Google Maps Updated For Lebanon

Google has updated yesterday its mapping application with new, higher-resolution imagery from NASA's Landsat 8 satellite, which means sharper and more detailed photographs for Google Maps & Google Earth. The maps for Lebanon were updated of course and you can clearly see that from the screenshots below. We now have all the streets and alleys even outside Beirut and even pedestrian bridges are showing on the map now as little grey things. The last update…

British-Lebanese TV Host Liliane Daoud Arrested And Deported From Egypt

British-Lebanese political talk show host and Former BBC Journalist Liliane Daoud was arrested and deported from Egypt yesterday night. She was the host of ONTV's political show "Headlines". "Eight men who said they were from the border police force took her to an unknown location after taking her telephone and her British passport," Daoud's ex-husband Khaled al-Berri had earlier told Agence France Presse. Daoud also holds a Lebanese passport. The prominent TV talk show host's…
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Four More Suicide Bombings in Al-Qaa Tonight

9 years ago
Four suicide bombers yesterday and four more tonight. Fortunately, there were no casualties tonight as eight people were lightly injured today after suicide bombers riding motorcycles blew themselves up in the center of the town. ...
Critiques

Sectarianism and Racism Against Syrian Refugees Will Only Backfire on Us

9 years ago
I think we all agree that the Syrian crisis has deeply affected Lebanon and that the extent of the burden of that crisis has fallen more acutely on communities in Lebanon than in any other ...
Critiques

Lebanon Won Yet Another Award That I Can’t Find Online

9 years ago
It’s always great to share news about awards and achievements won by Lebanese abroad but I’ve learned out of experience to verify the story before spreading the word. Yesterday I was reading in Annahar about ...
Lebanon

Rare Beirut Pictures From The UNEF’s Diary (1965-1966)

9 years ago
UNEF (United Nations Emergency Force) Captain Gord Jenkins stayed in Beirut between 1965 and 1966 and kept a diary of his stay with his wife Jan which includes a lot of awesome and rare pictures. ...
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