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Najib
Sep 26, 2017 10:18
Cuban-American Artist Jorge Rodríguez Gerada is in Beirut and has just finished the first of a series of large scale works. The mural is near the Beirut Digital District and is a collaboration between Gerada Studio and BAD. Built by Associative Data, for Beirut Digital District. Gerada has been "replacing the faces of cultural icons chosen by advertisers with the faces of anonymous people to question the controls imposed on public space, the role models…
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Najib
Sep 26, 2017 12:53
I spotted this morning a Cold Stone sign on one of the shops in M1 building in DownTown Beirut and it looks like it's opening really soon. Cold Stone Creamery is an American ice cream parlor chain. I've already tried it in Dubai and Turkey and they have some pretty awesome creations. My favorites are the "Apple Pie a la Cold Stone" and the Germanchökolätekäke®. They also have cakes but I've never tried any. I'll…
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Najib
Sep 25, 2017 10:07
Perla el-Helou, a 22 year old business administration graduate, was crowned Miss Lebanon 2017 last night. I'm not sure if it's just me, but I thought this year's candidates were more mature than previous years, and the first & second runners-up all deserved to win. In fact, I was cheering for Reem Khoury and I still think she should have won. Perla el Helou - Miss Lebanon 2017 As far as questions are concerned, I…
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Najib
Sep 24, 2017 10:58
An online website ranked the least and most stressful cities in the world using various factors such as green spaces, public transport, mental health, noise pollution, sunshine hours, air pollution, traffic and race equality. To come up with the list, they studied 500 locations based on data relating to the cities themselves, pollution, finance and the citizens. Within these, they analysed criteria such as traffic, security and mental health issues. It's not the most reliable…
Baladi
8 years ago
A group of Lebanese Montrealers who love to play hockey have decided to get organized and form Lebanon’s first hockey team. There’s still no formal structure but they have already played a couple of exhibition ...
Fun
8 years ago
Our friend Elie Iskandar is kicking off a series of animated shorts entitled “Lebanese Superheroes” and kicked off with the Lebanese Spiderman, who smokes Arguile and get tangled in electric & moteur wires. Elie is ...
Critiques
8 years ago
When the first song from the new album “Yemken” came out, it didn’t feel like a Fairouz song to me but it was just one song so I thought I wait for the whole album. ...
Fun
8 years ago
As much as I love going to ABC Dbayyeh, I hated taking Brian to their old kids playground. To begin with it’s underground, ceiling is too low and it was a bit too squeezed and ...
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