Tripoli’s Flying Lanterns Night To Celebrate Eid

Photo Credits: Natheer Halawani This year marks the fifth edition of the "Flying Lanterns" night , where Tripolitans gather to welcome Eid by lightening Tripoli’s sky with lanterns and collecting money to put less fortunate children back in school and help build libraries and schools. Over 1000 Tripolitans took part this year flying 1500 lanterns and collecting around 4 million Liras. This may seem like a small amount but it will help complete a library…

Beirut Third Most Expensive City To Live in The Region, After Dubai & Abu Dhabi

The Mercer’s Cost of Living Survey 2016 is out and Dubai topped MENA Cities as the most expensive location for employees working abroad. Beirut ranked as the third most expensive city regionally and the 50th most expensive city in the world. Mercer's survey includes 209 cities across five continents and measures the comparative cost of more than 200 items in each location, including housing, transportation, food, clothing, household goods, and entertainment. The survey is designed…

Here’s Why It’s Safe To Walk At Night in Lebanon

I can't stop laughing every time I read this . The sad part though is that it's no longer that safe to walk in the streets at night as a lot of girls are being harassed and the cops are barely doing anything to catch these offenders. On another note, it's perfectly safe for a girl wearing a skirt to walk at night in Dubai and there are pubs and night clubs just like Lebanon…
Fashion

Lebanese Sarah Beydoun, Founder of Sarah’s Bag, Receives The 2016 Oslo Business for Peace Award

9 years ago
[Photo Credits] The Oslo-based foundation “Business for Peace” grants every year the Oslo Business for Peace Award to up to seven honourees “in recognition of their individual and outstanding business-worthy contribution to the building of ...
Lebanon

Looking Back At All The Germany – Italy World Cup & Euro Encounters

9 years ago
I’ve been supporting Germany since 1990 and it was painful seeing them lose to Italy on so many occasions, especially when Die Mannschaft had the better team. 1962 World Cup in Santiago, Chile [YouTube] West ...
Automotive

The Problem Was Never Parking Tariffs in Beirut, but Valet Parking Tariffs

9 years ago
Beirut’s governor Ziad Chbib issued new parking tariffs for Beirut yesterday which were distributed as follows: Blue Zone (Qoreitem, Manara, Ras Beirut, Serail, Raouche, Bab Idriss, Minet el Hosn): 3000 to 7000 LL Green Zone ...
Alcohol

Lebanese Wines Marsyas & Bargylus Featured In France’s Le Monde

9 years ago
Karim and Sandro Saadé, the two brothers and owners of Château Marsyas in Lebanon and Domaine de Bargylus in Syria got a special two-page feature in the French daily newspapers Le Monde, one of the ...
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