Posted By
Fred
Feb 03, 2019 02:33
With 2 matches to go against New Zealand and Korea on Friday, February 22 and Sunday, February 24 respectively, at the Nouhad Nawfal stadium, the Lebanese national basketball team is getting ready to hopefully qualify for the 2019 FIBA World Cup on home soil, after failing to do so in late 2018 despite being in pole position to seal the deal. One win is only needed, regardless of the results of the other teams in…
Posted By
Najib
Feb 02, 2019 02:57
I love this. #FutureReina is a first-of-its-kind campaign launched by the Children’s Cancer Center of Lebanon using Artificial Intelligence to raise awareness and funds for its no-cost treatment of cancer patients. Using AI, Beirut-based agency Republique, was able to recreate Reina in the future and give her a glimpse on how she would look like. How did they do it? The campaign directed by Cherine El Khoury, took 5 months of intense work with a…
Posted By
Najib
Feb 02, 2019 02:34
The newly formed Lebanese Government includes four female ministers, a first in Lebanon's history. Out of these four women is Raya Al Hassan who will be the first ever female Arab interior minister and Dr. May Chidiac who will serve as a Minister of State for Administrative Development Affairs. Chidiac has long been a critical journalist and a freedom fighter in times of Syrian hegemony, and was frequently harassed with death threats. In September 2005,…
Posted By
Najib
Feb 01, 2019 08:23
I recently took part in an awareness campaign on Osteoporosis. While I may not be personally concerned with this silent disease, I believe it’s important to know more about it especially that it might affect us at one point and it will help us take better care of our parents. How many times have you heard about old people suffering from a hip fracture and eventually dying as a result of immobility? It is believed…
Critiques
7 years ago
In 2009, we spent 137 days before the government was formed. In 2011, we spent 152 days without a government. In 2013, we spent 329, almost a year!, before we had a government. In 2016, ...
Information
7 years ago
The new government was just announced today after NINE months of ongoing negotiations. Instead of reducing the number of ministers, they kept it at 30 to satisfy all the political parties. I shared the full ...
Fun
7 years ago
I’m a huge Civilization fan. I’ve played this game for years on my computer and even bought the last one but didn’t get the chance to play it (Kids :P). Nevertheless, there’s an exciting new ...
Baladi
7 years ago
The Grand Mufti of Tripoli had an unusual visitor this week, London Rabbi Alex Goldberg. Rabbi Goldberg is the first rabbi to travel to the city since 1970s but not the first to visit Lebanon. ...
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