Lebanese Taking Part in The Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics

The 2020 Summer Olympics are expected to be held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, and there are so far 6 confirmed Lebanese athletes taking part in the the XXXII Olympiad. Here's the list of competitors along with their sport: Judo: Nacif Elias [Men's −81 kg[ Athletics: Noureddine Hadid Shooting: Ray Bassil Swimming: Munzer Kabbara Gabriella Doueihy Weightlifting: Mahassen Fattouh Photo Credits: sportscode

Funds Held by Lebanese in Swiss Banks Up By $2.7 Billion in 2020

EM Economist & Former and previous Director of the Geo-economics and Strategy Programme Alia Moubayed shared some insightful figures this week on the surge in funds held by Lebanese in Swiss Banks since 2019. According to the above chart, "funds have surged on the year by nearly two-thirds...to 6.46bn francs...the highest sum since Swiss National Bank began releasing the data, in 1996". The surge in Swiss banks funds was accompanied by a drop in Lebanese…

Buy Local!

Lebanon doesn't produce much and imports most of its basic needs, but there are still plenty of Lebanese brands that we should support and that are proudly competing with imported products. The video below was produced by Iamnotachef.xyz and aims at promoting and encouraging local competitive brands. Here are the brands featured in this video: * @agrifresh * @ainelakl * @arakfarid * @celinehomemadedelights * @convivioleb * @darmmess * @delic40 * @eshmoonholistics * @fertaike * @j.grove.lebanon…

Mahassen Hala: Lebanon’s First Female Olympic Weightlifter

Mahassen Hala will be the first woman to represent Lebanon internationally in Olympic Weightlifting after having earned the first international medal for Lebanon in the Women's Olympic Weightlifting at the 2018 Mediterranean Games. She was the first woman to represent Lebanon at the IWF World Championship back in 2014. Hala has competed in 2015 at the IWF World Championship held in Houston where she earned the first IWF Olympic Qualification Points for Lebanon by a…
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NowLebanon is Back

4 years ago
With all these newspapers shutting down in Lebanon, it’s good to see NowLebanon was brought back to life. For those who remember it, Now Lebanon was was one of the leading news sources in Lebanon ...
Alcohol

Glenbey Scotch Whisky: Born in Scotland, Raised in Lebanon

4 years ago
Ets. Antoine Massoud & Domaine Des Tourelles have recently launched Glenbey: The first ever Scotch whiskey with a Lebanese Signature. Glenbey is a blended scotch made from a mixture of barley malt and wheat and ...
Critiques

France Considering a Currency Board For Lebanon

4 years ago
Annahar reported yesterday that the French President is considering establishing a currency board for Lebanon in case everything falls apart. Talks about a currency board had emerged earlier this year when Steve H. Hanke, an ...
Health

Good News: COVID-19 Vaccinations Surpass Reported Infections in Lebanon

4 years ago
The number of vaccinated people (first shot) has finally exceeded the number of reported infections in Lebanon as the ministry reported yesterday that 547,596 have received their first vaccine dose while the total number of ...
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