Stinking Odors From 2016 Garbage All over #Beirut

If you're still wondering about the horrible smell in #Beirut and Matn areas, it's coming from a construction site next to Bourj Hammoud's landfill. Part of the garbage from the landfill was apparently being transferred and has been temporarily stored at this site, hence the smell. The contractor and new Environment Minister promised the smell will be over by Thursday or Friday, but until then the situation is becoming unbearable and people are having to…

ISF Fined Hamra’s Kaak Seller & Destroyed His Trolley

The famous Kaak & Picon Seller in Hamra lost his trolley and went out of business after the ISF confiscated and destroyed it. The reason is that the seller did not have a license according to Lebanon24. The seller, whose real name is Mohammad Ali Jawad used to wear a traditional Lebanese red tarboosh, and a traditional red costume with his name in gold thread written across his chest. He used to sell his Kaak…
Critiques

The Case Against The Bisri Dam

7 years ago
I’ve been reluctant to post about the Bisri Dam and the ongoing petition against it simply because there’s too much information to absorb and I didn’t want to rush into opposing a project that might ...
Advertising

Connect Lebanon Latest Mind-Boggling Ads

7 years ago
“Find something else to keep you busy”. “Get Internet”. Connect is trying to promote internet like they first did when TVs were invented, but if they’re targeting big families living in distant villages with no ...
Critiques

No, LAU Did NOT Forbid Students from Praying on Campus

7 years ago
So someone took a paper placed by the LAU Beirut Dean of Students inside the library and shared it online to bash the Lebanese American University and claim that they do not respect people’s beliefs ...
Critiques

Who’s Behind Employing 4,580 New People in the Public Sector?

7 years ago
We’ve been hearing for few months now about the “illegally” hired new employees in the public sector yet we have no idea who’s behind it. In fact, all parties seem to be denying it and ...
Critiques

Interior Minister Revives Civil Marriage Debate, Bans Convoys

7 years ago
Lebanon’s first female Interior Minister revived the civil marriage debate in the past few days by vowing to open the door “to a serious and deep dialogue on this issue with all religious and other ...
Critiques

Judo Champion Nacif Elias Loses to Avoid Confronting Israeli Athlete at #JudoParis2019

7 years ago
Lebanese Judo Champion was on his way to secure a medal for Lebanon at the #JudoParis 2019 tournament but was forced to lose his game to avoid confronting an Israeli athlete in the semis. Since ...
Critiques

Disturbing Images from Msayleh’s Mental Hospital “Al Fanar”

7 years ago
Hayat Jaber Ali Ahmad paid a visit to “Al Fanar”, a mental hospital in the Msayleh area and shared disturbing images and testimonies from the place which has been neglected for over two years now. ...
Society

A Valentine Proposal She’ll Never Forget

7 years ago
I did not see that coming to be honest. That’s one proposal she will never forget and that anyone watching it will struggle to forget as well. A powerful and strong message from UNICEF. Well ...
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