Culture Minister Gaby Layoun approves the demolition of Amine Maalouf’s residence

Picture from The Beirut Report The decision was taken almost two months ago yet the demolition works only started today and so far are going quickly. By tomorrow, the residence of Amine Maalouf, the author of The Rock of Tanios and the first Lebanese to enter “l’Academie Francaise”, will cease to exist. As I stated previously, I have nothing against building new skyscrapers and modern buildings, but the way this case has been handled is…

A suggestion for Kfardebian’s municipality

On my way down from Mzaar on Sunday, I took the Kfardebian road and noticed groups of people walking up to the snowy areas all the way until I reached a roundabout where tens of buses were forced to park on the side by Kfardebian's police. From what I understood, buses were not allowed to go all the way up to the slopes in order to lessen traffic during the weekend. Mashewe wel shabeb While…
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Bad Experience at ABC Achrafieh’s Grand Cinemas

13 years ago
My friend went to watch yesterday “The Impossible” at Grand Cinemas in ABC Achrafieh and I was truly surprised to hear what happened during the session. I’ve always had good experiences at Grand Cinemas and ...
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Racism against Malagasy Workers

13 years ago
A report on LBCI to raise further awareness on racism against domestic workers Here’s an excerpt from a report by Afrik.com on women fleeing poverty in their country Madagascar to work in Lebanon, and the ...
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Sorry bass .. .WTF?

13 years ago
You know what is the thing that upset me the most about those two videos? Her singing and destroying a Melhem Barakat song! Why you ask? Because I had no expectations for this show whatsoever ...
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Lebanese Saleh Basma and Chawqy Arab stole $8,000,000 from Tyr citizens

13 years ago
Several investors in the southern city of Tyre have reportedly become victims of embezzlement, radio Voice of Lebanon said on Thursday. “Saleh Basma and Chawqy Arab pretended to be businessmen and cheated their victims into ...
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لا نؤمن بالعنف ضد المرأة

13 years ago
Lebanese blogger Khattar Torbey shared the same exact views on the recent “We Believe” ad that I wrote about this morning. I thought of sharing it given the importance of the issue and because it ...
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Is Freedom more important than Security?

13 years ago
This is not really a question we should be asking ourselves as one should never compromise his freedom. In fact, sacrificing your freedom in order to feel safe leads to losing both (As quoted once ...
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Zaitunay Bay: Not Doing As Well As Expected?

13 years ago
Picture taken from Zaitunaybay.com LebanonFiles reported today that restaurants at the Zaitunay Bay are not doing well and Solidere is seriously considering closing down the whole thing given the bad economic situation and the lack ...
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Barbara is NOT Halloween

13 years ago
I got this message from Spinneys today and wanted to clarify that it’s not Halloween that we are celebrating few days from now but Saint Barbara. Both may be a bit similar in terms of ...
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