Check out these beautiful shots that I took from inside the iconic Al Kassouf Hotel in Shweir, which was built in the 1930s and damaged during the war. According to a 2013 post on Shweir.com, Hotel Kassouf became part of Shweir once again as Kassouf hills were ruled by Majles Shoora al Dawleh to be back under the administration of the municipality as they were 40 years ago. More pictures are available on my instagram…
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Najib
Jan 10, 2017 09:15
Tripoli's municipality is trying to cut down on political & religious slogans in the city by removing all barriers across its roundabouts. Technically speaking, there's no official decision taken yet to ban these slogans but it's really hard to place them now especially on The Nour or Allah square at Tripoli’s entrance. I think it's good step forward but they should make it official once and for all. The Nour or Allah square at Tripoli’s…
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Najib
Jan 09, 2017 10:40
It doesn't take a genius to figure out that you shouldn't set up a landfill next to an airport but that's exactly what the Lebanese authorities did with the Costa Brava. After realizing what they've done and instead of closing the landfill, they deployed bird-scaring devices and cars to prevent any collisions at low altitudes with the planes. Needless to say, their plan didn't work and birds are growing in numbers and posing a bigger…
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Najib
Jan 09, 2017 02:08
We ended up going to PiiXELZ at ABC Dbayyeh for Brian's first hair cut after I failed to convince my wife to let me do it :P The staff were friendly, Brian was surprisingly calm but grumpy. Nevertheless, we're very happy with the outcome.
Critiques
8 years ago
Update 09/01/2017: Riyadi Sporting denounced the act and issued a clarification. A picture has emerged out of the Homenetmen-Riyadi Game tonight showing a couple of fans cheering for Riyadi and waving Turkish flags. This is ...
Middle East
8 years ago
2016 has been unfortunately a bloody year for the Middle East and the majority of this year’s top AP images are from wars or suicide bombings mainly from Iraq & Syria. Mercifully as put by ...
Lebanon
8 years ago
I attended earlier today the press screening of the Lebanese Movie “Nuts” at Empire Premiere in Sodeco and it’s by far better than the lousy movies that been popping left and right, the likes of ...
Lebanon
8 years ago
Plane hijacking was unfortunately quite common in the 1970s and 1980s and a certain Lebanese named Hamza Akel Hamieh, holds the record for the largest number of hijackings (6) between 1979 and 1982 and one ...
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