Beautiful Beirut

Picture taken by stencilage, on Flickr I've been checking for the past 20 minutes amazing pictures of Beirut and Lebanon on Skyscrapercity.com. They have a thread dedicated to Beirut and it's updated almost daily with new pictures. I picked up few of the latest posted pictures. You can check out the rest . Picture taken by stencilage, on Flickr Picture by LAXFlyer Picture Courtesy of Solidere, Beirut.

Beirut replaces Abu Dhabi as most expensive city in Middle East

A woman looks down upon central Beirut from the top floor of the Four Seasons Hotel, Beirut. Picture by Cormac Walsh The Middle East sees its ranking fall in Mercer's 2012 Worldwide Cost of Living Survey due largely to a drop in rental prices.The survey found that Beirut is the most expensive city to live in this year within the Middle East, moving up eight notches to number 67. Mercer's survey factors in the cost…

Government websites hacked … again

Two Lebanese government websites were hacked Saturday by a group aligned with the online hacking community known as Anonymous. The group Raise Your Voice took down the websites of the Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform and the Presidency of the Council of Ministers . Last times were back in March and April. Speaking of electricity, Lebanon Energy Minister Gebran Bassil said Wednesday evening that power blackouts “could reach 15 hours per…

MEA flight crew let blogger go inside the cabin

Nice Video taken From Joesbox.me Joe from Joe's Box was on his first MEA trip when he asked the pilot to enter the cabin and take pictures and videos from up above, and to his surprise he was let in. That's really nice but safety-wise, I'd rather they didn't allow anyone in. Read more about Joe's experience .
Information

Hotline for Lebanese expats

13 years ago
The Foreign Ministry will establish a hotline for the Lebanese expats across the world to enable them to contact the Lebanese authorities in case of emergencies, As Safir newspaper reported on Thursday. [Link] NowLebanon’s Lousia ...
Humor

MTV’s Talk of the town: Madeleine Matar vs. Michel Bou Sleiman

13 years ago
[YouTube] I saw the part where they started arguing and Michel leaves but then I switched to football. It was weird because Michel is a funny guy but it felt like he went too far ...
Food

FAIL: Grand Café – Beirut

13 years ago
Would you like some Backed Potatoes? Thanks Roy! ...
Advertising

The Last Summer on Earth

13 years ago
Great campaign for the Lebanese Brew beer by Interesting Times. I didn’t like the TV commercial much but the print ads really kick ass. Check them all out [Here] Too bad Almaza still tastes better.
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