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Najib
Dec 28, 2015 10:10
Grégoire Haddad was a bishop and at some point Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Beirut and Jbeil, yet he believed in secularism, was among the first to strike his religious affiliations from his civil records and supported civil marriage. He believed that the idea of a civil marriage is harder to apprehend among the Christians because Christian figures "feared loss of power and money" and asked Lebanese to fight for this idea.…
Posted By
Najib
Dec 28, 2015 08:58
has just published this morning its blogging statistics and awards for 2015 and BlogBaladi emerged as Lebanon's Most Influential Blog of 2015, also known as Lebanon's Blog of the year which is awesome news! What I love about these statistics is that they are not based on subjective opinions, but on hard data gathered and analyzed from the thousands of posts that were published and indexed this year, and I thank Mustapha for going through…
Posted By
Najib
Dec 27, 2015 02:51
via Siestke New Year's Eve is 4 days away and I'm sure a lot of people didn't decide on what to do yet, but it's not too late unless you were planning to travel somewhere. Here are four ways to spend your NYE: 1- Book a chalet or a small apartment in the mountains: Faraya, Kfardebian, Faqra, Zahle and the Cedars are still popular destinations to celebrate New Year's Eve even if it barely snowed…
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Najib
Dec 26, 2015 03:03
Sakkir el Dekkene ran a poll to determine the best Christmas gift for Lebanese politicians and 59% voted for a first class expulsion airline ticket . As a result, Dekkene decided to visit all politicians and give them the ticket but only Boutros Harb and Ali Hassan Khalil agreed to meet them. I guess most of them were already abroad on a holiday spending our tax money in insanely lavish hotels and resorts. PS: I'm…
Personal
10 years ago
The most wonderful time of year became even more wonderful this year with Baby Brian around. I’ve been reading tips and tricks on how to make his first Christmas a special one but the truth ...
Lebanon
10 years ago
#Christmas at Dhour Choueir – via OnTime Photography Here are selected pictures from Christmas tree and decoration from around Lebanon. I included malls that I visited as well since they usually have the best Christmas ...
Lebanon
10 years ago
Christmas is a time for giving but it’s always important to give to the right organizations & NGOs that are really making a difference in our Lebanese society. Unfortunately, we have more NGOs than people ...
Humor
10 years ago
It took me 2 hours and 35 minutes to get from Achrafieh to Jeita today and things are only going to get worse in the coming days, so here’s a list of things to keep ...
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