Posted By
Najib
May 28, 2015 10:33
A big fire broke out around 2am today at Skybar Beirut causing some major damages. I'm not really sure what happened as I was unable to get in touch with anyone yet but I read in the Daily Star that it could be due to an electrical short circuit. Skybar was scheduled to open next week but I'm not sure they can fix all this mess in time. I will keep you posted as soon…
Posted By
Najib
May 27, 2015 11:32
This is the flag of the Trucial States, which were a group of sheikhdoms in the south eastern Persian Gulf and signatories to treaties with the British government and later on became the United Arab Emirates in 1971. As you can see, the flag is pretty much the Lebanese flag without the Cedar tree. I looked up the meaning of the flag, and while the red was a traditional color, the white was imposed by…
Posted By
Najib
May 27, 2015 08:57
There are things you can get used to in Lebanon, like traffic and reckless driving but some things just don't make any sense and no matter how many times I see them, I can't get over them: Here are some of the things that annoy me on my way from Jounieh to Achrafieh every day: 1- All of Jounieh's intersections don't make any sense. They just cause more traffic. 2- The military base in the…
Posted By
Najib
May 26, 2015 05:21
via Al-Akhbar The number of registered Syrian refugees in Lebanon has surpassed the 1 million mark this year, and our country has the highest per capita concentration of refugees in the world with 257 refugees per per 1,000 inhabitants yet we've been having a major shortage of Syrian skilled workers ever since the Lebanese authorities decided to impose visa restrictions. Lebanon's agricultural sector is among the most severely hit as the number of laborers dropped…
Food
10 years ago
Helado has been my all-time favorite ice-cream place for quite some time in Lebanon but its only inconvenient is that the shop is tiny, there’s no parking space around it and it gets really crowded ...
Advertising
10 years ago
Unlike the Solet horrible teaser, this is actually a smart campaign and for a good cause that concerns us all. Can you guess what it is for? Update: It’s a Donner Sang Compter campaign which ...
Lebanon
10 years ago
I was watching Yasmine Hamdan, another highly talented Lebanese artist, when I read about Ely Dagher winning the Palme D’or at the 69th Cannes Film Festival for his short movie Waves ’98. Ely is the ...
Lebanon
10 years ago
via MEA Since Middle East Airlines is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, I thought I dig out old posters and pictures to reflect on these 70 years and how things have changed. Enjoy! PS: ...
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