Football Fan Stabbed to Death in #Beirut over World Cup Celebrations

When I wrote a blog post on those who like to ruin the World Cup for others, I never expected to read about a football fan being stabbed to death over celebrations. Yes it sucks that Germany lost and many were celebrating its shock exit but to go after a Brazil fan and kill him is just nuts! The incident took place in Hay el Selloum where Mohammad Zaher was allegedly killed by two of…

ESIB USJ is Now a Smoke-Free Environment

USJ's Engineering faculty has announced on Facebook that the ESIB campus will become smoke-free as of Tuesday June 26th and that the smoking ban should apply to both closed & open spaces. Those who wish to smoke have to do so outside the faculty's premises. This is a great move, but I'm not sure if it applies to other USJ campuses like Huvelin; I looked online but didn't find such a thing. AUB has vowed…

Fehmeen el World Cup Ghalat

The World Cup is a one-of-a-kind event that happens once every four years and is the most widely viewed and followed sporting event in the world. Most of the World cares about football a great deal and even those who hate the sport tend to follow the World Cup and cheer for their national team or a team of their liking. Of course there are also people who couldn't care less about the World Cup,…

Niyyel El Beit-Beit Khalteh Cast Reunited After 20 Years

Who remembers Dara? Farmi? Kamal? Samer? Gina? Jocanda? Saber and others from the old TV series Niyyel El Beit-Beit Khalteh? They shared yesterday a picture celebrating 20 years of the show on Facebook. I had totally forgotten about this show but I just looked it up and all the episodes are on YouTube. I just finished the first episode and it's so much better than all the TV shows we've seen in recent years on…
Critiques

Brevet Exams Success Rate at 82.31%

7 years ago
Lebanon’s Minister of Education announced yesterday the results of the official exams for the intermediate certificate and the success rate reached 82.31% compared to 81.78% in 2017 and 75.90% in 2016. While the success rate ...
Critiques

Cops Have GoPros Now?

7 years ago
According to Lebanonfiles, policemen in Lebanon are equipping their helmets with cameras now in order to better detect motorists breaking the law. The cameras would also help record any incidents policemen face while on the ...
Fun

VAR is The Best Thing That Ever Happened to the World Cup

7 years ago
The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system, is being used for the first time in a World Cup and I’m loving it so far! It’s about time we introduce technology to football and avoid referee mistakes ...
Baladi

National Geographic Lists #Lebanon on its 2018 Best Summer Destinations

7 years ago
National Geographic listed #lebanon as one of the top destinations this summer. The list contains the likes of Iceland, Southern Indonesia, Masai Mara, Mongolia and aPapua New Guinea. Here’s what the article said about Lebanon: ...
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