Hundreds of AUB Students Protest Against The Raise In Tuition Fees

It is great to see so many people joining the protest against the tuition increase and I hope we will see protests in other universities because the same thing is happening there too. A 37% increase in four years is unacceptable. Hundreds of students at the American University of Beirut turned out Thursday to protest a planned tuition hike scheduled to take effect next year. Students rallied in front of College Hall chanting ‘We won’t…

The Outpost Magazine Crowdfunding Its Second Year

A good friend of mine once gave me a copy of The Outpost and I really enjoyed reading it. I think it's a very promising magazine and a quality and non-commercial one that deserves our support. What they are asking for is a meager amount for a whole year and it would be a shame not to see them reach their goal. Here's a to one of their issues if you wanna check it out.…

A Petition To Save Achrafieh’s Massaad Stairs And Stop The Fouad Boutros Highway

I honestly lost track of what's happening to the Massaad stairs and the nearby green space as I thought they were threatened by the Fouad Boutros highway, not a new building. To recap quickly, Mar Mikhail residents are against the "Hekmeh-Turk", which is basically the planned Fouad Boutros road and wish to turn the green space mentioned in the LBC report to a public garden not a fancy building. To be honest, I think it's…

Statistics On Stolen Cars In Lebanon Over The Last Five Years

Source: Al-Jomhouria Al-Jomhouria posted today statistics related to cars stolen over the past five years in Lebanon. I assume the source is the ISF since the numbers match for the years 2009 and 2010 but the ISF stats are not yet updated. As you can see, the number of stolen cars has almost doubled between 2012 and 2013 and there are around 5000 cars that haven't been returned and that we know nothing about. The…
Movies & Television

Review: 300 Rise of an Empire

11 years ago
300: Rise of an empire is the sequel to the awesome 300 movie that came out few years back and that I’ve personally watched 5 times. It’s basically a follow-up of 300 with events taking ...
Beirut

Interior Minister Poster Placed On A Road Sign

11 years ago
It seems the new interior minister’s supporters are making his job a bit more difficult by placing his posters on road signs. Luckily for us, the new minister asked that all posters be removed. ...
Lebanon

French International Basketball Player Ali Traoré Joins Amchit Club

11 years ago
I still think Riyadi is the team to beat this year, but things are going to get tougher for them with French Centre Ali Traoré joining Amchit alongside Fadi el Khatib and Jeremiah Massey. Amchit ...
Lebanon

Lebanese Ziad Doueiri’s Upcoming Movie Foreign Affairs Among The Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014

11 years ago
We never got to see Ziad Doueiri’s last movie “The Attack” because it was banned in Lebanon. Let’s hope we get to see this one in Lebanese theathers specially that it was placed in the ...
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