Garbage Placed in Front of Hassan Kamel Al-Sabbah’s Grave

Nabatieh Municipality is claiming the picture is fabricated Hassan Kamel Al-Sabbah is a Lebanese electrical and electronics research engineer, mathematician and inventor par excellence. He was born in Nabatieh in 1895, then traveled to the US where he earned a master's degree in engineering sciences. "He entered the vacuum tube section of the Engineering Laboratory of the General Electric Company at Schenectady N.Y. in 1923 where he was engaged in mathematical and experimental research, principally…

#Shta2tellikMom

Mother’s Day is less than 1 month away and a lot of Lebanese working or living abroad won't be able to spend that special day with their mothers. In order to make that happen, a fun competition entitled ‪#‎Shta2tellikMom‬ was kicked by The Spot in order to reunite expats with their families in Lebanon, particularly on rare occasions such as Mother’s Day. The rules are quite simple: 1- Upload a video selfie on Facebook or…

10 Things Lebanese Talk Shows Have in Common

The funniest comedian by far in Lebanon - Fady Reaidy Every time there's a new comedy-oriented talk show in Lebanon, I watch the first couple of episodes to see if it's any good or as lame as the other ones. Back in 2013, I had high hopes for Adel Karam's show because I loved his character on SLCHI and he did start with a couple of decent episodes but after that it was all down…

The Mecanique is a Joke

I stopped going to the Mecanique years ago after hearing the horror stories of waiting for 4+ hours in line added to the fact that there's wasta everywhere. More importantly, cars are not inspected properly and we can clearly see that from all these half-wrecked vehicles with barely any lights and a missing door that shouldn't be allowed on the road. This year, my friend went to have his car checked but it failed because…
Lebanon

New Proposed Law To Stop Film Censorship In Lebanon

10 years ago
MARCH has been fighting censorship for years now in Lebanon Under the law of 27 November 1947, all movies in Lebanon should undergo a censorship process and can’t be distributed and projected to the public ...
Beirut

What Are We Teaching Our Kids In Lebanon?

10 years ago
Last week, my wife and I managed to get out of the country and spend a few days in Europe. We wanted to recharge our batteries and get away from the daily pressures we all ...
Humor

Let’s Take a Moment To Applaud The Person Who Translated/Published This Story

10 years ago
Let’s take a moment to applaud the person who read this story, thought it was worth sharing and took the time to translate and publish it online, and I’m not just talking about MTV here. ...
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Lebanese Loto Trolling Kanye West

10 years ago
American Hip Hop artist Kanye West caused a twitter storm few days ago when he announced that he was $53 million in personal debt, and that he wants the world to know his struggle. He ...
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