Introducing ELEGUNS: The First Gun Service for Weddings (WTF?)

Update: Here's the revealer video from the latest wedding expo at BIEL: I'm pretty sure that this is a parody page or some teaser for an awareness campaign but one can never be too surprised in this country, especially when it comes to weddings LOL! In all cases, whoever did this page and website did so brilliantly. I love how you get to choose your squad, the gun and the costume, and it's rather affordable…

On Rebecca Dykes’ Murder: The Problem is not Taxi Services, But The Casual Culture Of Violence Against Women

A Lebanese man & Uber driver named Tariq H was arrested following the murder of Rebecca Dykes, and he confessed few hours back to killing the British diplomat. The driver picked up the victim from Gemmayze but didn't drop her at her destination in Achrafieh, instead he took her towards the Matn area where he tried to rape her and when she resisted he strangled her then threw her in a dumpster. Needless to say,…

Three Stolen Ancient Statues Returned to the Lebanese Republic

The Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. announced during a press conference that three ancient sculptures that were stolen during the Lebanese Civil war from the Temple of Eshmoun, are being returned to their rightful owners in Lebanon. The three statues were valued at more than 5.5 million dollars, including a marble statue from the 6th century B.C valued at approximately 4.5 Million dollars, a marble bull's head dating back to 360 B.C and valued…

Bcharreh will soon be Home to The World’s Tallest & Biggest Statue of Jesus Christ

Lebanese sculptor and artist Rudy Rahme revealed to Al Jomhouria newspaper that he's sculpting the world's biggest and tallest Jesus Christ statue which will be placed in his hometown Bcharreh once done. The statue is expected to be 54 meter high. In comparison, the famous "Christ the Redeemer" statue towering over Rio de Janeiro is only 38 meters high, while Poland is home to the current world's tallest Jesus statue which reaches 52.5 meters. I…
Baladi

Ziad Doueiri’s “The Insult” Shortlisted For The Oscars’ Best Foreign Language Film

6 years ago
The Insult became the first ever Lebanese movie to be shortlisted for the Oscars under the Foreign Language category. The Academy had to choose 9 films out of a record-breaking 92 entries this year and ...
Critiques

Will #Lebanon Become a Petroleum-Rich Country? Is this a Good Thing?

6 years ago
Lebanon’s cabinet was celebrating yesterday the passing of the petroleum decree and our Energy & Oil Minister announced afterwards that Lebanon will start exploratory drilling off the Lebanese coast in 2019. Obviously this is big ...
Automotive

New License Plates in Lebanon Starting Dec 21

6 years ago
The Traffic Management Center tweeted a picture of a new car plate that is expected to roll out starting December 21. According to this Annahar article, the new plates cannot be forged in any way ...
Food

Did Ladurée Close for Good in Beirut?

6 years ago
I was passing by La Duree Beirut the other day to pick up some macarons only to find that it’s closed. I wasn’t a frequent visitor to be honest, I think the last time I ...
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