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Najib
Jan 22, 2017 11:22
I never thought I'd see the day where US media is busy debating whether Trump attracted more crowds to his inauguration than Obama did in 2009. They are comparing crowds by examining aerial shots, metro ridership figures and pulling all sorts of statistics. The first thing that came to mind were the 2005-2009 March 14 and March 8 protests where each side was trying to attract more crowds during public rallies or simply trying to…
Posted By
Najib
Jan 21, 2017 02:13
Tanoreen, a popular Middle-Eastern restaurant based in Brooklyn and run by Palestinian-American chef Rawia Bishara, was featured in last week's edition of the Explorers and the highlight of the visit was Rawia's homemade Knafe, which they described as "the deep dish dessert pizza of your wildest dreams". I'm not really familiar with Palestinian Knafe but I am pretty sure it's not a pizza and it looks nothing like a deep dish pizza. Chef Rawia Bechara…
Posted By
Najib
Jan 21, 2017 10:44
Donald Trump inauguration sparked a new wave of memes, tweets and jokes on social media and Al Rifai's take is the best one I've seen so far in Lebanon. A friend sent me a copy of the Daily Star newspaper where Al Rifai's "The World has gone nuts" was placed undernearth Trump's inauguration story. A perfectly timed and spot-on ad. Let's face it: The only good thing about Trump becoming president is Melania :) Melania…
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Najib
Jan 20, 2017 09:08
Armed gunmen kidnapped a 74 year old man called Saad Richa in Chtaura few days ago and they haven't released him yet. Almost every political and religious party in Lebanon is trying to negotiate with the kidnappers to free the man but in vain. Eventually, Richa will be freed and a ransom will be paid even if the authorities will not acknowledge it but who are these kidnappers and why can't we stop them? Kidnapping…
Baladi
8 years ago
The bike sharing system is spreading across Lebanon. Beirut got its first bike sharing station two days ago and Byblos followed today. Let’s hope that this project will expand outside Beirut to include all of ...
Advertising
8 years ago
WTF did I just watch? a little chick whose dream is to be a Shawarma? Chicken mothers gossiping about their daughter’s choices in life, which include turning into a nugget or a roasted chicken. An ...
Baladi
8 years ago
Two years after receiving the largest single donation ($32 million) in its 147-year history donation, the American University of Beirut received this week an even bigger donation presented by the Semaan Foundation. The amount of ...
Alcohol
8 years ago
Back when I started the blog around 7 years ago, I admit I wasn’t the biggest fan of Lebanese wines. Now, even though I might not be a true wine connoisseur, I am an avid ...
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