#FitB4Christmas: Week 2 Recap

I was less active during Week 2 and only averaged 10,077 steps on a daily basis but I've been skipping dinners when I wasn't able to exercise and I found a small mini cycle that I had forgotten about at home, so I completed a 20K cycle 3 times. I did twice the push-up exercises but I'm still behind schedule. As of this morning, I've lost so far 3.4 KG and I'm hoping to pick…

#IndeedBetterTogether: Tripoli Kicks Off its Christmas Festivities

#TripoliLB unveiled yesterday its stunning Christmas tree at the Rachid Karameh expo under the #IndeedBetterTogether slogan to send out a message of unity and hope to all the Tripolitans and Lebanese. The tree was set up on one of Oscar Niemeyer’s landmarks and lit up the expo area along with a large Christmas village. Tripoli's end of year festivities will continue till December 22. Here's the detailed schedule: Friday December 16: 4 PM scientific show…

Demco Properties Strikes Again

After the successful previous ad that was timed with Donald Trump’s win, wittily suggesting that it’s time for Lebanese expats to start going home, Demco Properties have done yet another Lebanese expat-centered ad. Only this time, it’s a lot more heart-warming right before the Christmas holidays. The ad starts with a mom trying to call what we assume is her son, Rami, who lives in Paris. No answer. The mother gets preoccupied with what is…

Beirut Chants: 29 Free Concerts Celebrating Diversity & Promoting A Culture of Peace

This year marks the 9th edition of Beirut Chants, a festival that has become one of the Christmas season’s most anticipated events. Every year during Christmas, concerts are organized in all of Beirut's historical churches and features famous international and local musicians, artists and choirs. The festival started in 2009 and is meant to promote the values of humanity, peace, citizenship and tolerance through music and it's open to all people of all ages, economic status and religions. We have some of the…
Critiques

Tanker Spotted Dumping Waste In our Waters?

9 years ago
One of the blog’s readers was trying out his new drone when he spotted a vessel facing the Jal el Dib coast dumping in the waters something that looked like either oil or their sewage ...
Business

Would Legalizing Electricity Production & Sales Solve Lebanon’s Power Crisis?

9 years ago
I saw this interesting video on the Lebanese Institute for Market Studies FB page where they are promoting the idea of legalizing electricity production and distribution to solve Lebanon’s Power Crisis. They are arguing that ...
Critiques

Nepalese Domestic Worker & Activist Deported by Lebanese Authorities

9 years ago
The Lebanese Authorities celebrated Human Rights day on Saturday December 10 by deporting a Nepalese migrant domestic worker who “was involved in the struggle for the rights of migrant domestic workers” as reported by Human ...
Lebanon

Three Lebanese Banks Robbed in One Month

9 years ago
Four gunmen, wearing masks and black clothes, robbed BLF (Banque Libano-Francaise) in Mreijeh a month ago. On December 6, four gunmen also robbed Credit Libanais in Mkalles and today the same number of gunmen robbed ...
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