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Najib
May 25, 2018 09:45
A couple of weeks ago, five songs of the Lebanese band Al Rahel Al Kabir were censored from iTunes Middle East with the music giant claiming the songs were "inappropriate for the Arab world", which prompted the band along with SMEX to launch a petition demanding "a public explanation for its refusal to upload five of the band’s songs hich mock religious fundamentalism, political oppression, military rule and other afflictions in the Middle East". The…
Posted By
Najib
May 24, 2018 09:21
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 of the Presentation of Our Lady Natour which is located on the peninsula was presumably built by Cistercians, attacked by the French during the 18th century, rebuilt during the Ottoman rule and remained abandoned since its last Superior Basilios Debs…
Posted By
Najib
May 23, 2018 09:04
We've been hearing for quite some time now about this "MPs should not be named ministers" rule and the latest one to support it was President Aoun who called for separation of Cabinet and Parliament posts. The rule has never been enforced before but I think it's high time we put it in place once and for all. Even more, I believe our government should be formed of technocrats capable of handling the needed reforms…
Posted By
Najib
May 23, 2018 08:42
A video was circulating yesterday online of a woman yelling at a cop after he fined her for parking illegally at the airport. She was yelling in English for some reason and her argument was that "This is Lebanon" and that there are other cars around, which doesn't justify parking wrongly of course but the question remains whether the cop was being selective as they always are. In fact, if parking in front of the…
Critiques
8 years ago
One can argue whether Nadine Labaki’s movies are good or not, and whether there are better Lebanese directors or not, but to try and discredit her most recent achievement at the 2018 Cannes Festival is ...
Baladi
8 years ago
LAU students with the help of the environmental NGO Chreek have built the biggest Phoenician ship made out of plastic. The Phoenician-shaped trireme is 13 meters long, 4 meters wide, is made out of 25,000 ...
Critiques
8 years ago
It appears that the authorities are running out of ways to feed the treasury, so they’ve decided to charge people to gain access electronically to the Official Gazette Service, which is a journal that contains ...
Baladi
8 years ago
Nadine Labaki may not be the first Lebanese director to win the Jury Prize at Cannes but she is the first Lebanese female director to do so, and the first Arab filmmaker to win an ...
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