Basketball – Lebanon’s new national team wins against Iraq, withstanding chaos and a shy crowd

While the country's focus was shifted towards the coronavirus mess yesterday, a brave team of 12 of the finest basketball players Lebanon is currently counting on fought its way past Iraq, merging experience and inexperience to claim a first chaotic win in the FIBA Asia Cup 2021 qualifiers, in front of a shy crowd that highlighted the country's economic struggles with empty seats urging to be filled at the Nouhad Nawfal Stadium in Zouk Mikael.…

What We Know So Far About the First Coronavirus Case in Lebanon

Lebanon's Health Minister confirmed today the first Coronavirus case in Lebanon, after a 45-year old Lebanese woman traveling from Iran was diagnosed with the virus. Apparently, Lebanon received a warning from its embassy in Tehran about a plane carrying potential coronavirus cases, which led the authorities to deploy a medical team to examine all passengers on the plane as soon as it landed but they weren't quarantined for some reason. The Minister denied though being…

Awkward Stunt in Beirut to Boycott American Products

So basically a group of young men decided to get dressed in the Jewish religious costume, hit the streets with banners denouncing the deal of the century as part of a campaign to boycott US products. I don't know where to start. What does the Jewish religious clothing have to do with "Israel" or Zionists? Zionists are Jewish but not all Jews are Zionists in case you didn't know and many are against this joke…

Tripoli (Victoria) Naval Cemetery

We've all been to Tripoli, but I bet few of you know that there's a naval cemetery from WWII in Al Mina. The cemetery is managed and maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission , whose mission is to commemorate the 1.7 million dead men and women in the armed forces of the British Empire, and is in charge of over 20,000 locations in more than 150 locations around the world. In 1893, a collision…
Critiques

Prime Minister Diab Suggested his Wife as VP to the National Commission for Lebanese Women

5 years ago
A presidential decree was issued today stating that PM Hassan Diab’s wife Nawwar Mawlawi will be appointed as VP to the President of the National Commission for Lebanese Women (NCLW), who happens to be the ...
Critiques

The Woman Behind the Famous “Revolution Kick” Summoned To the Military Court

5 years ago
Malak Alaywe, who became an icon of the Lebanese revolution after kicking Akram Chehayeb’s armed bodyguards in Riad el Solh, has been summoned to military court over actions captured in the picture above. Her husband ...
Art

Yousra Mohsen (Laila Liberty) First Middle Eastern Dancer At Le Crazy Horse de Paris

5 years ago
Three years after taking part in Miss Lebanon, Yousra Mohsen pursued her passion as a dancer and is now performing at the glamorous Parisian Cabaret “Le Crazy Horse”. Le Crazy Horse de Paris, which is ...
Art

A Heart Made Out of Tear Gas Canisters

5 years ago
Thawra Artists collected empty tear gas canisters from recent protests and produced a heart-shaped statue filled with these canisters and with rocks as well. The idea was to send out a message of love and ...
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