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…
Posted By
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…
Posted By
Najib
Jan 19, 2017 03:41
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 Lebanon's coastal towns. I am trying to get more information regarding the whole initiative. I tried checking their but it's not up yet. According to this DailyStar article, Beirut's municipality will provide one station of 12 bicycles for every university…
Posted By
Najib
Jan 19, 2017 09:08
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 amusement park ride that includes a grill? Is that supposed to be a funny commercial? If anything, it's disturbing and I don't feel like having Shawarma for a month now :S Thanks Jad! PS: Originally posted by Stepfeed
Baladi
9 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
9 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 ...
Automotive
9 years ago
We finally have a bike sharing system in Beirut thanks to efforts from Jawad Sbeity in collaboration with Beirut’s governor Ziad Chebib and Beirut’s municipality. The first sample station was set up yesterday near Le ...
Critiques
9 years ago
Back when “Take me out” (“Na2ashit”) had just started on LBC, I posted on how I hated the show and that it’s stupid and demeaning but that we should keep in mind that these men ...
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