Earth Hour Celebrated at City Centre Beirut

I dropped by City Centre Beirut last Saturday to take part in their Earth Hour activation. For those who are not familiar with the movement, Earth Hour is a global initiative that aims at turning off non-essential electric lights for one hour, from 8:30 to 9:30 pm on a specific day towards the end of March, as a symbol of commitment to the planet. In addition to turning off the mall's lights, City Center Beirut…

AUBMC Wins the Silver Dubai Lynx Award for Shisha Risks Awareness Video

I shared this ad on the health risks of smoking Shisha over a year ago and thought it was a brilliant one. Basically AUBMC went to a regular Shisha coffee shop and asked the waiter to surprise those ordering Shisha with a special Arguile containing 100 cigarettes instead of the usual tobacco-flavored head. Why 100 cigarettes? Based on an internal study conducted by AUBMC , the report findings proved that one hour of Shisha is…

90K Registered Lebanese Expats Data Leaked?

When the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants was asking Lebanese expats to register online to vote in the upcoming elections, a lot of questions were raised on the privacy policies on the website and whether it was complying with international data privacy and protection laws. Back then, SMEX and other websites posted a detailed report on how the data is not protected and that whomever is running this website and the ministry could be…

Brutally Beaten Horse in Tripoli Rescued by Animals Lebanon

Following the horrible video that emerged online showing a horse being brutally beaten in a farm in Tripoli, Animals Lebanon notified the officials, went to the crime scene with the ISF and confiscated the horse. The horse was transported to another facility under the NGO's guardianship while an investigation is underway. This horse may have been rescued but there are plenty of illegal facilities where all sorts of animals are being abused and beaten. That's…
Advertising

Happy Easter Ads [2018]

7 years ago
Here are some of the Easter ads I spotted this year. Fakhry, Barbar & McDonalds are my favorites. The worst one was Malak el Taouk. What were they thinking? McDonalds: Kababji: Fakhry: Barbar: Castania: Casper: ...
Fun

What’s with All These Green People/Flyers/Billboards?

7 years ago
First I spotted two people painted and dressed in green from head to toe with a green logo in the middle then I spotted some people distributing flyers with the same logo in the streets ...
Elections2018

Vote for Teta?

7 years ago
For those who are not aware yet, Gisele Hachem Zard, the woman behind all these kids plays at “le Theatre de Gisele” is running for office at the upcoming 2018 elections. Her plays are pretty ...
Critiques

Unemployment Rate in #Lebanon at 46%?

7 years ago
I was just reading that President Aoun warned yesterday “that the grave economic situation, presence of Syrian refugees and the reluctance of Lebanese to take low-paid jobs has caused unemployment to soar to 46 percent”, ...
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