#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…

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

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 ending a 2 1/2 year vacuum. The Baabda Palace is quite a complex building that is historically and politically significant and that includes a ministerial meeting room, a cabinet hall, the President’s office of course and many other meetings rooms…

Burger King vs McDonald’s in Lebanon: Round1

"Why eat with a clown while you can dine with a King?". That is written on Jal el Dib's Burger King banner . This quote has been used before by Burger King abroad and we are all used to the BurgerKing-McDonald's ad wars but this is a first in Lebanon. Let's wait and see McDonald’s reply. Last week, Burger King pranked its customers on Halloween when it covered one of its stores in New York…
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 ...
Fun

Leila Abdel Latif To Stop Her Show?

9 years ago
Everyone’s been mocking Leila Abdel Latif following the latest presidential elections in Lebanon after failing to predict Aoun’s win, and she’s apparently set to stop her show for now and focus on finishing her autobiography. ...
Fun

Gas Station in Australia Offering Free Fuel To Celebrate Aoun Presidency

9 years ago
The owners of a petrol station in Australia (Punchbowl Servo) were giving away free fuel at lunchtime to celebrate the recent election of Michel Aoun as president of Lebanon. The offer was valid for almost ...
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