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Najib
Oct 20, 2018 12:32
Dr. Paul Salem, former director of the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut and one of the world’s leading scholars on the Middle East, has been named president of the Middle East Institute . The announcement was made by MEI’s Board of Governors at its meeting on Monday, October 15. He succeeds Amb. Wendy Chamberlin, who stepped down in July 2018 after serving nearly twelve years as president. What is the Middle East Institute? The…
Posted By
Chadi
Oct 20, 2018 12:13
More than 60 million plastic bottles end up in landfills every day. That’s why PepsiCo is launching "Change The Game" , a 5 stage competition offering students, graduates & professionals with up to 2 years work experience the chance to make their mark globally. The main objective is solving this year's sustainability challenge by completing as a team the following: 1- Coming up with an idea using a new low cost technology that would allow…
Posted By
Najib
Oct 20, 2018 09:56
The #FithWithMichele fundraising campaign which was kicked off a month ago to help cover Michele Hajal's $740K curative treatment in the United States has succeeded and Michele will be on her way to get treatment and hopefully recover fully. Here's the message she posted on her insta: People are asking themselves how did we do it? How were we able to reach our target in less than one month? First, it’s definitely God’s will. I…
Posted By
Najib
Oct 18, 2018 10:16
The 2018 Global Competitiveness Report is out and Lebanon has ranked 80th out of 140 countries, which is a major improvement from last year's 101st spot but there are still a lot of worrying indicators such as: Negative Indicators: - Terrorism incidence - Future orientation of government - Incidence of corruption - Intellectual property protection - Quality of roads - Efficiency of train services - Reliability of water supply - Debt dynamics - Cost of…
Baladi
7 years ago
Building on last year’s momentum at GITEX Future Stars, Speed@BDD had another strong presence this year with 15 Lebanese-based startups and one of its alumnus were able to clinch the first prize of $100K in ...
Baladi
7 years ago
Today is #WorldFoodDay, a day of action dedicated to tackling global hunger and for that purpose one of Lebanon’s most popular food chains Zaatar Wou Zeit has decided to team up with #FoodBlessed, an amazing ...
Art
7 years ago
There’s a new addition to Lebanon’s rich list of museums; the Nabu Museum located on the coast of the Mediterranean North of Lebanon. The museum was named after the Mesopotamian patron god of literacy and ...
Lebanon
7 years ago
Nadine Labaki was received by Yann Barthès on “Quotidien”, in a previously recorded episode, which aired on Friday, October 12, on TF1 and TMC, during which she promoted for her latest movie “Capharnaüm”, set to hit theaters ...
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