Posted By
Najib
Apr 24, 2015 11:35
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 shut down public and private schools on the occasion of the so-called Armenian genocide, and claimed that the genocide is a subject of historical dispute and lacks national consensus". The Turkish flag was even raised in Tripoli to show support.…
Posted By
Najib
Apr 23, 2015 10:01
I understand people criticizing certain aspects of the new traffic law and how police officers will be penalized for breaking the law, but refusing the traffic law because the roads are bad and not lit, or because you saw a cop running a red light is absurd. I agree that the new law is tough when it comes to fines, but again that's not an excuse for not abiding by the new rules and becoming…
Critiques
11 years ago
I spotted posters on the Jounieh highway inviting locals to protest against the Zouk powerplant on Saturday the 25th of April at 3pm. I texted a friend, who happens to be from Zouk Mikhael, and ...
Critiques
11 years ago
Picture from Issam Breidy’s fatal accident – via LBCI Over 900 people got killed in car accidents in Lebanon last year and the last victim was Lebanese actor and singer Issam Breidy who died on ...
Lebanon
11 years ago
Tenzakar Wou Ma Ten3ad: Picture by @yasnoor via LiveLoveBeirut Today marks 40 years since the start of the Lebanese Civil war, which officially started on April 13 1975 and ended on October 13 1990. An ...
Beirut
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Almost 2 million people have fled Syria to Lebanon since the start of the conflict in 2011, out of which hundreds of thousands of children deprived of education, food and their most basic needs. As ...
Information
11 years ago
30,000 people from all over the world are taking the “Live Below The Line” challenge by spending £1 (2,200LL) a day for 5 days and attempting to raise over £7 million for the world’s leading ...
Animals & Wildlife
11 years ago
via LBCI The man showing in the picture above is called Mashhour Ghossen as per Akkar News’s Facebook page and he’s bragging about snatching a baby Hyena from his mother. He was hunting apparently when ...
Events
11 years ago
Any volunteers to teach me how to walk in heels? My awesome Uf Concepts friends are bringing the “Walk A mile In Her Shoes” event to Beirut in an attempt to raise awareness on violence ...
Critiques
11 years ago
via Executive-Magazine Mike Butcher (Techcrunch) believes that “Beirut is rapidly shaping up to be a powerhouse for startups in the Middle East”, and that “Lebanon is uniquely posed to generate startups which aim both at ...
