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Najib
Jul 29, 2016 08:24
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…
Posted By
Najib
Jul 28, 2016 11:12
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…
Posted By
Najib
Jul 28, 2016 03:27
Photo Credits: 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. Kalache got offered a job at the Academy Award-winning film studio Pixar and has been working as the director of photography ever since. He was part of the team that produced Oscar winning movies such as Geri’s Game AK, "Toy Story…
Posted By
Najib
Jul 28, 2016 09:17
The CMDR 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 Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate. This is a crucial part of our history that is not elaborated enough at schools in my opinion despite being one of the worst foreign campaigns led by any regime against the Lebanese population. There's plenty of unseen and rare footage in this video…
Lebanon
9 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
9 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 ...
Alcohol
9 years ago
[Source] Dewars Lebanon has officially launched The Scotch Egg Club a week ago that will take over Garden State on Monday on the 1st of August. I missed out on the launch but I’m eager ...
Humor
9 years ago
I am not sure he knows there’s a huge d*ck behind him but then again his new song is called “Chilo Chilo Chilo”. ...
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