A Proposed Bill To Prosecute Rapists In Lebanon. Bakkir Wlo!

Did you know that Article 522 of Lebanon's penal code allows rapists to get away with their crime if they marry the woman they raped? That article was meant to preserve the "honor and dignity of the victim's family", whatever that means, but is a load of B.S and needs to be abolished ASAP. Lebanese Forces MP Elie Keyrouz is proposing to cancel that law that allows "charges to be dropped against an offender if…

Chocolate Hummus

Have you ever thought of mixing chocolate and chickpeas? I've had a chickpeas fruit tart before and it was surprisingly good so Chocolate hummus is definitely something I would try.

Lebanon Mentioned At The 2016 GOP Convention

Tom Barrack, the founder of Colony Capital and one of America's richest businessmen, is a major fundraiser for Donald Trump's campaign for presidency and he spoke at the 2016 Republican National Convention. During his speech, he spent a couple of minutes talking about his Lebanese origins and the ties to Lebanon and the Levant Culture. I'm familiar with Barrack and his business but I had no clue his grandparents were Lebanese. PS: Those are the…

10 Silly Guinness Records We Can Break At No Cost in Lebanon

Since we have a talent for breaking silly Guinness Records, which include the biggest Hummus dish, the largest Lemonade cup and most recently the longest red carpet, here are ten records we can set at barely any cost in Lebanon: 1- The longest, most religiously diverse and chaotic queue at a governmental institution. 2- The biggest heart-shaped Shisha smoke cloud in the world. 3- The longest one-hand applause on an airplane while eating Knefe with…
Art

Texas A&M University To Honor Lebanese Jean-Claude Kalache, DOP at Pixar Studios

10 years ago
Photo Credits: [VentureBeat] Jean-Claude Kalache traveled to the US in 1990 to continue his studies and earned a Bachelor of Environmental Design degree in 1993 and a Master of Science in Visualization degree in 1997. ...
History

An Enlightening Report On The Great Famine of Mount Lebanon (1915–1918)

10 years ago
The CMDR (Centre Maronite de Documentation et de Recherche) released a nice report on The Great Famine of Mount Lebanon between 1915 and 1918 that lead to the death of half of the population of ...
Lebanon

Why is There a Huge Red Carpet Laid Over Beirut/Saifi’s Public Roads?

10 years ago
Update: Apparently it’s for the Beirut International Awards Festivals Did anyone see this endless red carpet this morning laid all over Beirut’s public roads? What’s that all about? Are we trying to break another silly ...
Hotels

Updated List of Safe Beaches in Lebanon

10 years ago
Source: Assafir via CNRS I found a more recent report on the beach water quality along the Lebanese coast and a list of Lebanon’s most and least polluted beaches. The report was prepared by the ...
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