Women in Politics 2014 Report: Lebanon At The Bottom of Rankings

According to The Women In Politics Map 2014, Lebanon only has 3.1 percent of female representation and was ranked at the 139th position, noting that the last position is the 145th. There are currently only four women in the 128-member parliament in Lebanon and only one woman in the government . Quite shameful. Check out the whole map and an article on these rankings .

Lebanon MMA Heavy Weight Champion Mark Tanios Defeats Egyptian Mohamad Abdel Karim At Bahrain’s Desert Force Championship

Mark Tanios is the guy on the right Lebanese Champion Mark Tanios claimed his second consecutive win in the MMA Heavy Weight Title after defeating Egyptian Mohamad Abdel Karim at the Desert Force Championship that was held in Bahrain last week. He got unanimous decision over the Egyptian fighter and is now a step closer to the regional MMA Heavy Weight Title. Congrats to Mark and to the Lebanese Mixed Martial Arts Committee who is…

Apple Acquires Burstly, A Daher Capital Company

Apple has acquired Burstly, a software company that helps developers create smartphone and tablet applications. Burstly currently owns TestFlight, an iOS service that allows programmers to release and manage beta software to a limited audience, and an ad management platform called SkyRocket. Burstly is a Daher Capital company, which is a Beirut-based family business founded and led by Michel Daher. You can read more about the acquisition on , and . For those of you…
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The Selfiest Cities in the World: Beirut Ranked 210

12 years ago
According to Time, Makati City known as the financial center of the Philippines is the Selfie Capital of the World, or the capital where people take the most selfies. Manhattan came in second spot followed ...
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Zouk Power Plant Emissions Reduced by 80%

12 years ago
Taken by Avedis The Minitry of Energy and Water announced back in July that emissions were reduced by 80 percent at the Zouk Mosbeh power plant. I wonder how bad the emissions were given that ...
Critiques

Lebanese Cameraman Samir Kassab Still Missing In Syria

12 years ago
I don’t know why Samir’s story is not over the news like the Maaloula nuns, but he’s a Lebanese who’s gone missing along with Sky News Arabia Mauritanian correspondent Ishak Moctar back in October 2013 ...
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Easy Catch For The Lebanese Police

12 years ago
Out of the law. ...
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