Posted By
Najib
Oct 09, 2017 09:45
How do you know it's election season in Lebanon? When all politicians all of a sudden become outraged by the country's lousy infrastructure, lousy internet, lack of electricity and water etc. Four people died in car crashes in the past month on the Jeita-Ajaltoun road and everyone just figured out how bad this road is. They are furious that the authorities haven't done anything, even though most of those I heard were actually in power…
Posted By
Najib
Oct 08, 2017 08:00
Every AUB student is familiar with Maryam Ghandour's emails. Dr. Ghandour has been the head of the Career and Placement Services in the Office of Student Affairs at the American University of Beirut for as long as I can remember. She's been relentlessly helping AUB graduates locate and secure their first professional jobs and has been organizing successful job fair exhibitions year after year despite the unstable political situation. Her job is a very tough…
Posted By
Najib
Oct 07, 2017 09:05
I've been hearing about these Tucano aircrafts since 2014 but the Lebanese Army still didn't get any of them. Al Jomhouriya is claiming we will get two aircrafts before end of this month and LBCI also did a report back in August about them. The A-29 Super Tucano "is a turboprop light attack aircraft designed for counter-insurgency, close air support, and aerial reconnaissance missions in low-threat environments, as well as providing pilot training". Several Lebanese…
Posted By
Najib
Oct 07, 2017 11:01
Fiber optics has become a reality in certain areas of Beirut and in smart cities like Beit Misk, but it's still a far-fetched plan to have it all across Lebanon. The reason why it was still far-fetched is not simply outdated infrastructure but no budget approval from the Lebanese government for Ogero's new management to kick off the FTTC project. All that changed yesterday though when the government approved a 150 billion Lebanese Pounds advance…
Humor
8 years ago
When you have to go, you have to go even if this means parking your car on the highway’s fast lane and peeing in the middle of the day. At least that’s what this man ...
Critiques
8 years ago
Since we’re talking about powerful Lebanese women, here’s one who actually lives in Lebanon and is defying all odds to make a difference in society. She’s a ferocious critic of sexism, a staunch defender of ...
Information
8 years ago
Twelve Lebanese made it to the Forbes Top 100 Most powerful Arab businesswomen this year, and five of them were named among the world’s 10 most powerful Arab Women. However, all five of them almost ...
Lebanon
8 years ago
I found this article on Lebanon’s richest athletes and it says it’s based on the Forbes list but I couldn’t find anything on the Forbes website. In fact, Lebanon is not even in the 21 ...
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