Should Bassel al-Amin be Arrested or Not?

We are all quick to jump to conclusions when someone is arrested over a Facebook post in Lebanon but one has to be aware of the Lebanese laws, especially when he's a journalist, before writing posting like: “The shoes of a Syrian refugee, worker and national are worth more than your republic, Cedars, your Lebanon, your right wing, independence, government, history, revolution and presidents. What did we understand?” The law clearly states that "You are…

I Just Received The Best Gift Ever From The North Pole

I received yesterday a beautiful gift from the North Pole, a box that had two boxes of cookies,four milkshakes and two letters, one addressed to me and another "To a friend". In that letter, I wasn't asked to enjoy the cookies but to find someone who is deprived of food, who is colonized by hunger and hand him a box of cookies with two milkshakes. As for the second box and two remaining milkshakes, I…

Stop Sharing This Christmas Street Decoration Video, It’s in Malaga not Beirut

I've seen the below video being shared at least 10 or 12 times with captions such as "Rue Foch", "Christmas in Lebanon", "This is Lebanon" etc. Unfortunately, this is not in Rue Fosh in Beirut, but in Malaga Spain. Let's pretend for a second that the street and the buildings resemble the ones in Fosh street, which is not the case. Do you really expect Beirut municipality to pull out such a Christmas decoration when…

A Bunch of Awesome & Untouched Shots Taken With the Huawei P9 Dual-Lens Leica Camera

The Huawei P9 smartphone is all about the camera. It's decent looking phone with a rather sluggish software but its Leica-branded dual-lens camera is one of the best I've seen so far and makes the P9 worth every penny. For those who are not familiar with Leica, it's a camera brand that "was founded on a long tradition of excellence in the construction of lenses and optical devices" and it has teamed up with Huawei…
BlogWaladi

#BlogWaladi: Baby Brian’s #SaintBerbara Costumes

9 years ago
We were celebrating the Saint Berbara this weekend and the tradition says that we should dress up in costumes and visit family, friends and neighbors to wish them well. The tradition also involves singing Berbara ...
Baladi

Attaché: A 17 Minutes #Beirut Travel Guide

9 years ago
“You’ve seen the news, you’ve read the foreign office state department advisories, the warnings are stark, the language is unambiguous, come to Beirut at your own risk”. It took the people behind Attaché months to ...
Baladi

A Commemorative Stamp to mark AUB’s 150th Anniversary

9 years ago
The American University of Beirut is celebrating its 150th anniversary and Libanpost, in collaboration with the Ministry of Telecommunications, has issued a stamp to mark this special anniversary and in recognition of the university’s pioneering ...
Critiques

Fairouz Songs Banned At the Lebanese University – Hadath

9 years ago
A group of LU students decided to honor their friend who recently died in a car crash so they invited his mom and wanted to play Fairouz songs in the university since he loves Fairouz ...
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