Ziad Doueiri Was Released & Got His Passports Back

After being shortly detained at Beirut airport on Sunday, French-Lebanese Ziad Doueiri appeared today in front of a Lebanese military court and was released on bail. Doueiri, whose latest movie "The Insult", won the Venice Film Festival’s best actor prize, was being interrogated for alleged collaboration with Israel during the filming of “The Attack". According to Doueiri, no charges were filed against him and he stated that he was respectfully treated by the authorities. A…

ASHEKMAN Awesome new Mural in Baalbeck

ASHEKMAN teamed up with a local independent NGO in Baalbeck and came up with one awesome mural honoring Lebanon's titans Fairouz, Sabah and Wadih el Safi. The aim was to beautify the city and the mural was executed close to the Temple of Bacchus. It took ASHEKMAN one month of preparation and 4 days of execution to get the job done. Photo credits: Bassem el Zein.

Castle Black: A Game Of Thrones-Themed Bar in Zahle

I was checking some LBCI report on that pub and looked up its Facebook page. Castle Black is a Game Of Thrones themed bar open in Zahle and apparently the first in Lebanon. They're showing GOT episodes, they have GOT-inspired drinks, GOT-themed board games and the place looks really cool. I should pay it a visit next time I'm in Zahle. Here are some pictures:
Baladi

In Pictures: Ibrahim Shaker Palace – Ras Al Jabal / Aley

8 years ago
Saudi business magnate Ibrahim Shaker had his villa built in one of the most strategic locations in Aley in the 1950s. Shaker was a business pioneer in Saudi Arabia and a member of the Administrative ...
Critiques

How Some People Chose to Pay Respect to the Martyred Soldiers

8 years ago
The families of the Lebanese army soldiers urged everyone in a statement NOT to celebrate with guns during the slain soldiers’ funerals but some insisted on doing so and the result was one injured man ...
Animals & Wildlife

Hunting Crimes in Mount Lebanon Documented by The Committee Against Bird Slaughter

8 years ago
The indiscriminate killing of migratory birds is still ongoing in Lebanon and the Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) documented one of the many massacres taking place following a visit to Mount Lebanon. I heard a ...
Fashion

BOSHIES: Reinventing the Tarboosh

8 years ago
We all love the iconic Tarboosh, an icon of traditional masculinity that was worn by Lebanon’s very own first president, Bechara el Khoury as well as Riad el Solh and several Arab leaders such as ...
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