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Najib
Jan 24, 2019 05:45
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", which went on to become the first Lebanese film to be picked up for Cannes. His second film, The Small Stranger , was also selected for Cannes in 1962. Nasser's career was cut short by the Lebanese Civil War when…
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Najib
Jan 23, 2019 08:21
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 no money, except his salary, that the ministry has no employees and wonders why an office tasked with fighting corruption given no resources? While it's true that this ministry, and any ministry of state for that sake, doesn't have any…
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Najib
Jan 22, 2019 06:23
Mabrouk! We're three spots away from the lowest ranking awarded by Moody's. Yesterday, Moody's Investors Service has downgraded the Government of Lebanon's issuer ratings to Caa1 and changed the outlook from negative to stable. Here's why we got downgraded AGAIN! Moody's decision to downgrade the ratings to Caa1 reflects the heightened risk that the government's response to increased liquidity and financial stability risks will include a debt rescheduling or other liability management exercise that may…
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Najib
Jan 22, 2019 03:59
For the second year in a row, we have a Lebanese film nominated for an Oscar. This time, Nadine Labaki's Capernaum was officially nominated for an Oscar under the Best Foreign Language Film category. Labaki also made history by becoming the first female Arab filmmaker ever to be nominated for an Oscar. The winners will be announced on February 24 during the Oscars ceremony.
Critiques
6 years ago
There’s nothing wrong with showing good hospitality to fellow Arab leaders but there’s no need to overdo it whenever an oil-rich country offers us some money. First rumors spread that the Qatari ruler agreed to ...
Critiques
6 years ago
It’s a good thing Qatar’s ruler showed up to the Arab Summit held in Beirut, otherwise we wouldn’t have had anything to talk about. And what better way to cover his visit than talk about ...
Fun
6 years ago
I’m honestly having mixed feelings on how to tackle this piece of news. If we look at it from a technology perspective, adding a QR code is a pretty useless feature to have nowadays for ...
Fun
6 years ago
Someone felt the need to come up with a mobile app for the 2019 Beirut Summit and I regret downloading it already. The part that interests me the most, which are live updates or alerts ...
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