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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,…
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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…
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Najib
Feb 01, 2019 05:18
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, we spent 48 days with no government. And last but not least, we spent the majority of 2018, a total of nine months without a government. Political bickering was behind every delay and given past experiences; The longer we waited…
Information
6 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
6 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
6 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. ...
Critiques
6 years ago
Neshan’s new show on Al Jadeed has been stirring controversy ever since hosting a male stripper, which is expected in our society but to have an episode cancelled because some people don’t want to see ...
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