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Najib
May 29, 2018 09:54
I was reading yesterday on how the anti-smoking measures introduced in France have caused a sharp fall in the number of people smoking daily, with ONE MILLION fewer lighting up from 2016-2017! The measures taken included "reimbursements for people using tobacco substitutes, higher cigarette pricing and campaigns like the national tobacco-free month". Meanwhile, Lebanon ranked third globally in smoking back in 2015 and it's easily noticeable how the number of smokers is increasing still. The…
Posted By
Najib
May 28, 2018 11:04
PM Hariri and the Municipality of Beirut announced back in April a recycling project entitled "Warak Beirut" or "Paper Beirut" that will supposedly promote source sorting of paper and cardboard at public institutions and the government as as start. The project is implemented by the Municipality of Beirut in cooperation with UNDP and funded by the Municipality and Goodwill Ambassadors Chedid and Farha. Currently, Beirut produces around 100 tons of waste paper and cardboard daily,…
Posted By
Najib
May 27, 2018 03:54
Out of all artists and musicians, they picked Will Smith and a latin artist to come up with a song for a World Cup being held in Russia? And what a horrible song that is! A fast-paced track entitled "Live it up" with the most cliche lyrics ever. Check it out: This remains my favorite World Cup song:
Posted By
Najib
May 26, 2018 08:54
If you ask me about old Lebanese TV channels that were shut down, I can think of C33 and ICN but there's more. I came across a FB post by a friend and an old Annahar article that lists old TV stations that you've probably never heard of. Some of those include: Al Mashriq TV which started broadcasting in 1991 CVN which was also founded in the 1990s by Pierre Azar and Akram Karam but…
Information
7 years ago
Jalopnik shared last week a picture of an Israeli F35 Stealth fighter flying over Beirut. The picture was tweeted by a military correspondent and reportedly taken by an Israeli Air Force commander. Israel has been ...
Critiques
7 years ago
I have no idea if the recent tensions in Tripoli led the ISF to fire at the driver instead of the car, but killing a man for failing to stop at a checkpoint is quite ...
Art
7 years ago
A couple of weeks ago, five songs of the Lebanese band Al Rahel Al Kabir (The Great Departed) were censored from iTunes Middle East with the music giant claiming the songs were “inappropriate for the ...
Critiques
7 years ago
Anfeh has one of the most beautiful and cleanest coasts in Lebanon and Deir El Natour Peninsula specifically is one of the few remaining coastal sites which are both culturally and ecologically significant. The Monastery ...
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