What Happened to Rafic Hariri’s Planned Garden in Beirut?

I spotted this sign for the first time six years ago maybe if not more, and yet there's still no garden there and not even a sign that they might be working on one. The space is huge, is located right in front of the Four Seasons Hotels and Beirut desperately needs a large green space especially that there are practically none in DownTown Beirut so why aren't they doing about it? If you have…

Le Sushi Bar Opening in DT Beirut for its 21st Anniversary

One of Beirut's oldest and finest Sushi restaurants, Le Sushi Bar, is opening a new branch to celebrate its 21st anniversary in DownTown Beirut right behind Starco building. Le Sushi Bar has been open since 1998 and its only branch is located in Achrafieh on Abdel Wahab El Inglizi Street. I love the new location, there's plenty of restaurants opening there and only one good sushi place to go to which is Kampai. Le Sushi…

What Happens to the Water Bottles at the #Beirut Marathon?

A lot of people yesterday during the Beirut Marathon become all of environmentally conscious and started sharing pictures of discarded water bottles on the side of the road. Tens of thousands of runners join the Marathon yearly, which means that tens if not hundreds of thousands of water bottles are consumed and it's an unfortunate but common sight to see discarded bottles all over the place. Nevertheless, a lot of environmental NGOs took part in…

Lebanon’s Gross Public Debt In First Half of 2018 is Higher Than All of Last Year’s Debt

During 2017, Lebanon's gross public debt hit $3.76 billion. During the first half of 2018 only, the gross public debt grew by $3.4 billion, vs $1.6 billion in the same period of 2017. Overall, Lebanon’s gross public debt rose by 4.3 percent to $82.95 billion in the first six months of 2018 compared to $79.95 billion in the same period of last year . The reason for that hike is mainly due to the public…
Critiques

AUB’s Outlook Team Thinks Homophobia is an Opinion

7 years ago
Last week, I saw a couple of homophobic articles published in AUB’s Outlook paper being shared by ex-AUBites including one of Outlook’s ex-Editor in Chief. One of the articles tackles the “elusive search for a ...
Alcohol

Two Lebanese Gins Worth Trying

7 years ago
For all gin fans in Lebanon, there are currently two Lebanese gins in the market, The Three Brothers Gin and Jun Lebanese Gin. 3Brothers gin was created by a group of Lebanese bartenders after years ...
Architecture

What’s Really Happening to Lycee Abdul Kader?

7 years ago
Destroying heritage buildings and houses, green spaces, public beaches has become an unfortunate trend in past years in Beirut, and the latest victim might me the old Lycee Abdul Kader building. I don’t know how ...
Information

#Capharnaum Official US Trailer is Out, Movie to Start Showing on December 14

7 years ago
Nadine Labaki’s latest film “Capernaum”, which is sitting on top of the Lebanese Box office for 2018, will be released on December 14 across US theaters. The trailer is already out, you can check it ...
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