We Finally Have A Kickass Tourism Video In Lebanon

Ever since I started writing on the blog, I've been criticizing most of the Ministry of Tourism videos and campaigns because they were bad, but things have improved drastically ever since the LiveLoveLebanon campaign was launched and the below 5-minute video is one of the best tourism videos, if not the best, we've had in Lebanon in the past 10 years! Lebanon looks absolutely breathtaking in this unprecedented aerial footage. You will see the Phoenician…

#ThisisLebanon

A much needed reminder of how beautiful our country is. Given how bad the situation we are in, we need such videos almost every day now :D ; if ) return; js = d.createElement; js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore;});#thisislebanonNext time someone asks where you're from, tell them #thisislebanon!Posted by Littletree on Sunday, January 31, 2016 Via LittleTree

Asking The Wrong Questions

MTV shared yesterday a chart that showed the Ministry of Public Works spending by area, in order to "prove" that Christians areas are barely receiving 18% of the total expenditure. They picked cities that have a Shiite majority and compared them to areas of Christian majority like Matn, Jbeil, Jezzine, Zahle and Bcharreh. I am not really sure what they were trying to prove, but they failed miserably because what matters here is how this…

Do We Need A Second Airport In Lebanon?

A friend sent me the above picture few days ago and asked me if it was feasible to make use of the Kleiat airport for commercial landings and take offs. I answered that renovating the Kleiat airport is not that costly and is feasible but there's no political will to do so, which I won't discuss on the blog because it's useless. Here are 5 reasons why we need a second airport in Lebanon: 1-…
Lebanon

Cash Flow 2 Review: Should Have Stopped At 1

9 years ago
To be honest, the title should have been “Should Have Stopped At 0” because the first Cash Flow movie is as bad as its sequel. I really wanted to say a couple of positive things ...
Critiques

Why is It so Hard To Approve The Civil Defense Volunteers Decree?

9 years ago
The government failed today to pass a decree that would have made Civil Defense volunteers full-time workers because they ran out of time! The volunteers have been protesting for almost 2 months now, they vowed ...
Critiques

“Gods of Egypt” Movie Renamed to “Kings of Egypt” in Lebanon

9 years ago
via Jad Does anyone know why Gerard Butler’s latest movie “Gods of Egypt” was renamed to “Kings of Egypt” in Lebanon? I first thought it was a mistake but then I noticed the same poster ...
Middle East

Another Amazing Mashup By Noel Kharman: Evanescence’s My Immortal + Fairouz

9 years ago
After singing Adele’s Hello with a Fairouz twist, Palestinian Artist Noel Kharman just added a Fairouz twist to one of Evanescence’s most popular songs: My Immortal. Ba3dak 3ala Bali matches perfectly with My Immortal and ...
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