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Najib
Mar 30, 2023 04:30
Lebanese renowned actor and director George Khabbaz is starring in a Ramadan show on Shahid called "Al Narr bil Narr" . The series deals with the daily social conflict between the Lebanese and the displaced Syrians on Lebanese soil and one of the scenes between Khabbaz and a Syrian teacher has been making the rounds online and getting mixed reactions from viewers. The 2 minute confrontation sums up 10 years of struggle for Syrian refugees…
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Najib
Mar 29, 2023 09:12
A six year old girl was sexually assaulted at a Baalbeck school by a classmate, however when the mom reported the incident to the high school principal, he tried to shut her down by offering a bribe. After she refused his offer and asked him to review the CCTV recordings, he claimed cameras are not working and threatened her. The mother filed a lawsuit against the school and when she realized the doctor's report was…
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Najib
Mar 29, 2023 04:55
According to World Bank’s latest Food Security Update report, Lebanon has the highest nominal inflation rate in the world at 139% followed closely by Zimbabwe at 138% and Argentina at 108%. The food inflation rate for each country "is based on the latest month from October 2022 to January 2023 for which the food component of the Consumer Price Index and overall CPI data are available. Real food inflation is defined as food inflation minus…
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Najib
Mar 29, 2023 04:37
I came across this story from 1977 on LebanonArchives' timeline and it was the first time I hear about it. An Antonov airplane departed from Varna carrying a crew of nine and tons of frozen meat on the 13th of May 1977, and was cleared for landing by the air traffic control in Beirut. However the plane struck high tension power cables on its way down and crashed over the town of Aramoun. All nine…
Lebanon
2 years ago
The United States Department of the Treasury imposed new sanctions today against six people, four Syrians and two Lebanese, for their role in the production or export of captagon, a dangerous amphetamine. The four Syrians ...
Art
2 years ago
A while back, I stumbled upon a short video depicting a Tintin au Liban parody edition. The video showed an English edition which seemingly was issued by the National Lampoon magazine, an American humor magazine ...
Art
2 years ago
Lebanese Photographer Fredy Chemaly shared AI generated portraits for Lebanese cities and the results are amazing and some quite accurate. The pictures shared below are respectively for Zahle, Tripoli, Chouf, Broumanna and Batroun. You can ...
Critiques
2 years ago
A delegation from the International Monetary Fund concluded its visit to Lebanon on March 23 and issued a statement summing up its mission & pointing out the parties responsible for hindering financial recovery. These parties ...
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