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Najib
Jun 13, 2018 10:02
I shared the MEZZA Beer commercial a while back because I loved it. It's catchy and creative and my favorite part was the continuous head shaking throughout the ad. However, someone SOMEHOW managed to get offended by this ad and filed a complaint to the Ministry of Information. Here's what the complaint said: وجاء في نص الشكوى: "يتضمن الاعلان دعوة لتلاميذ المدارس من عمر 15 عاماً والنساء الحوامل والشباب وكبار السن والمحجبات، للشرب بحجة ان…
Posted By
Najib
Jun 12, 2018 09:08
A recent article in Lebanon by Robert Fisk for the Independent describes what's happening to Lebanon's mountains as "The Massacre of the Mountains". The article tackles the ongoing destruction of mountains in Mayrouba and Tarshish but the issue is a much bigger one and nothing is being done to stop the damage. Take a look at the new Harissa road all the way from Ain el Rihaneh. They basically cut the mountains, did not build…
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Najib
Jun 09, 2018 09:22
Caretake Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil decided to "halt the renewal of residency permits issued for UNHCR staff in Lebanon, saying the decision was not in line with Lebanese policy" claiming the "UNHCR had scared refugees away from returning through a series of warnings and threats". Yes we all want refugees to go back to Syria and we all want to end this humanitarian crisis but at what cost? Going after UN agencies and the UNHCR…
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Najib
Jun 07, 2018 06:43
ISF stats reported 100 deaths by suicide so far this year in Lebanon, versus 143 in the year 2017. If we take May by itself, the numbers are quite shocking as 23 death by suicide occurred, which means that we have on average a suicide every two days and a half in Lebanon and an attempted suicide every 6 hours! Yes, someone attempts suicide every 6 hours in Lebanon and despite all attempts to raise…
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7 years ago
Update: A Beirut street defying Chbib’s decision. Beirut Governor has issued a statement today banning Beirut residents from raising non-Lebanese flags during the World Cup, as it is against the law. The only flag that ...
Lebanon
7 years ago
The last time a smartphone camera came to close to 40 Megapixels was the Nokia Lumia 1020, which I still have by the way, but what the Huawei P20 Pro is offering with its 40MP ...
Fun
7 years ago
Two days ago, Google was showing a wrong conversion currency rate for the Lebanese Pound whereas 1 US dollar equalled 767.51 Lebanese Pounds while the real value is 1,506.65. The currency was showing correctly on ...
Fun
7 years ago
Batroun has always been known for its avant-garde nightlife scene, back when Monot was what Mar Mikhael is today, Batroun’s clubs were full to the brim. The past few years though, the clubbing scene in ...
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