Naameh Landfill Is Closing Tonight, Garbage Crisis is Coming Back Soon!

Source: AFP Two months ago, I wrote that the Lebanese cabinet is only postponing the garbage crisis with their temporary four-year long solution. Unfortunately, they weren't even able to stick to that plan and the garbage crisis is coming back as of tomorrow when the Naameh landfill closes again. I don't know if the cabinet has plans to keep Naameh landfill open for a long period but what saddens me is that no one was…

Here’s Why I Love Formula One

I love Formula 1. Everything about this sport is fascinating and I hate it when I hear people telling me "It's just driving around in circles". Formula 1 is considered by many to be the greatest sport ever because it simply is. You have the best automotive engineers and teams using state-of-the-art technologies to build the fastest, lightest and most advanced cars for the world's most talented drivers to drive around the most beautiful and…

Beirut Cultural Festivals Kick off Tonight With A Massive Visual & Musical Tribute to Beirut

The Beirut Cultural Festivals will be held for the first time this year from May 17th till May 22nd at Beirut's waterfront area. The festival will kick off tonight with a tribute to Beirut itself, through a one of a kind visual and musical production entitled "The Story of Beirut" that "will recount in a distinctive and artistic way the story of our capital since the time of the Phoenicians and highlighting the long and…
Critiques

Yet Another Victim of Celebratory Gunfire in Beirut

9 years ago
Last Sunday a child got killed in the Bekaa when a stray bullet hit him and yesterday a 15 year old called Hussein al-Arab was reportedly hit by a stray bullet in Bourj al-Barajneh and ...
Lebanon

Meet Nasser & Mohammed: Two Children Selling Their Artwork in Mar Mikhail Every Saturday

9 years ago
Nasser & Mohammed Darwich are two Syrian children from Aleppo. They currently live in Beirut and go to school here. On Saturday, they head out to Mar Mikhail, set up set up a small table ...
Critiques

Why is Electoral Fraud Being Treated so Lightly? Buying Votes is a Serious Crime

9 years ago
Update: LADE Report is out. 801 violations, bribes, fights at polling stations, military men voting illegally, delegates pressuring the voters etc … Last Sunday, 647 violations were reported in Beirut and the Beqaa including three ...
Humor

Two Funny Votes From Today’s Municipal Elections

9 years ago
Someone actually voted for Mia Khalifa and another for Jon Snow in Sin el Fil today. via hanykh Update: Someone also voted for Clooney haha! via Nagham ...
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