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Najib
Mar 20, 2015 12:56
Joumana Haddad is Lebanese journalist, activist, poet, instructor, author and the head of the cultural pages for An Nahar newspaper, as well as the editor-in-chief of Jasad magazine, a controversial Arabic magazine specialized in the literature and arts of the body. She's an exceptional woman that speaks seven languages and was recently ranked among the 100 Most Powerful Arab Women in 2015. Joumana was supposed to fly to Bahrain on the 6th of April to…
Posted By
Najib
Mar 20, 2015 08:46
The partial solar eclipse is seen from the heart of the Lebanese capital Beirut, 29 March 2006. Lebanon as well as most Arab countries will witness a partial solar eclipse today. The partial eclipse will start at 10:45AM and will last for around 2 hours. Unfortunately, it looks like it's going to be cloudy today so chances are we won't be able to see much of the solar eclipse but it's still a cool thing.…
Posted By
Najib
Mar 19, 2015 05:24
I don't know who's running this account but they were live tweeting during the panel with ISF and TMC representatives and interacting with all the tweeps and it was pretty funny. Speaking of Arabnet, it ended today and I will post a quick roundup on the interesting and exciting things in the days to come.
Posted By
Najib
Mar 19, 2015 08:52
Update :: Here's a small french text I found about the monument "Le groupe en bronze sculpté par un italien du nom de Mazzucati a pris la place du monument en pierre de Youssef Hoyeck représentant deux femmes, l’une chrétienne, l’autre musulmane. Considérées comme pas assez «glorieuses», les pleureuses Hoyeck n’on connu qu’heurs et malheurs: Attaquées par un fou en 1948, déboulonnées en 1960, elles furent retrouvées enduites de goudron dans un dépôt avant d’être…
Automotive
11 years ago
I think we all agree that Lebanon needs a new traffic law and I’m glad that the authorities finally managed to draft a new modern traffic law but the question remains whether they will be ...
Beirut
11 years ago
I shared a picture yesterday of Beirut’s Nejmeh Square (Place de l’Etoile) as it turned green to celebrate Ireland’s National Day. The #GoGreen4PatricksDay initiative was organized by the Irish Consulate in Beirut and the Irish ...
Critiques
11 years ago
Internet censorship is wrong and a lot of bloggers, Twitter and Facebook users are still being summoned or questioned by the authorities for posts or pictures they either published or shared. In the absence of ...
Lebanon
11 years ago
“For better or for worse, you’ve come to personify all that’s wrong with many people’s belief about the escalation of violence in sports,”. That’s what the judge told Bassel Saad after he sentenced him to ...
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