The Power Of Taouk To Unite

A Nejmeh vs Ansar football game ended with yet another brawl and a picture showing two young men fighting quickly went viral. Sandwich W Noss took the opportunity to get these two fans together and ask them to reconcile for the love of football ... and food of course :P Love the idea and the execution! Check it out:

General Lebanon Union Head Bechara el Asmar Insults Patriarch Sfeir in Leaked Video

A leaked video showing Labor Union Head Bechara el Asmar making jokes on Patriarch Sfeir has gone viral today, prompting el Asmar to issue a public apology and claim that it was a slip of the tongue. I heard what he said, and those were nasty and tasteless jokes. I know we all joke among friends or in private, but someone in his position should be more careful. This being said, I'm still against prosecuting…

Lebanese Swimmers Excel at 2019 Tunisian Open Masters

On the 1st of May, four Lebanese swimmers made their mark at the Tunisian Swimming Open Masters by obtaining 23 medals and being ranked 9th out of the 80 international teams present. The brothers Ali, Omar and Adel Daaboul, along with Sevag Demerjian, from the Al Jazirah team, earned 10 gold medals, 6 silver medals, and 5 bronze medals. Among the 25 middle-eastern teams present, they were 5th by making a total of 25 medals.

Pictures of Beirut’s Planned New Corniche

Beirut Municipality is set to revamp Beirut's corniche to add new bike lanes, greenery and more. Vladimir Djurovic, a Lebanon-based landscape architect, has been contracted to design the project and works should begin later in 2019 for the Ain el-Mreisseh corniche. The project will be executed within two years and will cost around $25 million dollars. As you can see from the pictures and quoting the Daily Star, there will be a new “piazza area”…
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Patriarch Sfeir’s Coffin Carved by Rudy Rahme

6 years ago
Renowned sculptor and painter Rudy Rahme carved Patriarch Sfeir’s coffin on the trunk of an olive tree from Kadish Valley and using Bkerke’s rocks. Rahme explained that the trunk bears witness to the history of ...
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Under the Cedar Tree

6 years ago
Check out this beautiful film showcasing how artist Tom Young transformed the Grand Sofar Hotel in Lebanon into a centre of creative education for children and students. Young is famously known for being the first ...
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A Poignant Graffiti to Sum Up The Kafala System

6 years ago
Protesters marched last week in Beirut against the Kafala system, urging the authorities to end this “inherently abusive” migration sponsorship system and change the labour law to offer domestic workers more protection. NGOs and local ...
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Thursday National Mourning Day For Maronite Patriarch Mar Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir

6 years ago
PM Hariri’s office has announced that Wednesday and Thursday will be national mourning days over the death of former Maronite patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir and that all public administrations and municipalities and public and private institutions ...
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