Lebanese Artist Roy Dib Wins Teddy Award For Best Short Film At Berlinale

Roy Dib's Mondial 2010 won the TEDDY Award for The Best Short Film at the Berlin International Film Festival. His movie is about a "a Lebanese gay couple who decides to take a road trip to Ramallah. The film is recorded with their camera as they chronicle their journey. The protagonists and the viewers are invited through the couple’s conversations into the universe of a fading city." I don't know if Roy is planning to…

In Pictures: Dual Bombings Rock Beirut’s Southern Suburbs

via @TMCLebanon Two powerful explosions were heard earlier today in Beirut's Southern Suburbs near the Kuwaiti Embassy and an Iranian cultural center. Early reports are saying the attack was carried out by two suicide bombers, one driving a car and the second on a motorcycle. At least three were reported killed so far and over 40 injured. It's been almost 3 weeks now since the last bombing and this is the first one after the…

Lebanon Drops 5 Spots From Last Year In The Press Freedom Index 2014

Syria is the worst ranked Arab country in 177th spot . Kuwait is the best ranked Arab country in the 91st spot. Here's the list of Arab Countries and their respective ranking: Syria - 177 Saudi Arabia - 164 Bahrain - 163 Iraq - 153 Jordan - 141 Palestine - 138 Oman - 134 UAE - 118 Qatar - 113 Kuwait - 91 Lebanon had dropped 8 spots last year and 5 more spots this…
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Ex-Interior Minister Marwan Charbel Tears Up In Farewell Speech

12 years ago
[YouTube] He’s a genuine person but I won’t miss him as an Interior Minister. ...
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Heavy Celebratory Gunfire For The Second Night In A Row In Beirut

12 years ago
[Youtube] Two days ago it was Nasrallah giving a speech and yesterday it was Berri on TV. This has to stop no matter who’s giving a speech or showing on some TV show. Maskhara! Video ...
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Happy In Lebanon: The Lebanese Version of Pharrell Williams’ Happy Song

12 years ago
[YouTube] I was hoping to compile the entries I got and upload the video by this weekend but it seems someone has been working on it already. I wish they had seen the post and ...
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Hashem el Madani, Akram Zaatari and Saida’s Studio Shehrazade

12 years ago
Lebanese Photographer Hashem el Madani has been taking pictures of Saida’s inhabitants over five decades and his archive contains some pretty unusual portraits like the one below. Apparently, it was common in Saida and probably ...
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