Posted By
Najib
May 20, 2017 11:55
For the past three years, I've been hearing rumors about Charcutier Aoun selling out to Al Futtaim but the deal never took place. Negotiations were apparently serious this year but the deal was cancelled and the Charcutier will stay 100% Lebanese. Le Charcutier is one of the oldest and largest supermarket chains in Lebanon with 14 outlets. "The deal, if completed, would probably be the largest acquisition agreement in the retail sector", and would have…
Posted By
Najib
May 20, 2017 09:22
I remember when Cafe Najjar first featured a surfer in its most recent ads, I got several comments asking me if one can really surf in Lebanon while others laughed at the idea. Well surfing in Lebanon is becoming more and more popular over the past two years, with its community growing up to 200 surfers, as per Paul Abbas who is Lebanon's only surfboard shaper. Abbas became interested in the sport back in 2010…
Posted By
Najib
May 20, 2017 08:16
I've seen the VAPE ads several times now on the road and I'm still not comfortable with the one with the local thug. The ad with the teacher is kinda funny even though professors shouldn't be terrorizing students but the one with the thug is just wrong. What exactly are they trying to say? that it's ok to have thugs disciplining streets in Lebanon? That it's ok to have such people? That the police is…
Posted By
Najib
May 19, 2017 12:50
ASHEKMAN just kicked off a huge project in Beirut's Ouzai area where they will be painting hundreds of houses and buildings to show the word سلام . The gigantic Arabic calligraffiti will be visible from the sky for all planes landing in the nearby Beirut airport. The aim is to "convey a bold and positive message to the rest of the world that #Lebanon is a country of diversity, tolerance and peace". This is an…
Baladi
8 years ago
The World Economic Forum has teamed up with the International Finance Corporation to bring us the top 100 Arab World startups that are shaping the future in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). ...
Health
8 years ago
I was just watching a disturbing video showing a young kid asking her mother to pass her the Arguile, which the loving and thoughtful mother does! This may be shocking to many but the sad ...
Fun
8 years ago
How did Beirut, Tyre, Jounieh, Taanayel, Beqaa, Tripoli, Nahr el Kalb, Dahr el Baydar, Baalbeck, Bekfaya and many other regions in Lebanon look like between the 1950s and 70s? I just stumbled upon this beautiful ...
Food
8 years ago
If you’ve passed by Charles Malek’s Avenue in Achrafieh recently, you probably noticed ongoing construction right after Saint Nicolas’ Church. Since I used to work there, I thought at first they were destroying the old ...
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