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Najib
Jun 28, 2019 10:12
First there were rumors that the 160-year old building will be destroyed or modified, but then the Minister of Culture intervened and listed the Lycee Abdel Kader old school building as a heritage building. Fast forward to June 2019, the building will indeed be kept intact but it will be merged into a commercial mall. Normally I'd say this would be a nice architectural challenge but given past experiences, like the Laziza factory in Mar…
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Najib
Jun 28, 2019 09:58
BBC displayed the findings of the largest and most in-depth survey undertaken of the Middle East and North Africa on religion in seven different charts, and the outcome was that Arabs are increasingly saying they are no longer religious. Methodology: The survey was carried out by the research network, Arab Barometer. The project interviewed 25,407 people face-to-face in 10 countries and the Palestinian territories. The Arab Barometer is a research network based at Princeton University.…
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Najib
Jun 28, 2019 05:28
14-year old Abbas Hussein Yazbeck tried to commit suicide earlier today after failing his Brevet exam. Abbas shot himself in the head and was rushed to the hospital where he's still under intensive care. The father pointed at the Education Minister for exerting a lot of pressure on the students by deploying cameras and army men to monitor the exam rooms and asked him to resign. There's always a lot of pressure when it comes…
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Najib
Jun 27, 2019 04:15
The Hadath Municipality Christians-only policy is not recent. In fact, it's nine years old and I'm surprised Mohammad Awwad, the 27-year old journalist who brought this issue back to the spotlight, didn't know about this policy when he decided to rent. Unless of course he knew about it and just wanted some attention, which worked out pretty well as the topic was covered by The Washington Post yesterday. When interviewed, the head of the Hadath…
Gaming
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Lebanon
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Middle East
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I’m not a big fan of Teen shows but I was excited to watch “Jinn” especially that it’s Netflix’ first original Arabic series. The series was created by Lebanese producer Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya (Kabreet Production), ...
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