Information Minister George Kordahi is Off to a Bad Start

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 those to let the government and calm down. This statement was strongly condemned by many journalists and the Journalists for Freedom movement which issued the below statement: ٢- لا يا سيادة الإعلامي الوزير، لست أنت ولا أي مسؤول آخر يقرر…

Alephia 2053

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 best Lebanese talents from Rabi’ Sweidan, Jorj Abu Mhayya, Marwan Harb, Jules Kassas, Bassem Breich, Karim Khneiser and many others who came together to tell a story through animation and develop something unique to the Middle East. The movie has…

#Beirut Arthaus Named Among Elle Decor’s Most Beautiful New Hotels

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 in a restored Ottoman building, was scheduled to open. Unfortunately, its owners, Nabil and Zoe Debs, along with its guests experienced together the effects of the horrific explosion that killed innocent lives in the city. The hotel owners were however…

The Full “Controversial” Interview of the New Social Affairs Minister

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 should get used to alternatives, such as cloth diapers. I managed to dig out the full interview as the video circulating ends right before he suggests an alternative to buying water bottles, and it turns out his alternative is setting…
Information

Who Are The New Ministers?

4 years ago
Note: The post is a WIP as I will keep updating it with new information & correcting existing ones. I did a quick search on each of the 24 new ministers and thought I compile ...
Information

Lebanon Finally Forms a Government: Here’s the Full lineup

4 years ago
Lebanon PM Najib Mikati will officially head a 24-member government, ending a 13-month deadlock that saw the country slide deeper into financial chaos and poverty. The government was announced today from Baabda and will be ...
Humor

Lebanese Government Formation Commonly Used Terms

4 years ago
Lebanon has been without a fully functional government for over a year now, and is headed towards more chaos and poverty amid a worsening social and economic crisis. Despite all that, the political parties fighting ...
Critiques

Lebanon 2022 Elections: The Six “Expats” Seats Must Be Cancelled!

4 years ago
The parliamentary law adopted in 2017 was the first to allow expats to cast their votes; however the rules were very poorly publicized, turnout was low, registered voters lists were leaked and the whole process ...
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