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Najib
Jun 27, 2015 09:54
via Mahmoud Ghazayel The picture above was taken in Lebanon back in 2006, however it's not a gay parade but an anti-government demonstration led by the opposition back then. Needless to say, the parties who were organizing this demonstration probably had no clue what these colors stood for and would have never considered demonstrating in favor of same sex marriages. In fact, we still live in a country where people from different religions cannot marry…
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Najib
Jun 26, 2015 07:18
Another mass iftar held by a bunch of activists and well-doers in town. The iftar gathered people from both religions to share iftar on a same table in a one-of-a-kind event where everybody contributed to the table. Mosques and Churches announced Maghrib prayer, the time to break the fast, in an out of this world audio-visual scenery. I was finalizing this post with my friend Natheer when I heard about the terrorist attacks in Kuwait,…
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Najib
Jun 26, 2015 08:58
Said Akl tribute in Gemmayze I'm not sure if my Anthony Bourdain post got CNN interested in my Instagram account, but they asked me to send a couple of pictures that I took in Beirut and they got featured on CNN's iReport which is pretty cool. I wish I could have sent more pictures to show them all the complex elements that make Beirut a beautiful city. The old streets and houses next to the…
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Najib
Jun 25, 2015 04:02
Ramadan is not only a religious occasion, but also a social and cultural one. It is a time to reach out and help those who don't have a home or family to come back or don't have enough to feed their children. This year, Al Rifai has decided to send out drones to deliver special packages to families and individuals in need and help them enjoy Ramadan. The drones, called Angel Drones, will be delivering…
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The 2006 Lebanon War Wikipedia page is in the top 30 most edited Wikipedia pages and controversial topics with over 20,000 revisions, with the most popular ones being George W. Bush and World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
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I watched last night the season finale of CNN’s Parts Unknown with Anthony Bourdain which was shot in Beirut, and I hated every single bit of it except for the short interview with Joumana Haddad. ...
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via Imad I’m not sure if the dot fell or someone removed it on purpose. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was done intentionally haha! ...
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via Forbes The UNHCR released its annual Global Trends Report: World At War on Thursday, and revealed that the number of people displaced by war and persecution has reached a new high whereas one in ...
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