Betheminister: Travel To Thailand’s ITU Summit With The Telecom Ministry
Check out this new competition organized by the Telecom Ministry and get a chance to fly to Thailand to attend the ITU Summit. Go to and answer the questions, they are quite easy. Mohammad Chahrour was the winner of the last BeTheMinister competition held back in February 2013.
The 10 Silliest Acts Of Censorship In Lebanon
Here's a nice compilation of the ten silliest acts of censorship in Lebanon written by Matt Nash from NowLebanon. The Steven Spielberg "Tintin movie" censorship which we posted first about made it to the list. 1- The Untouchable Sayyed 2- Jews?? Ban! 3- Fayrouz banned from local radio for six months back in 1969 4- Honest Abes all 5- Censorsing a play about censorship 6- Help The Movie 7- Director Steven Spielberg and The Tintin…
Why do Arabs say “What’s the news” (Chou el Akhbar) ?
Source Chou el Akhbar? Chou Akhbarak? are common Arabic greetings that we hear a lot in Lebanon. Here's a possible explanation from ArabGlot as to where this greeting originated from and why it is used so commonly in the Arab world. “Meanwhile the old man had made coffee and set out dates for us to eat. Hamad said, ‘He is the Christian.’ The old man asked, ‘Is he the Christian who travelled last year with…
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Eva Ghazal, 13 years old, Kidnapped and Forced in to Marriage in Bekaa
12 years ago[YouTube] The Sheikh who approved the marriage should be put in prison, as well as the sick man who took the girl from her family. Let’s see if the authorities will work on freeing the ...
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Zahlé First Arab City to be designated as a UNESCO Creative City
12 years ago[YouTube] Zahlé joined the network in the gastronomy category. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has designated Brazzaville (Republic of Congo), Zahlé (Lebanon), Kraków (Poland) and Fabriano (Italy) as new members of ...
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Buying Polaroids In Lebanon
12 years agoInstaleb.com is a website that sells polaroid cameras in Lebanon. Here are the models available for sale: – The legendary SX-70 – The Impulse series – The supercolor 635 CL series For the lovers of ...
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Ghadi Darwish: The First Lebanese Baby Born Without A Sect
12 years agoNidal Darwiche and Kholoud Succariyeh had a baby boy over the weekend, the first Lebanese baby registered with the sect field left blank. President Sleiman congratulated the couple and the Lebanese people as a whole. ...