Antounieh Prayer Room: Why politics should be banned in Lebanese Universities

I read a report few days back that Muslim students in Antounieh university were demanding a prayer room inside the university but I never really gave it much importance and I honestly still don't think it's a big deal. Whomever is making out of it a big deal are political parties who want to score points left and right on the expense of Antounieh students. Indeed, instead of leaving those students alone and letting them…

What the hell MTC?

A friend of mine went on the MTC website yesterday to see how he can upgrade his 3G plan from 500Mb to 1Gb as he has been exceeding his consumption by some 300-400Mb every month. Noting that he had not received his invoice statement yet nor an SMS from MTC, he followed the instructions on the website and de-activated his 500Mb plan and then moved on to activate the 1Gb plan. It wasn't working so…
Critiques

Beirut’s Roman hippodrome to be dismantled

13 years ago
[Source] Regarding the hippodrome, the leaked correspondence shows that the culture ministry agreed to “the reintegration of the whole southern section of the ruins into the structure intended to be built by keeping it in ...
Critiques

How bad is the rotten meat issue?

13 years ago
I was discussing the whole rotten meat issue with few friends in the food business and I was surprised to hear the prime suspects, known as the Natour brothers, are among Lebanon’s biggest meat distributors ...
Critiques

Migrant’s workers rights and obligations booklet in Lebanon

13 years ago
[High-Res] [Source] I was checking out on lebmanbojumbo’s blog the “Migrant’s workers rights and obligations booklet in Lebanon”, and I honestly don’t know what to think of the Cultural Practices and Social Manners sections [Manual]. ...
Critiques

Minister Fattoush sues MTV over Jeita Grotto report

13 years ago
[YouTube] Minister Nicolas Fattoush filed a lawsuit against MTV’s Joyce Akiki over a report she did on the Jeita Grotto and the “Mapas” company that’s supposedly managing the Grotto. Looking at the video, local authorities ...
Critiques

After SOPA & PIPA, it’s time to Stop LIRA!

13 years ago
The Lebanese government is trying to kill freedom of expression on the internet by imposing the Lebanese Internet Regulation Act, or LIRA. The man behind this proposal is Walid el Daouk, the minister of information. ...
Critiques

More crime, this time in Adonis

13 years ago
So two days back I posted about the FJ that got stolen from my neighbors place in Seheili. Well today a friend of mine was leaving her office in Adonis at 3:30 in the afternoon ...
Critiques

What to do with Minister of Interior Marwan Charbel?

13 years ago
I am as confused by Marwan Charbel’s behavior as Mustapha is, and I must say even though I believe that he’s a good man, he does not look like he’s the right person for this ...
Automotive

Seheili is the ghetto

13 years ago
When I’m in Lebanon I live in Seheili (it’s like 5 minutes after Jeita) and for some reason a lot of thefts and robberies take place there. For example my building got robbed twice during ...
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