Posted By
Najib
Feb 14, 2016 09:15
My Favorite Valentine ad this year is from EDZ! Here's a nice roundup of the best Valentine ads that were shared this year in Lebanon. If there are any that I missed, please do share and I'll gladly add them. Valentoum for the love of Toum #Loveitwhen she never has breakdowns A nice ad from Exotica but the one they released back in October would have been perfect for Valentine: via Barista Alfa is offering…
Posted By
Najib
Feb 13, 2016 07:46
The sign on Charles De Gaulle's Beirut residence in Mar Elias disappeared few days ago and got reported on Save Beirut Heritage's Facebook page. There were worries that the house might get demolished but the Ministry of Culture denied the rumors. However the stories that emerged were not really convincing, as one source said that the house owner removed the plate to clean it up and protect it and another version said the owner removed…
Posted By
Najib
Feb 13, 2016 09:38
These two pictures were part of the FB post that went viral, yet were not taken in Lebanon Every now and then, we see a new post about Lebanon going viral on Facebook, with the same set of cliché pictures and the same "40 Interesting Facts about Lebanon" that we've been hearing ever since people started using the internet, the whole "Lebanon has 18 sects, 40 daily newspapers, is 6000 years old, is not a…
Posted By
Najib
Feb 12, 2016 10:08
Picture Showing Roumieh Prison Inmates Being Tortured 72% of Lebanese think that torture is justified according to a spring 2015 Pew Research Center survey of 38 nations. The question asked was as follows: "In the period following the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks in the U.S, the U.S government used interrogation methods that many consider to be torture on people suspected of terrorism. In your opinion, were these interrogation methods justified, or not justified? If…
Humor
10 years ago
Someone just whatsapped me a couple of screenshots from Teta Ruby‘s Instagram and I was just reading Beirut.com‘s article on her. Teta Ruby is 91 and she’s a bad-ass Instagram teta. There are pictures of ...
Lebanon
10 years ago
Beirut made it to the the CNTraveler Readers’ Choice Awards 2015 Top 50 most beautiful cities in the world. In 2014, Beirut was also chosen among Beirut Among The Top 25 Cities in the World. ...
Automotive
10 years ago
I was running late two days ago and the Dbayyeh maritime road was jammed so I thought of taking the highway but it turned out to be much worse so I tried to take back ...
Humor
10 years ago
Health Minister Wael Abou Faour reassured us today that we don’t need to worry about the H1N1 virus, saying no epidemic is in sight. Still, I think it’s safer to distribute flu vaccines to reduce ...
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