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Najib
Mar 05, 2018 09:34
"The Insult" by Ziad Doueiri did not win the Oscar for Best Foreign Film but being among the nominees is already a historic achievement and a huge victory for the Lebanese cinema. A month ago, Doueiri's movie became the first ever Lebanese film to be nominated for the Oscars. A Fantastic Woman by Sebastián Lelio won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. The Shape of Water, Dunkirk, Blade Runner were among the biggest winners…
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Najib
Mar 04, 2018 01:17
I received a couple of days ago a picture of a candidate for the upcoming elections accompanied by a sick joke. The person who sent it to me was asking me if I had heard about this candidate, who seems like a candidate with special needs and whether he's truly running in the upcoming elections or not. I looked up online but I only found articles and FB posts condemning the demeaning posts and tasteless…
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Najib
Mar 03, 2018 08:51
If you google Ziad Itani, you find titles like "How Ziad Ahmad Itani fell into Mossad's honeytrap" or "Lebanese actor arrested for spying for Israel" or "Affaire Ziad Itani : un flou pas très artistique ?" or even this "امن الدولة: إثارة قضية الموقوف زياد عيتاني من جديد خدمة كبرى لإسرائيل" and you're like what the hell did this guy do and what was he thinking? The worst part is that it never crossed my…
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Najib
Mar 02, 2018 11:55
After bringing back to life El Hamra cinema few years back to hold Tyre's first ever international film festival, Kassem Istanbouli has taken the abandoned Rívoli Cinema of Tyre, for its restoration and opening as a Culture space for the city. Cinema Rivali was open from 1959 till 1988 and was visited by several local and foreign celebrities including: Jean Marais, Brigitte Bardot, Rushdi Abaza, Emad Hamdy, Omar Hariri, Nadia ALjoundi, Anwar Albaba, Ibrahim Meraachli…
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7 years ago
Promundo and UN Women, with ABAAD and Connecting Research to Development (CRD) surveyed 1,050 men and 1,136 women between the ages of 18 and 59, representing both the Lebanese and Syrian populations living in Lebanon ...
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I saw an article yesterday claiming that the Nahr el Kalb tunnel is in bad shape and it’s a disaster in the making, and I couldn’t help but remember the hysteria that took place right ...
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7 years ago
Vox Cinemas is giving you the opportunity to watch the Oscars live on March 5 at 3AM Beirut time. They will be screening the Oscars in collaboration with OSN and entrance will be free of ...
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7 years ago
Hicham Haddad is one of the most popular talk show hosts and stand-up comedians in Lebanon, especially after moving to LBCI and starting his Lahon W Bass show. I never was really a big fan ...
