French-Lebanese Who Took Over Front National’s Leadership After Le Pen Has Quit

Remember Jean-Francois Jalkh? The 59 year old French man of Lebanese origins who took over Front National's leadership after Marine Le Pen stepped down temporarily? Well he barely lasted few days in office and had to turn down the job after an old interview dating back from 2000 emerged where he allegedly made comments denying the use of Zyklon B gas in Nazi gas chambers. “I think we should be able to discuss this problem…

How a Lebanese Priest Celebrated Labor Day

Majdi Allawi is a Lebanese priest and the founder of a religious organization called "Bonheur du Ciel", an organization that helps treat people struggling with substance abuse with the power of faith. The priest decided to celebrate Labor Day by helping out those who don't take the day off, so he joined Sukleen workers in the morning, then helped out workers at a gas station, served food at a restaurant and worked at a supermarket.…

Google Maps Will Now Help You Find Your Car at The Mall

If you tend to forget where you parked your car at a mall , Google Maps just introduced a useful feature that will help you save your parking location and guide you back to your car. All you need to do is the following: 1- Open the Google Maps app. 2- Once you've parked your car, you will see a position labeled "Parking" . If not, then touch and hold the spot on the map…

Ex-PM Salim el Hoss (88-year old) Starts Hunger Strike

I had to read the story twice to make sure they're talking about Lebanon's former prime minister Salim Hoss because a hunger strike at 88 is not really that easy to pull. In fact, he's apparently taking meds so it looks like a symbolic one-day strike to shed the light on the 800+ Palestinian prisoners currently staging a hunger strike. For those who did not hear the news, around 1000 Palestinian inmates are on an…
Lebanon

Why Quotas for Women in Politics are Needed in #Lebanon

8 years ago
Lebanon currently ranks 180th out of 187 countries in the world in terms of women representation in parliament. We scored for years the lowest rates in terms of women political empowerment with less than 3% ...
Art

Lebanon’s First Tattoo Festival

8 years ago
Lebanon is having its first ever tattoo festival on May 6th and 7th at Concrete 1994 in Sin el Fil. 14 local tattoo artists will be participating and you can get yourself INKED live at ...
Beirut

Barcelona Defeats Real Madrid 3-2 Once Again in Beirut’s El Clásico

8 years ago
A friendly El Clásico was organized last Friday at at the Camille Chamoun stadium between ex-Barcelona and Real Madrid players. The teams should have included legends such as Ronaldinho, Gianluca Zambrotta, Francesco Coco, Eric Abidal ...
Health

KMC Offering Blood Withdrawal Services at Home

8 years ago
Keserwan Medical Center, an AUBMC affiliate that is open in Kfarhbab, is offering a blood withdrawal service at home starting May 4. The service is available from Monday till Saturday from 6:30 AM till 10:30 ...
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