Over 4,700 Lebanese are Emigrating from #Lebanon Every Month

A Beirut-based research consultancy firm published statistics for the year 2019 regarding the number of Lebanese leaving the country for good, and over 57,000 Lebanese are expected to leave the country by end of 2019, vs. 34,500 in 2018. The stats are based on the number of Lebanese leaving the country every month compared to those returning. I am not really sure how accurate these numbers are, and how does one qualify as an immigrant…

UAE Praises Father Majdi Allawi’s Work While Energy Ministry Cuts Him Off

"Political aspirants make too much of the people before election, and, if successful, too much of themselves after it". Unfortunately, Lebanese voters have yet to learn from their mistakes and keep on voting for the same people over and over again. Last week, EDL or whatever company is collecting bills for EDL decided to cut off Father Madji Allawi's bakery in Sin el Fil, under the pretext that he wasn't paying his bills. Father Allawi…
Critiques

#SaveOurFace: Environment Ministry Launches Largest National Beach Cleanup Campaign

6 years ago
Environment Minister Fady Jreissati launched a teaser campaign last week where he shared a picture of himself covering his face and using the hashtags #SaveOurFace #نظّف_سمعتنا. The campaign was revealed today and consists of a ...
Critiques

Over 55% Unemployment Rates In Tripoli’s Jabal Mohsen, El-Qobbeh, and Tabbaneh

6 years ago
UN-Habitat and UNICEF Neighborhoods 2018 studies of Tripoli’s Jabal Mohsen, El-Qobbeh, and Tabbaneh revealed staggering poverty rates ranging from 55 to 60 percent. In Tabbaneh for ex who’s working age-population (from 15 to 63) is ...
Critiques

A Proposal To Ban Plastic Bags in #Beirut

6 years ago
Two members of Beirut’s municipal council have submitted a proposal aimed at banning plastic bags in Beirut starting September 1st 2019 and replacing them with reusable bags. From what I read, the proposal was approved ...
Critiques

You Can No Longer Issue a 1-Year Passport

6 years ago
The 2019 budget is almost finalized and Article 19, if passed, will drop the 1-year passport option and replace it with a 3-years passport option. Price-wise, the 1-year passport used to cost LL60,000 so a ...
Critiques

Govt Wants You to Smoke Arguile To Reduce Debt

6 years ago
“ألف ليرة أضيفت على كل نفس “أرغيلة” في المقاهي والفنادق”. I’m still trying to understand what they mean by “Nafass” Arguile. Are they referring to every flavored tobacco change or every Arguile order? Either way, ...
Critiques

General Lebanon Union Head Bechara el Asmar Insults Patriarch Sfeir in Leaked Video

6 years ago
A leaked video showing Labor Union Head Bechara el Asmar making jokes on Patriarch Sfeir has gone viral today, prompting el Asmar to issue a public apology and claim that it was a slip of ...
Art

Patriarch Sfeir’s Coffin Carved by Rudy Rahme

6 years ago
Renowned sculptor and painter Rudy Rahme carved Patriarch Sfeir’s coffin on the trunk of an olive tree from Kadish Valley and using Bkerke’s rocks. Rahme explained that the trunk bears witness to the history of ...
Art

A Poignant Graffiti to Sum Up The Kafala System

6 years ago
Protesters marched last week in Beirut against the Kafala system, urging the authorities to end this “inherently abusive” migration sponsorship system and change the labour law to offer domestic workers more protection. NGOs and local ...
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