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Najib
Jan 23, 2018 03:58
The final list For the 2018 Oscar nominations is out and Ziad Doueiri's "The Insult" is OFFICIALLY nominated under the Foreign Language category. Doueiri's latest movie was shortlisted a month ago and was just selected among the five finalists. Here's the full list of nominees under Foreign Language Category: Foreign Language Film A Fantastic Woman The Insult Loveless Body and Soul The Square This is huge! Lebanon is going to the Oscars for the first…
Posted By
Najib
Jan 23, 2018 03:33
The scenes from Nahr el Kalb were a national embarrassment for the whole country and the Environment Ministry specifically, yet instead of apologizing to the people , he's arguing that the source of the accumulated trash is not Bourj Hammoud but from landfills in the Keserwan or Matn areas. Even if this government is not to blame for previous governments' mistakes, that's not how you handle a crisis and we haven't seen any actions yet…
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Najib
Jan 23, 2018 12:54
The Race of Champions is taking place in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in early 2018, which will mark the first time ever ROC travels to the Middle East. The two-day event will take place on February 2-3 at King Fahd International Stadium and will feature superstar drivers from across the world of motorsport including Juan Pablo Montoya, Tom Kristensen, Peter Solberg, David Coulthard and others. German F1 Champion Sebastian Vettel is not attending though.…
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Najib
Jan 22, 2018 09:50
Tim Cook and the world's youngest Nobel Peace Prizer winner Malala Yousafzai were in Beirut this Saturday to launch a partnership aimed at getting 100,000 girls into education in places including Afghanistan, Pakistan, Lebanon, Turkey and Nigeria. Malala & Cook sat for an in-depth discussion with The Independent in Beirut on Saturday but I'm not sure where he stayed exactly. Malala visited Beirut back in 2015 to open a school for Syrian refugees. Let's hope…
Food
7 years ago
A few weeks ago, Raising Cane’s finally opened in Beirut’s The Spot Choueifat Mall, so I went down to try it out last Saturday. To be completely honest, I wasn’t too familiar with the brand ...
BlogWaladi
7 years ago
Lebanese fathers are currently entitled to one paternity day while maternity leave was extended to 70 days a couple of years ago. The government has recently approved extending the paternity leave to three days but ...
Critiques
7 years ago
Lebanon has scored for years now the lowest rates in terms of women political empowerment and I’m not expecting a major change in the upcoming elections simply because there’s no willingness from most political parties ...
Critiques
7 years ago
A picture and a video are being circulated today showing the Burj Hammoud landfill being swamped by rising waters. The authorities have been dumping the whole garbage mountain into the sea for months now and ...
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