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Najib
Aug 05, 2019 05:21
LADE unveiled a massive mural in Hamra last week under the hashtag #YouAreANaturalLeader. The mural aims at creating an opposite standpoint on the gender roles in the society and focus on women's ability to lead, as well as breaking stereotypes against women. Art of Change were key to this project as they helped LADE realize their marketing vision by facilitating both the art mural and artists Lea Bou Habib and Eli Zaarour. Here's their statement:…
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Najib
Aug 04, 2019 10:53
This may come as a surprise to some, but Jounieh doesn't have any public beaches. For a city that has one of the largest bays in Lebanon, you'd expect to see few free public beaches for tourists and locals but the coast has been hijacked for decades by private resorts. The good news is that Jounieh's Municipality appears determined to open its first public beach next to the Bel Azur resort, and works are already…
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Najib
Aug 04, 2019 02:06
After Byblos Festival decided to cancel Mashrou' Leila's concert "to prevent bloodshed and maintain peace and security", Dutch metal band Within Temptation issued a statement today announcing that they're cancelling their concert in Byblos as well "in solidarity with Mashrou' Leila and in support of tolerance, freedom of speech and expression". They also added that the Lebanese authorities were not able to provide artists with the security to perform in peace. Shame on every person…
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Najib
Aug 02, 2019 03:40
Everyone was sharing earlier today how a new exit tax of LL50,000 was imposed on passengers leaving Lebanon aboard an economy-class flight but that's not accurate and Annahar shared an article later on to clarify that matter. Basically there were amendments done on the 2017 decree that set new exit taxes on passengers leaving Beirut, with higher taxes imposed on business and first-class passengers on flights longer AND shorter than 900KM . I was looking…
Lebanon
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Baladi
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Baladi
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Larissa Takchi, a 22-year-old Lebanese-Australian restaurant manager born and raised in Sydney, has won the 2019 MasterChef Australia title, making her the youngest winner ever of the TV show. Larissa is a self-taught cook with ...
Lebanon
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For the first time ever since 1932, Lebanon has approximate new demographic data. That is 87 years after the last numbers were published, while most countries do so on a 3 to 5-year basis. The ...
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