Posted By
Najib
Jan 28, 2017 07:43
Trump is keeping his promises so far and just signed today an executive order banning all people from "certain terrorism-prone countries from entering the United States for 90 days". The order did not mention specific countries but according to CNN and other US media outlets, "a White House official said they are Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Libya, Yemen and Somalia", which were considered "countries of concern" in a 2016 law concerning immigration visas. It is…
Posted By
Najib
Jan 28, 2017 07:49
We are extremely lucky that there were no victims yesterday when a massive construction crane collapsed in the Sioufi area in Achrafieh. The area is densely populated and the crane fell off during day time but luckily enough, no one was around and only cars parked nearby were damaged. We've already had an unfortunate incident few years back in Achrafieh when a building collapsed killing 27 people and several reports came out stating that there…
Critiques
9 years ago
I’ve watched most of the episodes of Adel Karam’s “Hayda Haki” and Hisham Haddad’s “Lahonwbas” this season and I don’t think we need ratings to figure out who’s doing better. Funnily enough, I never liked ...
Critiques
9 years ago
What has been happening in the past couple of weeks is very worrying and alarming in regards to freedom of expression in Lebanon. I totally understand that we live in a conservative society where people ...
Critiques
9 years ago
It has been brought to my attention that BeirutNationalMuseum.com is maintained by an Egyptian company called El Motaheda and sponsored by mashy.com, which is an Egyptian news portal. I doubt that this is the official ...
Critiques
9 years ago
Almost everyone hailed the collaborative efforts between the Lebanese army and the ISF that led to foiling the Costa Coffee attempt on Saturday but a lot of people are raising doubts about this whole incident ...
Critiques
9 years ago
Armed gunmen kidnapped a 74 year old man called Saad Richa in Chtaura few days ago and they haven’t released him yet. Almost every political and religious party in Lebanon is trying to negotiate with ...
Critiques
9 years ago
Back when “Take me out” (“Na2ashit”) had just started on LBC, I posted on how I hated the show and that it’s stupid and demeaning but that we should keep in mind that these men ...
Critiques
9 years ago
Beirut’s last public beach will eventually be turned into a private resort, despite Beirut Governor’s claims that the beach will remain open to the public. Most of Lebanon’s beaches were taken over by private developers ...
Information
9 years ago
The Human Rights situation has deteriorated in 2016 in Lebanon according to the Human Rights yearly report, but the end of the presidential vaccuum and the new government’s formation present an opportunity to turn the ...
