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…

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

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 trust, stability and peace". The honourees are selected by previous Peace and Economics Nobel prize winners. This year, Sarah Beydoun, the founder and creative director of Sarah's bag, was granted this prestigious award and became the first honoree from the fashion industry.…

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

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 West Germany drew against Italy 0-0 in the group stage at the 1962 World Cup held in Santiago. 1970 World Cup in Mexico: I've seen highlights from this game tens of times. It's known as the "Game of the century" and ended…
Automotive

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

10 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

10 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 ...
Lebanon

#LiveLoveLebanon: Promoting Rural Lebanon & Lebanese Traditional Guest Houses

10 years ago
If you want take a journey into the heart of rural Lebanon, there are tens of gorgeous guesthouses located in breathtaking locations and offering an authentic Lebanese experience. To name few: Bouyouti – Maasser Beiteddine ...
Health

In Case You Missed MTV’s “Roghem Kel Chi” Yesterday

10 years ago
I had no clue bragging about my brother’s achievements would get him on prime time news! Special thanks to MTV & Byblos Bank for this cool feature. ...
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