Jounieh Fireworks Were Great Yesterday, But I Didn’t Enjoy Them

Photo Credits: Patrick Pharaon I look forward to the Jounieh fireworks every year, and I think it's a nice tradition to kick off the Jounieh International Festivals but I didn't enjoy them this year for two reasons: - They were scheduled on a Thursday night which is a big mistake. People driving back from their work were stuck for hours in unnecessary traffic. I spent almost 3 hours to get from Achrafieh to Jeita and…

Waking Up To A Horrific Terror Attack in Nice

VALERY HACHE / AFP - Getty Images I got back home around 10:30 PM yesterday and was chatting with a close friend of mine in Nice while watching the Jounieh fireworks. An hour later, he sent me a text that someone opened fire on the crowd and that it's chaos. I was half asleep so I thought it was a joke at first or some isolated incident and just fell back asleep. This morning, I…

Vogue Spends Four Perfect Days in Beirut

Alison Beckner came to visit Beirut for four days and the result was "a perfect storm of shopping, wining, dining, dancing, and—eventually—sleeping in this capital city where the Mediterranean meets the Middle East". Friday at Baffa House in the lively neighborhood of Mar Mikhael, a visit to the recently reopened Sursock Museum, dinner at Lux and end the night at the weekly Summer Decks on the Beach party at Sporting Club. Saturday starts at Souk…
Automotive

What The Dbayeh Traffic Highway LED Was Saying This Morning

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Humor

Americans React To Lebanese Singers

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Watch Americans react to the instagram accounts of Nancy Ajram, Myriam Fares, Elissa, Najwa Karam, and Yara. Everyone liked Nancy Ajram, the guys thought Mariam Fares was super hot (she is) and wanted to DM ...
Lebanon

Biometric Passports Expected Soon in Lebanon: Five Things You Need To Know

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Back in 2014, the Lebanese cabinet approved Interior Minister Mashnouq’s proposal to replace the old passports by new biometric ones. Earlier this year, the Lebanese General Security forced all those with a renewed by hand ...
Gaming

Lebanon, Brace Yourself for Pokémon GO

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Pokémon Go launched in the US, Australia, and New Zealand last week and will be launching in Europe in Europe and Asia ‘within a few days’. Android users in countries where the app wasn’t released ...
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