New Lebanese Government Announced: Who are our New Ministers?

The new government was just announced few minutes ago from Baabda palace by Council of Ministers secretary-general Fouad Fleifel. It's quite shameful that there's only one female minister and that the minister of state concerned with women right is a dude. Here are the new/old names: Saad Hariri - Prime Minister Ghassan Hasbani - VP and Minister of Public Health Marwan Hamadeh - Minister of Education Ayman Choucair - Minister of State Talal Erslan -…

Ter2at el Zefet (Continued)

Remember MTV's road safety campaign where a car rental employee re-assures a tourist that the car is blessed by Saints and that there's nothing to worry about when it comes to lack of street lights or potholes on the road? Well it was all part of MTV's attempt at repairing potholes and making road safer by teaming up with #LiveLebanon. #EnsaJoura is working great and I've only receiving a positive feedback so far. We still…

Stop Smoking Arguile

AUBMC is raising awareness through the below video on the dangers of smoking Shisha and how many perceive it as being less harmful than cigarettes. In order to do so, they teamed with a Shisha restaurant and served clients a pipe with a pack of cigarettes on top. Shisha smokers may inhale as much smoke during 1 hour as a cigarette smoker would inhale consuming 100 or more cigarettes. Shisha is extremely misunderstood by smokers.…

Celebrating Arabic Language Day: The Different Arabic Language Dialects

A Kuwaiti, a Lebanese, an Iraqi, an Emirati, an Eritrean and a Palestinian explore the many different ways of saying the same thing in Arabic. Some of these terms are pretty interesting hehe : - Throat is apparently "Zardoum" in Iraqi - Spoon is "Khasoogeh" in Emirati - Crab is "Kob Kob" in Kuwaiti - Hat is "Taghiyye" in Eritrean but I've heard people use that term here . - Slap is "Khamsiyye" in Palestinian…
Lebanon

The ISF Are Helping Prevent Traffic Congestion

9 years ago
It’s Christmas time in Lebanon and the first thing that comes to mind is traffic, whether in malls, shops, in the mountains or on the road. Traffic is already really bad and it will only ...
Baladi

FINALLY! A Nice Christmas Tree & Decoration On Beirut’s Martyrs Square

9 years ago
I passed by this morning and spotted what looked like a nice Christmas tree on Martyrs Square. I went to get my coffee and drove back to make sure I wasn’t dreaming. The tree is ...
Food

#FitB4Christmas: Week 2 Recap

9 years ago
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 ...
Art

#IndeedBetterTogether: Tripoli Kicks Off its Christmas Festivities

9 years ago
#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 ...
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