Presidential Palace Has No Right To Ban Reporters

Al Jadeed reporter Layal Saad was denied entrance to the Presidential Palace's press office last week because of a previous incident that took place months ago where Saad referred to the president as ‘Aoun’ and not ‘his excellency President Aoun’. Layal claims that she was verbally abused after that first incident and that she referred to the president as 'Aoun' off the air, while Baabda claims she offended the President of the Republic during a…

How Much Money Did Your Municipality Receive Since 1993?

The Gherbal Initiative launched an interactive page showing all the amounts transferred from the revenues of the Municipal Fund to all municipalities since 1993 until 2017 . Here are some interesting numbers: - Beirut municipality received 88,118,039,000 LBP in 2019 while Zahle received 86,661,993,608 LBP since 1993. - Mount Lebanon received 1,529,703,094,941 LBP since 1993, twice as much as North Lebanon . - Akkar & Baalbeck-Hermel received the lowest amounts since 1993, followed by Bekaa…

Former PM Hassan Diab Left The Country Before His Scheduled Questioning

Judge Bitar, who's in charge of the Beirut blast, had summoned former Prime Minister Hassan Diab back in August 26, but Diab failed to appear. He then rescheduled the questioning for September 20, but Diab decided to travel to the US instead to visit his kids for few weeks. Diab claims he made it clear that he intends to travel after the government was formed, but that's no excuse not to schedule his flight date…

#TalkingSavesLives: Appreciation Post For “Embrace” & Their Tireless Efforts

No words are enough to describe the passion and dedication behind the "Embrace" team. Despite all the challenges that they're facing, their young front-liners are bringing a glimpse of hope back to a fallen nation, and working tirelessly to be there for those in need. Embrace is a Lebanese NGO dedicated to Mental Health with a mission to raise awareness and provide direct support to the community via the 1564 National Lifeline and the Embrace…
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Information Minister George Kordahi is Off to a Bad Start

4 years ago
Lebanon’s newly appointed information minister, TV star George Kordahi, called on the media in his first official statement to refrain from hosting politicians who claim that we will go to hell. He continued by asking ...
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Alephia 2053

4 years ago
I just finished “Alephia 2053” and I was pleasantly surprised by how good it was despite being 50 minutes long. Alephia 2053 is the first dystopian animation movie produced in Lebanon and has gathered the ...
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#Beirut Arthaus Named Among Elle Decor’s Most Beautiful New Hotels

4 years ago
On August 4th 2020, one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history pulverized the Beirut port and damaged over half the city. On that same day, Arthaus Beirut Boutique hotel, a 25-room Gemmayze property set ...
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The Full “Controversial” Interview of the New Social Affairs Minister

4 years ago
Hector Hajjar, the newly appointed Minister of Social Affairs, is trending online because of his comments on diapers and napkins in a recent interview. According to Hajjar, diapers and napkins are not essential and we ...
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