Posted By
Najib
Aug 05, 2019 05:21
LADE unveiled a massive mural in Hamra last week under the hashtag #YouAreANaturalLeader. The mural aims at creating an opposite standpoint on the gender roles in the society and focus on women's ability to lead, as well as breaking stereotypes against women. Art of Change were key to this project as they helped LADE realize their marketing vision by facilitating both the art mural and artists Lea Bou Habib and Eli Zaarour. Here's their statement:…
Posted By
Najib
Aug 04, 2019 10:53
This may come as a surprise to some, but Jounieh doesn't have any public beaches. For a city that has one of the largest bays in Lebanon, you'd expect to see few free public beaches for tourists and locals but the coast has been hijacked for decades by private resorts. The good news is that Jounieh's Municipality appears determined to open its first public beach next to the Bel Azur resort, and works are already…
Critiques
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Critiques
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Everyone was sharing earlier today how a new exit tax of LL50,000 was imposed on passengers leaving Lebanon aboard an economy-class flight but that’s not accurate and Annahar shared an article later on to clarify ...
Lebanon
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Critiques
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Critiques
3 weeks ago
After what’s been happening with Mashrou3 Leila, I first thought this news of censoring a Mohammad Iskandar song was made up by a satire website but it turned out to be true. Apparently, the song ...
Automotive
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In a tweet unleashed today on her official account, Minister of Interior and Municipalities Raya El Hassan, who has been making positive headlines ever since she took the position, by removing blocs from the front ...
Critiques
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When the budget was finally approved two days ago, I kept checking articles to see what happened to Article 94 which dealt with reducing the salaries of MPs, only to find out today that it ...
Critiques
4 weeks ago
2019 and 2018 witnessed alarming developments in the use of archaic media laws to arrest, interrogate and prosecute people over social media posts in Lebanon. According to digital rights group Social Media Exchange (SMEX), the ...
