Lebanese Sevag Babikian Advances To The Final Rounds of Stars Of Science

Sevag Babikian is the only Lebanese contestant left in Stars of Science, which is a reality TV show by MBC dedicated to innovation and aimed at promoting young Arab innovators. Sevag got ranked first in lab in prototyping and customer validation and will be joined by two other contestants in the finals. Who is Sevag? What is his project? Sevag Babikian is a 27 years old mechanical engineer who graduated from the American University of…

Religious Court Jails Lebanese Woman For Refusing To Give up Child

The arrest of Fatima Hamzeh for refusing to give up her child earlier this week has sparked a public backlash and there's a planned protest tomorrow in front of the Supreme Islamic Shi'ite Council. Hamzeh was engaged in a judicial dispute with her husband since 2013 at the Jaafari Court and the custody battle awarded her husband Mohammad Jezzini, who has a second wife and a son from his second marriage, custody of the toddler.…

#EnsaJoura is Working Great so Far!

I wrote a couple of weeks ago about the #EnsaJoura initiative that MTV Lebanon and Live Lebanon kicked off and they're already off to a great start! In fact, I reported a couple of potholes to see if they're responding quickly and I have to say I'm quite impressed. The first one was the huge pothole/ open manhole in Jeita I wrote about and the second pothole was in Zouk Mosbeh on the way up…
Architecture

In Pictures: A Tour Inside The Lebanese Presidential Palace (Via Decoventure)

9 years ago
Most of us have never been to the Presidential Palace and know little about it. The only thing we know is that we’ve been without a president up until Michel Aoun got elected on Monday ...
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Burger King vs McDonald’s in Lebanon: Round1

9 years ago
“Why eat with a clown while you can dine with a King?”. That is written on Jal el Dib’s Burger King banner (and clearly hinting at McDonald’s). This quote has been used before by Burger ...
Art

“Kafas” By Joumana Haddad: Rawness, Boldness, Comedy and Anger

9 years ago
“Kafas” (“قفص”) is the most recent play by the one and only Joumana Haddad. Haddad is a Lebanese journalist, activist, poet, instructor, author and the head of the cultural pages for An Nahar newspaper. She’s ...
Lebanon

Arab News/YouGov Poll: 44% Would Vote for Hillary Clinton, 9% Only Would Vote Trump

9 years ago
An Arab News/YouGov poll surveyed 3,017 people in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) on the US elections and presidential candidates and found that: – 47% of Arabs wouldn’t vote for any of the ...
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