishing a UN commission to reveal the fate of the missing and forcibly disappeared in Syria ...
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The Saida Public Beach Incident is Not About Religion

1 year ago
As much as the Bikini vs Burkini clash is being portrayed as a religious one following the Saida public beach incident, the real problem is the absence of the rule of law and the incompetence ...
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Fatal Accident in Chouf Raises Concerns on Zip Line Safety

1 year ago
A young man fell to his death from a high altitude while zip lining in Mazraat El Chouf. The victim is Jad Thebian, a first sergeant in the Lebanese Army. The zip line in question ...
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Lebanon is Expecting Two Million Visitors This Summer ..

1 year ago
Al Markazia claims the number of arrivals this summer to Lebanon might exceed two million, and that occupancies at hotels will exceed 90%. Last summer, the tourism ministry claimed they brought in billions of dollars ...
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