Electronic Ban lifted onboard MEA’s flights bound to London

Middle East Airlines just announced today to all its passengers that the ban on the carriage of larger phones, laptops and tablets in the cabin on-board MEA flights to London was finally lifted. Seven months ago, the UK issued a flight ban on anything electronic larger than a normal smartphone for direct flights from Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia. The carriers affected are Turkish Airlines, Pegasus Airways, Atlas-Global Airlines, Middle East Airlines,…

If We’re All Paying our Municipalities, Where Does our Money go?

If you want to buy or rent a house, start a business, use your mobile phone or landline, consume electricity or water, you are paying municipalities. Municipalities benefit from almost every service out there in a way or another yet we rarely know how this money is spent, even though it's our right to do so as per Article 45 of the Municipal Act. I recommend you check out the below campaign by NAHNOO NGO…

Freedom of Expression Above All

Whether you like Marcel Ghanem or not, I think we can all agree that he is the best TV host we have in Lebanon and that his show is among the most popular and respected among Lebanese and is way ahead of the competition. This being said, I was quite surprised to hear that he's being legally pursued because of his Saudi guests on last week's episode. I watched the episode and found the two…

Netflix Hilarious Response to the Hariri Crisis

When asked by a Lebanese tweep to do a series on the mysterious resignation of Prime Minister Saad Hariri, Netflix responded with "ننأى بالنفس", which is pretty much what Lebanon has NOT been doing for the past few years despite pretending to do so. Basically they're saying leave us out of this mess, but they could be poking fun at Lebanese politics if they're aware of what's been happening ever since this «النأي بالنفس» strategy…
Food

The End of an Era: Roadster Diner Achrafieh Branch to Close Next Week

8 years ago
The first ever Roadster Diner branch is set to close next week after almost 20 years. The Achrafieh branch is closing and getting relocated to Restos St. Nicolas, a food cluster at the heart of ...
Lebanon

Movie Review: “Murder on the Orient Express”

8 years ago
“Murder on the Orient Express” is the newest classic remake undertaken by Kennet Barragh. The movie is the third adaption of Agatha Christie’s novel of the same name. The first motion picture adaptation of the ...
Critiques

Alarming Statistics That Show The Reality Of Sexual Violence In Lebanon

8 years ago
I was watching a report on LBC on Sunday regarding sexual violence in Lebanon and the numbers they showed are quite scary to say the least. More importantly, they shed the light on the pathetic ...
Advertising

Taking Your Mom on her first Uber Ride

8 years ago
Uber wants you to take your mom on her first Uber ride and the ad is really nice and so true! I’ve had to teach a couple of not so tech-savvy friends how to use ...
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