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…

The Week Middle East: Is Lebanon Sinking?

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 it at Virgin or anywhere so I looked it up online and bought the issue as a souvenir haha! The article on Lebanon's garbage crisis is on page 6 and it says "River of Rubbish: Lebanon's inability to act". It…

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

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 the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women and more importantly a reminder for us here that Lebanese, and Arab women in general, are still second-class citizens. The Lebanese laws discriminate against women and don't guarantee their basic rights.…
Humor

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

9 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 ...
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How to Detect Fake 1000 Lebanese Lira Bills

9 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 ...
Critiques

Municipalities are Also to Blame For The Garbage Crisis

9 years ago
Making good use of open manholes The majority of municipalities in Lebanon are to blame for the garbage crisis as much as the Lebanese government is. They’ve been doing very little to manage and recycle ...
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Fayha Choir Shutting Down After Winning “Choir of The Year”

9 years ago
Fayha Choir’s “Choir of The Year” award will be the last apparently as those in charge of the choir have decided to shut it down. The reason is mainly a financial one as they are ...
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