National Geographic Needs to Update its Lebanon Guide

National Geographic shared recently a short 1-minute video of Lebanon featuring beautiful NatGeoMyShot pictures taken by locals. The post links to a page where you can learn more about Lebanon but there's not much to learn. In fact, the page is outdated, the pictures are old and there's only one Beirut experience. I'm not sure if we can submit suggestions to their page but in all cases, that's something the Tourism Ministry should look into,…

Google Street View Cars in #Beirut?

Plus961 shared few days ago a picture of a car with roof-mounted cameras roaming around Beirut. I've been hearing about these cars for some time and I thought at first they might be Google Street View cars but I was told they're not and the picture shown by Rami confirms it. Google Street View cars look like that and the camera used on top of the car portrayed above is totally different. Also, I read…

I’m off to Switzerland

I'm flying to Geneva this morning and staying in Lausanne till Saturday where I'll be visiting the Philip Morris International R&D Facilities. Lausanne is not a touristic destination from what I've heard but I don't mind a quiet and peaceful getaway. I hope I will get to check out some of these picturesque scenes that most of us have seen as laptops wallpapers. I will be posting pictures & stories on my Instagram .

My 6 Favorite “Quickies”

Quickies are skits performed by four hilarious Lebanese comedians: Anthony Hamawi & Shant Kabakian: the guys behind 3as3us, Jad Bou Karam and Tony Dagher. They started a year ago and are holding their first live show on March 10 at Theatre Monot. I looked back at their skits and chose six of my favorite ones: Khaleele el 2asseer Bala Toum Jenno Notto Jenno Notto! Take me out: Mitl el Amar TV show: 3ayesh 3al ba7er…
Fun

Guess Who’s Coming up with a new Song/Video Clip

8 years ago
If you thought Klink’s song and video clip were bad, think again. Rola Yamout, AKA Haifa wanna-be, is coming up with a new song apparently and I am positive she will take things once again ...
Critiques

I have a Dream …

8 years ago
I have a dream that I will be able to cast my vote one day to elect a new parliament in Lebanon. The last elections that took place were back in 2009 and ever since, ...
Fun

Hilarious and Bizarre OLX Listings

8 years ago
OLX is the best place to find funny, bizarre and WTF listings, similar to what you usually see on Craigslist. To be honest, it’s a major turn-off if you’re serious about selling some product but ...
Animals & Wildlife

Injured & Pregnant Hyena Saved by Environmentalist in Akkar

8 years ago
This is probably the first time that a hyena-related story doesn’t end up with the animal getting killed by ruthless and ignorant hunters or local villagers. ISF member and environmentalist Wajid Semaan was able to ...
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