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Najib
Sep 10, 2017 08:54
The Insult by Ziad Doueiri clinched its first international award as Kamel el Basha, who plays the Palestinian refugee , won Best Actor Award - Coppa Volpi at the Venice 2017 festival. "The Insult" is expected to be Lebanon's entry for the 2018 Oscars. The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro won Golden Lion for Best Film. Check out the rest of the awards .
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Najib
Sep 09, 2017 05:42
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 Committee of the first Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Jeddah, a committee founded in 1946 and that included Jeddah's elite traders. The villa's location was next to the infamous Hill 888, a highly strategic spot, which witnessed a lot…
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Najib
Sep 09, 2017 02:13
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 during funeral service of Lebanese soldier Hussein Ammar. One shocking video shows an old woman empty a machine gun in the middle of the street with children around her collecting the bullets. Luckily no one was hurt.
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Najib
Sep 09, 2017 11:07
The indiscriminate killing of migratory birds is still ongoing in Lebanon and the Committee Against Bird Slaughter documented one of the many massacres taking place following a visit to Mount Lebanon. I heard a while back that there are stricter regulations on hunters nowadays, but just like everything the Lebanese authorities do, it's "all talk and no action". Hunters should be heavily fined and should be stripped from their licenses for killing these animals. What…
Fashion
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 ...
Food
8 years ago
NYTimes published yesterday a great piece on the Sahyoun brothers falafel rivalry. Zuheir Sahyoun & Fuad Sahyoun both inherited the Falafel business from their father Mustapha Sahyoun but then the younger brother broke away and ...
Critiques
8 years ago
The authorities been trying to force the installation of high-voltage lines over Mansourieh & Ain Saadeh for years with complete disregard to the residents’ demands and protests. Instead of figuring out other means to complete ...
Critiques
8 years ago
The DNA tests on Wednesday verified that the remains found near the Lebanese-Syrian border belong to the missing army men and a national day of mourning was declared on Friday. The relatives of the slain ...
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