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Najib
May 10, 2018 02:41
Most people I know associate Michel Daher with Daher Foods and Master Potato chips but little do they know that Daher Capital has been investing in public equity and alternative investment markets since the 1990s and has acquired and sold some of their startups/companies to giants like Apple & Disney. In fact, I was going through my blog archives and noticed I had mentioned two stories related to Michel Daher, one where he became the…
Posted By
Najib
May 10, 2018 09:47
In 2017, MARCH began its Beirut project following the successful one in Tripoli. They started basically the same, with a play that grouped young men and women from marginalized neighborhoods, to talk about their daily struggles and their hopes and dreams for the future. After the play’s success, which saw PM Saad Hariri attend the premiere, MARCH set out to find the perfect location for what Beirut needs the most: green spaces that are accessible…
Posted By
Najib
May 09, 2018 10:34
The American University of Beirut has officially become a Guinness World Record Holder after building the largest notebook mosaic-flag. The flag consisted of around 60,000 notebooks and was unveiled tonight on the Green field on the university’s campus. Martyr Colonel Dany Harb's son placed the final red notebook in a tribute to the Lebanese Army and its martyrs. The books will be donated later on to 60,000 students in Lebanese public schools.
Posted By
Najib
May 09, 2018 09:18
Elections are over, official results are out and tensions are back on the streets whether in Beirut or in Choueifat. Yesterday a PSP supporter and Civil Defense volunteer called Alaa Abi Faraj was shot dead in the clashes that erupted and the videos that emerged were quite troubling to say the least. I also heard there was another casualty but I cannot confirm it yet. Also on Sunday, a man was killed by a stray…
Critiques
7 years ago
What happened with Joumana Haddad in Beirut I is something we have gotten used to unfortunately in past elections, and that we’re unable to change or challenge simply because those who are in charge are ...
Elections2018
7 years ago
These are the preliminary results I got so far. They’re not official yet (and incomplete) but they give you an indication on how the new parliament will look like. The turnout as you’ve all heard ...
Critiques
7 years ago
I vote in Zahrani, which means I really didn’t have much of a choice today except voting for Berri or voting against Berri but it wouldn’t have made any difference. Still, I drove to my ...
Critiques
7 years ago
There were several fights reported today, most of them in Zahle between Lebanese Forces members and Fattoush and Skaff but the worst fight till this hour took place inside one of the polling stations in ...
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