I Challenge MP Kabbani To Use Public Transportation For One Week

Our Public Works, Transportation, and Water and Energy Parliamentary Committee Head MP Mohammad Kabbani told a journalist that he doesn't need to buy a car in Lebanon if he doesn't get paid much because, and I quote, "there are taxis everywhere and people use public transportation everywhere in the world". When another reporter asked him if he had ever used public transportation, he replied that he used to take the train to college. If we…

A Lebanese TV Campaign Against Homophobia: The First Of Its Kind In The Arab World

Homosexuality is not a trend nor an illness and people don’t choose to become gay. Blaming People for Being Gay is Like Blaming Them for Being Left-Handed. IDAHOT is a long day event organized and hosted by Proud Lebanon. During this day, various activities will take place in order to address the issues related to this cause. Your participation is highly appreciated and required, so you can contribute to promote our cause and fight against…
Critiques

Is This For Real? Domestic Workers In Lebanon Could Face Deportation If They Marry non-Lebanese

10 years ago
As if the situation wasn’t bad enough for domestic workers in Lebanon, the Lebanese authorities are in the process of passing a law that prohibits workers from having any type of relationships in Lebanon or ...
Critiques

What I Told The National About The New Traffic Law In Lebanon

10 years ago
The new traffic law is still the hottest topic in Lebanon right now and is even being mentioned in foreign media outlets. The Financial Times shared an article on the traffic law (classified under “Syria ...
Critiques

Posters Against The Zouk Power Plant Pollution Are Now Polluting The Streets

10 years ago
I was actually surprised to see all parties sitting on one table to protest against the Zouk power plant on April 25 but I soon realized it was all nonsense when they started talking about ...
Automotive

A “Wasta” Shortcut Road To Cut Through Marina Dbayyeh’s Traffic

10 years ago
I posted back in 2010 about a shortcut road in Dbayyeh that might save you 20 minutes of morning traffic. The road (shown in red above) was accessible to everyone back then but they’d close ...
Automotive

What Happens When You Are Wrongly Fined In Lebanon?

10 years ago
via elNashra Update: A friend told me that he faced the same problem once and that they told him that he doesn’t need to pay any fines if the fine is older than the car ...
Critiques

It’s Time To Put An End To Illegal Cable Providers In Lebanon

10 years ago
The union of Cable providers in Lebanon (I didn’t know they had a union) decided to take down LBCI yesterday as a sign of protest against the decision taken by 8 local TVs to make ...
Humor

#RealityCheck: Are You Armenian? Do You Eat Basterma?

10 years ago
Are you Armenian? Do you eat a lot of spices? Do you live in Bourj Hammoud? Do you eat Basterma a lot? Bto2rabak Kim Kardashian? These are all real life questions that are often asked ...
Critiques

Some Lebanese Refuse To Recognize The Armenian Genocide

10 years ago
Victims of the Ottoman rule – Picture taken in Lebanon via Annahar A couple of Beiruti associations and organizations, as well as few Sunni groups in Tripoli, rejected Education Minister Elias Bou Saab’s decision “to ...
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