Lebanese Ayah Bdeir Ranked 9th Sexiest Startup CEO Alive

Ayah is the founder and CEO of Littlebits. She's an MIT graduate and was also named number 33 on Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business for 2013. You can check out the full list . Ayah Bdeir was 12 when her dad signed her up for programming lessons. The only problem: “I wanted to be an architect,” she says. Today, Bdeir has merged the two disciplines and created little­Bits, Lego sets for the 21st…

Fun Reads about Beirut For Today

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Legalizing Marijuana in Lebanon

Someone is actually paying money to promote this page lol! On a serious note, and since marijuana is a main source of income for some families and villages in Lebanon, I think the government should make some sort of agreement with these areas and make some money out of it and use it for medical purposes maybe or in restricted cafes. Unfortunately though, this is not the right time for such a move with all…
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Santa Claus Is Not Coming To Town

12 years ago
Christmas ads are already out in Lebanon. I have no clue who’s behind this one though. Update: It is Khoury home indeed. Update2: It turned out to be Samsung. ...
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Old Beirut Metro Map

12 years ago
Source This is a fictional map created by David Hury on his blog “Chroniques Beyrouthines” an old map showing how the Metro could have been in Beirut. Metros and trains are much needed in Lebanon ...
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Tahkik on Akkar And The Indonesian Shipwreck

12 years ago
[YouTube] The little kid’s answer on Minute 22:27 is heartbreaking This week’s report by Claude Hindi sheds the light once again on the underdeveloped and impoverished areas in Akkar and the Indonesian ferry tragedy that ...
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Lebanese are less happy according to the 2013 World Happiness Report

12 years ago
Most of the Arab countries have a higher happiness index than Lebanon except Iraq, Palestinian Territories and Syria. I can’t say I am surprised specially after everything we’ve been through in the past 3 years. ...
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