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Najib
Dec 21, 2021 06:23
Lebanon Central Bank governor spoke to AFP earlier this today and revealed that Lebanon needs approximately between 12 and 15 billion dollars to kickstart recovery. He also added that the official exchange rate is 'no longer realistic' and that the the mandatory reserves are down to 12.5 billion dollars only. Unfortunately, any billions we get from abroad will not help recovery as long as those in power are not held accountable for decades of corruption…
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Najib
Dec 21, 2021 03:57
For those of you who did not catch on the #HummusForLebanon campaign back in May, Al Wadi Al Akhdar is launching the second wave of the Hummus initiative during December to incite further people to help out Lebanese children in need. The idea is simple: For every #HummusForLebanon kit purchased on the website, two Hummus cans will be donated to a Lebanese child in partnership with 4 reliable Lebanese NGOs: Himaya, SOS, Ayadina and Oumniati.…
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Najib
Dec 14, 2021 04:10
Toufiluk, a Lebanese comedian and influencer, was arrested today as soon as he landed in Beirut's airport and his passport was confiscated. The reason? Insulting the Lebanese Presidency. Toufiluk, whose real name is Toufic Breidy, has to show up at the General Security office for interrogation in the next 72 hours. Yes, it's illegal to insult the Lebanese presidency by law, yet this law is archaic and is being used arbitrarily to intimidate and silence…
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Najib
Dec 14, 2021 03:51
Few weeks after Dar Al Jadeed, a publishing house founded by Lokman Slim and his sister Rasha Al Ameer in 1990, received the 2021 International Publishers' Association Prix Voltaire award, Monika Borgmann who is Lokman's wife, was awarded this year's Franco-German Human Rights Awards for her work. Quoting German Ambassador Andreas Kindl, Borgmann has been a steadfast voice on reconciliation and against a culture of impunity. Borgmann won the award for her work at UMAM…
Food
4 years ago
Zaatar W Zeit has officially opened its first branch in Egypt. The branch will be located in New Cairo at White by The Waterway. The opening day was on Friday the 26th of November. Zaatar ...
Health
4 years ago
IMPACT, the inter-ministerial and municipal platform for assessment, coordination and tracking, announced today that Lebanon’s Health Ministry vaccine certificate is now recognized by the European Union Digital COVID certificate System, which means that the COVID-19 ...
Lebanon
4 years ago
We celebrate Eid el-Berbara today in Lebanon, where people dress up in costumes and visit family, friends and neighbors to wish them well. The tradition also involves singing Berbara songs, growing and eating sweetened wheat ...
Lebanon
4 years ago
2021 was unfortunately yet another year marked by protests, violence and instability for Lebanon. Unlike the years where extravagant Christmas trees or festivals would tour the world, Reuters has featured Mohamed Azakir’s photo of an ...
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