Lebanese Lawyers Delegation Assaulted In Cairo

Members of the Syrian delegation assaulted Fadi Saad, a Lebanese lawyer, after he spoke against the Syrian army and the Syrian regime during the 23rd conference for Arab lawyers that was being held in Egypt. You'd expect lawyers to be the last people to resort to violence but then again everything is different in the Arab world.

Miss Lebanon’s Selfie Photo-bombed By Miss Israel

PS: It seems Miss Israel photobombed Sally's selfie by taking her own selfie. This calls for a new hashtag #Incelfie :P I just noticed people have been tweeting all day at Miss Lebanon Sally Jreij because of a selfie that included her and Miss Israel. I looked a bit and found that Miss Lebanon's manager issued a statement where she says that she was being harassed by Miss Israel and that Miss Israel photo bombed…

A Cool Tribute To Faten Hamama By Lebanese-Texan Artist Corinne Martin

Update: Check out this amazing tribute by Magda Abu-Fadil from The Huffington Post. Faten Hamama, an iconic Egyptian film star and the "Lady of the Arabic screen" has passed away yesterday at the age of 83. Faten Hamama lived in Beirut and London between 1966 and 1971 as she was being harassed by Egyptian intelligence during that time. She was awarded the "Al-Arz" decoration by the Lebanese President in 2001 and got an honorary doctorate…

Gas Prices Might No Longer Drop In Lebanon

Update : It appears that the government won't be fixing any prices and the prices will drop by more than 1,000 Lebanese Lira tomorrow. Gas prices have dropped by over 13,000 Lebanese Liras from last year until now in Lebanon, and they should normally continue to drop since oil prices are plunging worldwide. However, it appears that the Lebanese authorities and the concerned ministries want to put an end to this drop and set a…
Beirut

Forever 21 Now Open At City Centre Beirut

11 years ago
I had posted back in September that Forever 21 is set to open early January and today is the official opening. ...
Lebanon

#Lebanon Has The Highest Per Capita Concentration of Refugees in The World: 257 refugees per 1,000 inhabitants

11 years ago
The UN announced last week that Syrians have overtaken Afghans as the largest refugee population (aside from Palestinians) as they’ve fled to over 100 countries to escape war in Syria. They are more than 3 ...
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Nutella’s Controversial Billboard

11 years ago
Picture via Rania el Khatib People are apparently upset with the above Nutella billboard because it shows Christian names with the English version and Muslim names (Except for Sarah which is not Muslim) with the ...
Beirut

Isn’t That The Old Elie Saab Logo?

11 years ago
I first thought it was Elie Saab until I re-read and noticed it’s Saba not Saab. However, I’m almost sure Elie Saab had the same logo with the same font and different thickness for the ...
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