Campaign To Shut Down Beirut’s Public Slaughterhouse in Karantina

I visited the Beirut River months ago and the smells there are horrible. I also passed by the slaughterhouse and there was no one there to supervise the place. Everything is dirty around it, anyone could go in and there are people who actually live there. This is what Compassion in World Farming said after visiting the Karantina Slaughterhouse. “The slaughterhouse is chaos. Everything is coated in a layer of blood, faeces and body parts.…

The New $100 Bill Available In Lebanon

I got more than a week ago the new $100 bill. The only thing I didn't like was the gold 100 on the back but it was put there to help those with visual impairments distinguish the denomination. It should be already available for distribution in Lebanese banks.
Critiques

Nelson Mandela Gets A Mourning Day In Lebanon While Wadih El Safi Doesn’t

12 years ago
via LebanonFiles Even if Nelson Mandela is not Lebanese, he’s one of the greatest leaders the world has ever witnessed and he deserves to be mourned in every country for what he stood for but ...
Lebanon

Israeli Tirashrash

12 years ago
[YouTube] They can steal our Tirashrash but they will never take Hummus away from us. PS: If you ever wondered what Tirashrash means, click [here]. Via Imad ...
Books

Launch of Joumana Haddad’s “Superman is an Arab” in Arabic

12 years ago
It’s happening today at Biel in Beirut between 7pm and 9pm. For those of you who don’t know who Joumana Haddad is, you can check out my previous post [Here]. Joumana is a quite an ...
Critiques

How Saad Hariri Commemorated Nelson Mandela’s Passing

12 years ago
via QifaNabki Qifa Nabki argues that it was an insulting tweet as Saad Hariri referred to Mandela as a rare piece of brown gold. I do agree and don’t see why he (or his PR ...
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