Fady Kassab Wins 2019 Australian Raw Comedy National Competition

Lebanese-Australian Fady Ghassan Kassab has won the 2019 Raw Comedy National Championship in Melbourne, beating 1000 other standup comedians taking part in the event. Originally for Ain el Delb in Saida, the 43 years old moved to Sydney 17 years ago. Lebanon being very close to his heart, his act is formed around it and the war. This event is known to have launched the careers of some of the biggest Australian comedians. Fady's sights are…

Diageo To Implement 26-Week Paid Parental Leave Policy

Update: Diaego is not the first apparently in Lebanon as Zomato has implanted a 6 months paternity & a 6 months maternity for its employees since May. Diageo Lebanon is set to be the first in Lebanon to implement a 6-month paid maternity AND paternity leave policy for its employees, "as part of a global roll-out of ambitious parental leave policy from the spirits company". The policy will be implemented in all countries and on…

2 Movies to be Banned in Lebanon for Promoting Homosexuality & Israeli intelligence

The General Security Censorship Bureau in Lebanon has asked to ban on July 19, 2019 2 new movies in the country. The Minister of Interior and Municipalities Raya Haffar El Hassan has yet to give the final judgment. The first, "Damascus Cover", is a 2017 movie tackling an agent on a mission to smuggle an Israeli scientist working on chemical weapons out of Syria. The second, "Hard Paint", is a 2018 Brazilian film originally named…

Lebanon’s Women Junior Handball Team Qualifies For 2020 World Championship

Despite losing against Japan 23-31 in Group B yesterday, Lebanon's women junior handball team has qualified for the 2020 world championship to be held next July in Romania, based on goal differences with Uzbekistan. This marks the first time the country has reached this stage, after paving its way to the semifinals of the 15th Asian women's junior championship, the 2020 world championship qualification tournament organized for the first time in Lebanon between July 20…
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Lebanon’s Group D matches in the 2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification unveiled

6 years ago
After drawing Bahrain (#112), India (#67) and Iraq (#80) in Group D on June 8, 2019, Lebanon, ranked 53, will start its quest to qualify for the 2021 FIBA Asia Cup on February 21, 2020. ...
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Early-bird tickets available for the 2019 Beirut Marathon until August 1

6 years ago
You can now register [link] for this year’s Beirut Marathon’s races at special prices. The list of races and the different amounts to be paid have been generated by the organization on July 22, and ...
Critiques

Mohammad Iskandar Ordered to Remove “Iskan Bank” From Song

6 years ago
After what’s been happening with Mashrou3 Leila, I first thought this news of censoring a Mohammad Iskandar song was made up by a satire website but it turned out to be true. Apparently, the song ...
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Legalizing e-cigarette in Lebanon to be Determined Soon

6 years ago
They’ve been around for 4 years in Lebanon, commercialized under the names “Juul” ou “Vaporesso”, soaring recently in the 3rd country with the biggest smoking population worldwide. Philip Morris International (PMI)’s “Iqos”, British American Tobacco ...
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