Posted By
Najib
Mar 13, 2018 03:01
Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq has ordered Discotek to be closed following the video circulated showing half-naked women dancing and kissing. Beirut Governor Ziad Chbib also shared a video where he stated that the night club will be shutdown following the incident. Discotek had issued an apology earlier stating they were not aware of the individual actions of the performers. To be honest, we're definitely not used to seeing such acts in night clubs here and…
Posted By
Najib
Mar 09, 2018 03:51
Megaphone shared an infographic showing the various obstacles that Lebanese women had to overcome over the years in their struggle for women's rights, and the many struggles that remain. The infographic showcases ten key stages from 1952 till 2017, to which I added some that I dug online: 1952: Women in Lebanon gained the right to vote only five years after men did. It is worth noting though that their right to vote came with…
Critiques
7 years ago
In the 2009 elections, only 12 women were among the 706 candidates running for elections. In the 2018 elections, a record total of 111 women have submitted their papers to run for office. This is ...
Critiques
7 years ago
I received a couple of days ago a picture of a candidate for the upcoming elections accompanied by a sick joke. The person who sent it to me was asking me if I had heard ...
Critiques
7 years ago
If you google Ziad Itani, you find titles like “How Ziad Ahmad Itani fell into Mossad’s honeytrap” or “Lebanese actor arrested for spying for Israel” or “Affaire Ziad Itani : un flou pas très artistique ...
Information
7 years ago
Promundo and UN Women, with ABAAD and Connecting Research to Development (CRD) surveyed 1,050 men and 1,136 women between the ages of 18 and 59, representing both the Lebanese and Syrian populations living in Lebanon ...
Critiques
7 years ago
I saw an article yesterday claiming that the Nahr el Kalb tunnel is in bad shape and it’s a disaster in the making, and I couldn’t help but remember the hysteria that took place right ...
Critiques
7 years ago
I was reading yesterday that a gas canister was found on Ouzai’s beach and that the the Lebanese Atomic Energy Commission had to be called in! As it turns out, the canister has a label ...
Critiques
7 years ago
If you go on [dpgs.gov.lb] and select your area, village and sect, you will get a full list of all voters in that village including their full name, their father and mother’s names, their date ...
Critiques
7 years ago
Every time I’m walking from Ayn el Mraysse towards the lighthouse, I notice a large number of fishermen gathering around one specific spot, which is where the sewers are discharged down into the Mediterranean. The ...
