Updates Regarding The “Smuggled” Phones Customs Fees in #Lebanon

Following a few posts that went viral last week, with Lebanese citizens ranting about the new phone customs set by the MOT for personal users to pay, a few clarifications and a glimmer of hope have emerged. To sum up the current situation, a law passed last summer stipulated that any person who had bought a mobile phone abroad , dating even a few years back, would have to pay custom fees once the phone enters…

Lebanese Mory Hatem Selected by Lara Fabian in The Voice Canada

After participating in 2012 in MBC's The Voice - Ahla Sawt , and being contacted by Disney for the role of Aladdin in the upcoming live-action film without succeeding to claim both, Lebanese singer Mory Hatem, aged 27, has decided to chase his dream of singing once more, but this time in Canada. Being a huge fan of Lara Fabian whom he couldn't get to watch in Lebanon after she was - and still is…

Hajj Nasr now Open on Sassine Square

I know many people who live in Achrafieh or work there and have no idea who Hajj Nasr is. His place is so tiny that you could pass by and just miss it, especially that its opening hours were so random . It's one of the best and unusual places to head to after a long night of drinking during weekdays as he closed on Saturday, and his sandwiches are greasy but spectacular. Even those…

Disturbing Images from Msayleh’s Mental Hospital “Al Fanar”

Hayat Jaber Ali Ahmad paid a visit to "Al Fanar", a mental hospital in the Msayleh area and shared disturbing images and testimonies from the place which has been neglected for over two years now. The patients there have been literally left to die out there, there's garbage everywhere, no heating, no electricity, no washers, barely any food, no bed covers and no meds for the patients. The hospital staff are not getting paid anymore,…
Lebanon

Tennis – Lebanon to play Uzbekistan on home soil in Davis Cup tie this September

6 years ago
Lebanon’s tennis team will face Uzbekistan in September in Beirut after the Davis Cup draws for Groups I and II in the Asia/Oceania category took place in London on February 6. It is the fourth ...
Society

A Valentine Proposal She’ll Never Forget

6 years ago
I did not see that coming to be honest. That’s one proposal she will never forget and that anyone watching it will struggle to forget as well. A powerful and strong message from UNICEF. Well ...
Critiques

Mother Protesting Outside Bkerki Against Spiritual Court Verdict

6 years ago
Dolly Khabbaz has been on hunger strike for the past four days outside Bkerki to protest against a verdict issued by the spiritual court depriving her of the custody of her children. The court ruling ...
Critiques

That Toxic Language of Treason in Politics That We Need to Get Rid of

6 years ago
Today the world, including Saudi Arabia, celebrates Valentine’s Day yet there’s not much love to celebrate in the Lebanese parliament, especially in the last few days with the rising tensions between political opponents. It all ...
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