No One Takes Myriam Klink Seriously, Even When She’s Hijacking a Plane

So Myriam Klink thought it was a smart idea to get on a MEA flight and upload a small video where she pretends to be hijacking it. Of course no one took her seriously but I love how no one in the video could care less about what she's doing, they are not even looking at her. Nevertheless, I can't wait to see her try to pull this joke on an American or European airline.…

Cabinet Wants To Postpone The Garbage Crisis For Four Years

Picture via Ramez Dagher The cabinet convened today at the Grand Serail to discuss the garbage crisis and came up with a temporary solution for the next four years. Here's what they announced so far: - The Cabinet approved to establish two landfills in Bourj Hammoud and Nahr Ghadir area. - Naameh landfill to reopen for 2 months only. - Beirut's trash will be distributed to Costa Brava, Bourj Hammoud and the Sidon incinerator. -…

Garbage Crisis in Beirut Back in The Old Days

This is an old interview with an AUB student talking about a garbage crisis at the time , and asking people to wrap their garbage properly and not throw them in the streets randomly. Funnily enough, the journalist is asking him if burning the garbage can help them and he answers that there's no need to as long as the garbage is being collected every day and dumped in the sea! You can't really blame…

An Epic Mistake From Al Mustaqbal Newspaper

Not only did they include Hekmeh twice in the Lebanese Basketball League table, but they mistakenly took out Riyadi and put Hekmeh in the lead. On another note, what's up with the total at the end? Who cares about the total of games and point played? Good job Mustaqbal! You made every Hekmeh fan's day. Come to think of it, that's the only way Sagesse will ever get to the top of the league this…
Lebanon

The Week Middle East: Is Lebanon Sinking?

10 years ago
The Week Middle East featured our PM Tamman Salam on its cover page with the title “Is Lebanon Sinking?” in reference to the ongoing garbage crisis. I tried looking for the magazine but couldn’t find ...
Critiques

How is Saudi Arabia a Better Country for Women than Lebanon?

10 years ago
An Online campaign shedding the light on women rights in Arab countries. International Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8 in Lebanon and around the world every year. It is a a global day celebrating ...
Humor

The Lebanese Passport: Probably The Most Expensive & Least Useful One

10 years ago
Here’s a hilarious sketch by CHINN’s Abbass Jaafar on the Lebanese passport, the countries that we can fly to without a visa and the tons of documents that we need to prepare to get a ...
Information

How to Detect Fake 1000 Lebanese Lira Bills

10 years ago
I am not really sure if it’s profitable to produce and use 1000 LL counterfeit bills but there are plenty in circulation apparently. I don’t think I’ll ever bother to check if a 1000 LL ...
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