Follow Silvio Chiha’s “Mountain to Sea” Challenge Live

We always tell foreigners about being able to “Swim & Ski” on the same day in Lebanon but we never get to do it, mainly due to traffic LOL, but Silvio Chiha wants to make it happen and is collaborating with Alfa to complete an exciting “Mountain to Sea” challenge as part of its nationwide #LivePlus Campaign to introduce 4G+. Silvio Chiha is a Lebanese water skiing champion and an inspiration to all the Lebanese…

No We are Not Getting an Apple Store in #Beirut Soon

Update 2 : I received the following statement from TALACO's General Manager: Statement of Denial and Correction A number of websites have published reports to the effect that "TALACO" will open an "Apple Store" outlet in central Beirut. "TALACO" would like to clarify that such reports are entirely devoid of truth, both in whole and in part, and that it was neither consulted nor asked anything in regard to this subject. "TALACO" further clarifies that…

Who wants a Captain Majed Jersey?

I've been looking for almost a year for a Captain Majed jersey for Brian and I just found out Ashkeman Clothing is selling one. It's not exactly the same as Captain Majed's jersey but it's pretty cool one. Too bad they don't have toddler sizes so I might as well buy it for me :P I love that Captain Majed t-shirt they also have.

13-Year old Mohammad el Mir Impresses at a German Talent Show

Mohammad el Mir is good at mental calculation, really good! In fact, he's so quick he came first at The Junior Mental Calculation World Championship 2014 when he was only 11 years old. He was invited more recently to a German talent show and was able to add correctly 200 numbers in less than 90 seconds, while it took four math professors over 2 minutes to compute 50 numbers each and they got the wrong…
Critiques

“Submarine” by Mounia Akl Censored in Lebanon

8 years ago
Here’s another silly act of censorship by the Lebanese authorities. Submarine, a movie by Mounia Akl, that tells the story of a Beirut that is still dealing with a trash crisis is apparently being censored ...
Beirut

AUB Pays $700,000 to Settle Lawsuit

8 years ago
Now that’s a first! The American University of Beirut has agreed to pay a financial penalty of $700,000 to settle a lawsuit after being accused of assisting three organizations linked to Hezbollah. One example was ...
Food

Goût de France at Sofitel Beirut Le Gabriel

8 years ago
On Tuesday March 21 2017, in more than 100 countries around the world, 2000 restaurants and embassies celebrated France’s gastronomy by inviting the public to a “French-style” dinner. The aim from this initiative, named “Goût ...
Baladi

Joumana Haddad is Running in the 2017 Elections

8 years ago
Joumana Haddad is Lebanese journalist, activist, poet, instructor, author and the head of the cultural pages for An Nahar newspaper, as well as the editor-in-chief of Jasad magazine, a controversial Arabic magazine specialized in the ...
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