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Najib
May 06, 2023 04:50
The new US Embassy campus in Awkar is starting to take shape, as seen from the latest photos shared on the embassy's FB page following a visit by US Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy C. Shea. The massive new campus is being built over an area of 174,000 square meters and is expected to be completed in 2023 but I'm sure the pandemic has pushed its completion by a year or two. Size-wise, a 43-acre embassy…
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Najib
May 06, 2023 04:31
A tile in memory of Poet Ounsi el Hage was placed today on the entrance of the building where he once resided for 55 years. Ounsi's daughter posted on Facebook about it thanking Ounsi's friends and shared a picture of the honorary tile and the Achrafieh building. Ounsi el Hage is a famous famous contemporary poet, journalist and translator. He started his professional career in 1956 as a director of the Cultural section of “Al-Hayat…
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Najib
May 03, 2023 05:20
The first time I heard about wine windows was during COVID as many opened such small service shops to keep social distancing while serving customers. However, the tradition goes back to Florence where people in the 17th century would sell glass bottles of wine through small arched windows to avoid opening a shop or paying taxes. Going back to Lebanon, we just got our first wine window in Batroun. The place is called "The Winery…
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Najib
May 03, 2023 04:51
In case you've missed this terrible news, a 20-year-old UC Davis Lebanese student was stabbed to death in a city park. Karim Abou Najm was biking home from an academic awards ceremony in Davis when he was stabbed to death at Sycamore Park; he is the second person to be stabbed and killed in the past few days at this park. Karim attended International College in Beirut before moving to the US with his family…
Art
2 years ago
If you like DIY arts and crafts and wish to support a local brand, From Leb With Love are selling wooden model kits representing traditional houses. They currently have two models: – The Beirut Central ...
Critiques
2 years ago
We have 4 or 5 different rates for the Lebanese Lira in the market and no one, including the Central Bank, is capable of controlling the fluctuations, but the genius minds behind the Energy Ministry ...
Humor
2 years ago
I think the whole world knows by now that Lebanese politicians are a joke, yet the Lebanese parliament seems adamant to show to what extent they’ve become incompetent and negligent. The below is a leaked ...
Baladi
2 years ago
The 2023 West Asia Athletics Championships were concluded today with Qatar winning the first place for men and women by clinching a total of 28 medals. Lebanon’s athletics team finished on a high note with ...
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