Posted By
Najib
Mar 10, 2024 04:36
Several billboards appeared in Beirut today, mainly in Beirut's southern suburbs, in support of Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of the Russian Presidential elections set to held on March 17th. Some of them promoted the Russian elections while others included quotes praising Putin. It's not clear who's behind this campaign, but Putin is quite "popular", if I may say so, among Pro-Syrian Pro-Iranian political parties in Lebanon, for all the wrong reasons of course. Nevertheless,…
Posted By
Najib
Mar 08, 2024 03:56
I completed my bachelor degree at the American University of Beirut and my Masters of Business Administration at the Lebanese American University. I'm proud to have graduated from these two prestigious academic institutions, and it's great to see both of them still evolving in these troubling times. The Lebanese American University is celebrating 100 years this year, and a documentary was aired yesterday on MTV sharing 100 facts about LAU. One of the fun facts…
Posted By
Najib
Mar 08, 2024 03:08
Marc Diab was originally from Ain Ebel South Lebanon before he immigrated to Canada with his family and decided to join the Canadian army. He always dreamt though of opening a restaurant next to his base in Petawawa, a town in the province of Ontario. Unfortunately, Marc was stationed in Kandahar province in 2009 when a roadside bomb exploded beside the vehicle carrying him and his fellow soldiers. Marc was killed in the explosion and…
Posted By
Najib
Mar 05, 2024 10:52
Last year around the same time, rumours spread that Fairouz had turned down an offer to take part in Saudi Arabia's Riyadh Season and this year we're hearing again about Fairouz turning down a very generous offer to sing in Saudi Arabia. The Riyadh Season is one of the biggest festivals in the world spanning over 5 months and carried out in over 11 venues. As of 2023, it had claimed several Guinness records including…
Baladi
9 months ago
Ramy Naouss is a cancer survivor and an influencer who has accomplished amazing feats of physical strength and endurance in the past few years. Last year, he broke a Guinness World Record for the longest ...
Lebanon
9 months ago
A 1968 play by the Rahbani brothers featured a song entitled “سافرت القضية” whose lyrics describe to a great extent the current Gaza war and how the World is staying quiet while innocent people are ...
Baladi
9 months ago
I discovered an amazing Instagram account sharing the raw untold stories of Beirut’s People. The account came to my attention after one of their stories went viral, the story of an old man talking about ...
Baladi
9 months ago
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has appointed this week Farah Dakhlallah as the new NATO spokesperson. Farah had worked before as a communications manager at the WHO and an Arabic spokeswoman for the UK Foreign ...
OlderNewer
