Learn to Love #Beirut

So a French astronaut shows interest in our city which he happens to find beautiful, and we just take this opportunity to roll out all our anger and negativity. A foreigner shares his fascination with a city, sees the beauty in it that we do not see, and instead of appreciating this, we crap all over his post. To say I have always loved Beirut would be an utter lie. I love the dream of…

Lebanon to Impose An Additional 500% Tax on Alcohol?

As if it's not expensive enough to buy drinks at pubs and night clubs in Lebanon, the government is apparently planning to impose an additional 500% tax on alcohol. According to this MTV report: - The tax on 1 liter of wine and champagne will increase from 200 LL to 1000 LL. - The tax on 1 liter of beer will increase from 60 LL to 300 LL. - The tax on 1 liter of…

El Wade3 Felten

I couldn't find a better caption to describe this video. There are so many wrongs that I don't even know where to start: - Where these two tires come from? - Why is this guy driving and filming them? - Two cars pulling an illegal U-turn. - A motorist with no helmet - And of course the poor guy who was getting his morning Man2oushe only to see his car getting hit by two huge…
Beirut

Beirut as Seen From Space

9 years ago
French Astronaut Thomas Pesquet shared yesterday a stunning shot of Beirut taken from the International Space Station. Pesquet has never been to Beirut yet but none of us Lebanese have seen Beirut the way he ...
Advertising

littleBits Places Arabic Billboard in Times Square

9 years ago
“We Invent the World We Want to Live In”: This is the advertisement that littleBits has placed in Arabic on a billboard in Times Square to send out “a message of inclusivity and diversity, and ...
Critiques

Massive Billboard Falls & Crushes Cars in Zalka

9 years ago
The strong winds today brought down a huge billboard today in Zalka which landed on several cars. Once again we are fortunate that no one was injured or killed in this incident but this raises ...
Baladi

Anghami Founders Elie Habib & Eddy Maroun On Forbes ME’s Cover Page

9 years ago
Founded in 2012 by Lebanese entrepreneurs Elie Habib & Eddy Maroun, Anghami is today the leading music streaming in the MENA region, with a library of more than 20 million songs and over 30 million ...
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