Posted By
Najib
Jan 28, 2019 06:43
There's nothing wrong with forbidding beggars or shoe cleaners from roaming the streets in Beirut, but there's a way to do so especially when the majority of these people are usually kids. Last week, a Syrian boy called Ahmad who worked as a shoe cleaner in the streets of Beirut was being chased down by #Beirut municipality officers for allegedly stealing a Zakat donation box when they lost track of him and left the scene…
Posted By
Fred
Jan 27, 2019 01:40
On January the 23rd, while Capernaum was still freshly celebrating its nomination for the Academy Awards, the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma in France decided for its 44th edition to nominate it for a César, the equivalent of the Oscars in France, during which the best "French" films of 2018 will be honored. Since it's been held in 1976, never has a Lebanese film nominated before for this award, in the "Best Foreign Film"…
Posted By
Fred
Jan 27, 2019 01:39
In a very welcome initiative, Hotel Dieu de France is turning into a tobacco-free hospital starting this January with a new campaign. Smoking was already forbidden inside the hospital but people still smoked on balconies or in front of the main/ER entrances and in close proximity to the building. The new rule forbids doing so in all areas apart from the newly-dedicated space, and it stipulates a minimum of 9-meter distance from facilities in which smoking…
Posted By
Najib
Jan 26, 2019 03:17
The Fnaydek municipality has issued a statement yesterday banning alcohol in the Kammou3a area and asking the municipal police to enforce this decision. This decision comes after and I quote "تفشي ظاهرة شرب الخمور في المطاعم والساحات والاماكن العامة" because as we all know, alcohol in restaurants is a new trend in Lebanon. They did not mention anything about selling alcohol in supermarkets but I guess that's a given. As far as I know, such…
Critiques
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Yes we do have a beautiful country where one can ski and swim, party and enjoy some great local dishes, but the quality of every day life in Lebanon has been deteriorating for years now, ...
Critiques
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A 12-meter long art installation representing a flag made of black smoke was placed in Beirut yesterday next to the site of the planned waste incinerator. The flag that was raised symbolizes the black landscape ...
Lebanon
6 years ago
Lebanon lost yesterday a legendary filmmaker and one of the pioneers of Lebanese cinema, George Nasser. Nasser was the first director to put Lebanon on the map of global movie-making when his movie “Ila Ayn”, ...
Lebanon
6 years ago
In a recent interview back in October, the Minister of State for Combating corruption said he had done everything he could to fight corruption with the meager resources he has. He claims that he has ...
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