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Najib
Mar 03, 2024 11:42
A 1968 play by the Rahbani brothers featured a song entitled "سافرت القضية" whose lyrics describe to a great extent the current Gaza war and how the World is staying quiet while innocent people are being massacred in Gaza every day. According to arabicpost, Fairouz sang this song only once at a festival in Damascus while the play's wiki page claims the play took place in Beirut at the Piccadilly theatre. The play tells the…
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Najib
Mar 03, 2024 10:38
I discovered an amazing Instagram account sharing the raw untold stories of Beirut's People. The account came to my attention after one of their stories went viral, the story of an old man talking about his first love, a young woman who studied at AUB and lived in Saida; the two got separated and lost touch because of war and he found out 40 years later she moved to Australia and got married. They have…
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Najib
Feb 28, 2024 05:29
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has appointed this week Farah Dakhlallah as the new NATO spokesperson. Farah had worked before as a communications manager at the WHO and an Arabic spokeswoman for the UK Foreign and Commonwealth office between 2014 and 2016. She will succeed Oana Lungescu, who served as spokeswoman from 2010 to 2023. Farah went to school at IC in Beirut and then majored in Audiovisual Arts at USJ. She then moved to…
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Najib
Feb 26, 2024 04:43
One of Lebanon's most prominent actors has passed away today at age 67. Fadi Ibrahim's health deteriorated last year after a kidney failure and he later on had one of his legs amputated due to diabetes. He had been admitted to intensive care recently and unfortunately did not make it. Fadi Ibrahim leaves behind a wife and two children Stephanie and Omar, not to mention a long lasting legacy through his performances on TV, in…
Critiques
1 year ago
The Syrian regime has apparently sent an official letter to the Lebanese government concerning the British-built towers along the border, claiming that they are a “threat to the Syrian National Security”. Somehow, this mediocre and ...
Lebanon
1 year ago
Kfardebian was named last week the “2024 Arab Winter Resort Capital” during a ceremony held at the Mzaar ski slopes and attended by the Saudi Ambassador, Lebanon’s Tourism Minister and of course representatives from the ...
Fun
1 year ago
I remember hearing about a Tiktoker going viral for reviewing bathrooms in luxury stores, claiming that high-end stores should have fancy bathrooms, but my interest in bathroom reviews stopped there. It appears though that this ...
Critiques
1 year ago
Lebanon’s top prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat has officially left office today following a 5-year tenure from September 2019 to February 2024. Oueidat will leave his post after having reached retirement age, and will be replaced by ...
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