Beware of Fishy Contractors Digging Up Your Neighborhoods

Update: The company who was digging is called Caporal and Moretti on behalf of the Ministry of Telecom. They came today and fixed the lines and everything. A couple of weeks back, I was visiting a friend at his place and we were working on an online project when the internet went off for some reason. We tried resetting the DSL router but then noticed the landline wasn't working anymore. At this moment, my friend…

Can Someone Explain To Me Why Nurseries Were Closed Today?

I can understand to a certain extent closing down schools because there's a storm and roads are bad but why did our Health Minister decide to close down nurseries as well?? Parents usually take their kids to the nursery because they work all day and have no other place to leave them. What are they supposed to do in that case? Take a day off because the Minister said so? If we can't drive our…

Who’s Going To Remove The Tons Of Garbage From Valleys And Mountains?

Picture by Joelle Boutros The picture above shows the "Garbage valley" in Beit Mery . The municipality, just like many other municipalities around Lebanon, has been illegally dumping trash in the valley for months now. What they're doing is a crime against nature and against the residents, and the worst part is that the government won't be removing any of that trash anytime soon. So the question is: who's going to clean our mountains and…
Lebanon

18 Old & Recent Pictures to Celebrate AUB’s 150th Anniversary!

9 years ago
I compiled a list of old pictures of the American University of Beirut from 1890 until today to celebrate its 150th anniversary. I found old photos from 1890, 1907, 1910, the 1920s, 1930, 1942, 1953, ...
Humor

A Scandal in Beirut in 1976–A Dream Come True in 2016

9 years ago
On January 18, 1976, Beirut experienced a major blackout for a total of 20 minutes due to the ongoing fights. A 20 minute blackout was considered a scandal at the time even though the country ...
Lebanon

#UpForSchool: Three Brothers Rapping To Help 1 Million Refugees Go To School

9 years ago
We are currently witnessing the world’s worst refugee crisis in decades and the victims are first and foremost the children. Millions of refugee children are unable to attend schools and end up on the streets ...
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Alert To All Lebanese Girls: Here’s How To Get Him To Call You Back & Turn Your Ex Jealous

9 years ago
After seeing those ads, I think we owe Seif Beauty clinic an apology. ...
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