LinkedIn to include new ‘Wasta’ section for Middle East markets

Hilarious stuff from the Pan-Arabia Enquirer and the comments are as epic as ever! Read the full article and comments . In an announcement made this morning, the company revealed that the ‘Wasta’ category would be launched next month and would instantly allow its “10 million plus users across the region to update their profiles with important information about who they know, who they’re related to and any other influential connections that could improve their…

Register For The 2014 Raid Des Cedres Through the Rangers Events App

The "Raid Des Cedres" is a yearly event organized by the Rangers Regiment and that I would love to go to one day . The race starts at the Cedars of Tannourine usually and ends in the Cedars Forest in Becharre. This year the Lebanese Army launched an app to register for the event and get to know about other activities they're organizing throughout the year. There are 3 types of races you can register…

What Happened With Loren Woods In the Riyadi – Champville Basketball Game

Loren Woods, a former NBA player and currently playing with Riyadi Beirut, got into a fight with two Champville players in the last game that opposed them. The fight was cut out from the full game video uploaded by LBCI but put back on Ghayyath's show "Inside Game". To begin with, I am glad LBCI kept the fight online for all us to see and I think they should do the same to any incident…

Lebanese Jews in New York: Longing for Home

Picture taken from Beirut's Maghen Abraham Synagogue FB Page In 1932, the population census of Lebanon indicated there were 3,588 Jews Living in Lebanon. The number of Jews still living in Lebanon today is estimated to be less than 200. Check out this nice read by Dalal Mawad. Check out also these old pictures of Weddings and Bar Mitzvah at Beirut’s Maghen Abraham Synagogue. Sasson is a Lebanese Jew, born and raised in Beirut. She…
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The Most Powerful Lebanese Women – 2014

12 years ago
Arabian Business released their “100 most powerful Arab women 2014″ list and 17 Lebanese women were ranked among the top 100, with Swatch’s Nayla Hayek climbing 2 ranks from last year to 6th position. UAE’s ...
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FAIL: Sukleen Worker Cart To Cover Up A Hole

12 years ago
Spotted in Cola area by TimesOfLebanon I wonder who this cart belongs to. ...
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Tripoli Celebrates Zambo Carnival Before Lent

12 years ago
[YouTube] The Zambo carnival is a yearly tradition that Christians in Tripoli Mina celebrate before the beginning of the lent. They wear tribal clothes, paint their skins in dark colors and put on scary masks ...
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The Oscars 2014: Seven Awards for Gravity, Leonardo DiCaprio Still Without An Oscar

12 years ago
Best Original Song – Let It Go, Frozen I really thought DiCaprio should have won an Oscar for his performance in The Wolf Of Wall Street. Here’s a list of all the winners at the ...
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