Why Has The Water in Ramlet el Baida Turned Green?

The water on Ramlet el Baida turned green in the last few days, not due to some chemical waste, but because of the increase in temperature and a rare bloom of marine phytoplankton. The green color is expected to last at least few more days and it's a natural phenomenem that shouldn't stop you from hitting the beach. Someone should go check if they glow at night. On the other hand, the beach at Ramlet…

Beirut’s Martyrs Square Cleaned & Beautified

I'm glad the Beirut municipality has finally decided to clean Martyrs Square's statue and plant some flowers around it. The statue and the walls surrounding it were repeatedly vandalized unfortunately during the protests and sit-ins in the past few years and the municipality hasn't done much to preserve the square. In fact, even though it looks much nicer now, the statue is barely showing with all the buildings around it and cars parked next to…

Barcelona Stars in Beirut for Roda Antar’s Farewell Game

FC Barcelona stars Sergio Busquets, Gerard Piqué & Jordi Alba arrived to Beirut yesterday to take part in Roda Antar's farewell football game. Roda Antar is one of Lebanon's most successful football players and the all-time leading goal scorer for the Lebanese National team with 20 goals. More importantly, Antar is the only Lebanese professional football player to join a professional foreign team whereas he played for Hamburger SV for three seasons, before moving to…

For The Love of Zaatar (Thyme)

Here's a 6-minute short movie on Mohammad Ali Neimeh, the man who cultivates Lebanon's wild herb and who's a thyme passionate. Mohammad, also known as Abou Kassem, used to collect thyme from the fields and quite often get exposed to snipping and shelling by the Israeli Army during their occupation of South Lebanon. That's where he decided to take the seeds and plant them elsewhere. It took time, patience and dedication but he pulled it…
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EDZ Strikes Again: Teta Samira’s Worst Nightmare

8 years ago
This is a hilarious new ad by EDZ showing the famous Teta having a nightmare about electricity cuts and a fridge full of rotten food because of a power outage. Unfortunately though, it may be ...
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#BlogWaladi: Celebrating Brian’s Two Years in Pictures

8 years ago
It’s true what they say that “Time flies when you’re having fun”. Brian has officially turned two on Saturday and the past 24 months have been tiring but thrilling, exciting and more importantly rewarding. Raising ...
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Beirut Planting Roofs

8 years ago
Beirut Planting Roofs is the latest experiment by Ziad Abichaker, The “Garbage King”, where he’s teaming up with the American University of Beirut to install vertical planters made out of Eco-board panels on a rooftop ...
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From No Burkinis to Burkinis Allowed on Tuesdays Only

8 years ago
Following the latest Burkini controversy, a summer resort in Zgharta is now allowing veiled women wearing Burkinis to swim on Tuesdays only. When asked by one of the readers on why it’s only allowed on ...
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