Happy Faces: Bringing a Touch of Joy to Tripoli’s Underprivileged areas

Eid is an occasion for children to celebrate and reunite with their loved ones but unfortunately that’s not the case in several areas in Lebanon and especially in Tripoli, Lebanon’s second-largest city and one of its poorest. Last year, I visited Tripoli during Eid and visited some of its most deprived streets where NGOs and locals had prepared small gatherings to entertain the children. What caught my attention the most was a volunteer-led clown flash-mob…

Trail-runner Patrick Vaughan Sets new Record for the Lebanon Mountain Trail

The Lebanon Mountain Trail is the longest hiking trail in Lebanon as it pretty much covers the whole country. It extends from Kobayat in the north of Lebanon to Marjaayoun in the south, a 440 km path that transects more than 75 towns and villages at altitudes ranging from 600 to 2,000 meters above sea level. "The trail celebrates the natural beauty and cultural wealth of Lebanon’s mountains and promotes responsible tourism that brings economic…

Horsh Beirut’s Pine Trees No Longer Under Threat?

Harsh Beirut has been closed for months now ever since its pine trees came under renewed threat from invasive sects. While pine trees in Lebanon's mountainous regions were also affected, "the big losses were registered in Harsh Beirut because the trees are young", as reported by Nabil Nemer, head of the Agricultural Engineering department at USEK. Nadine from Newsroomnomad wrote a lengthy post on the disease that's been hitting our pine trees by "drooping the…

We’re Fighting over Fireworks now!

Every year, people look forward to Jounieh's spectacular fireworks and this year was no different, except that they were organized by the Jounieh Summer Festival, not the Jounieh International Festival. I personally enjoyed the fireworks most the first time but then it became repetitive and it's quite ironic to find people criticizing the fireworks this year because of politics. Last year and this year's fireworks were both organized at a horrible time and they were…
Art

Beirut Cultural Festivals Awarded Guinness World Record For Largest 3D projection

9 years ago
The Beirut Cultural Festivals kick off on June 28th and preparations are still underway for the two brilliant productions that will be exclusively orchestrated and executed by talented Lebanese musicians and artists, and will be ...
Advertising

The Coca-Cola Happiness Truck is in Lebanon!

9 years ago
Coca-Cola’s Happiness truck has been roaming the world for years now and it has finally come to Lebanon! The concept is simple yet creative and highly engaging: A rigged Coca-Cola truck roaming the country delivering ...
Baladi

The Children’s Heart Center at AUBMC Performs First Successful Heart Transplant

9 years ago
The first successful heart transplant for a pediatric patient in Lebanon was performed on a five year child at the American University of Beirut Medical Center on June 14. The child was “successfully taken off ...
Critiques

12 Gun-Related Crimes & 13 Victims in the Past Month in #Lebanon

9 years ago
There’s a list being shared online showing the names of 17 victims of violence in the past 21 days. That’s a shocking number to say the least but I did check every single one of ...
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