Posted By
Najib
Oct 17, 2013 10:20
The crew on board the Polarcus Adira in the Mediterranean Sea - Picture from The DailyStar I was reading an article on the "serious concerns over transparency in Lebanon's oil and gas process" and they mentioned Lebanon's ranking in the ‘public trust in politicians’ category as per the The Global Competitiveness Report 2013-2014. I looked up the report and we "proudly" ranked last in that category. Moreover, the report stated the below as the top…
Posted By
Najib
Oct 17, 2013 06:12
Michel Daher is the founder and chairman of Daher Capital. He also founded Master Chips and Poppins, two of the largest FMCG companies in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as the very first hedge fund in Lebanon and Master Capital Group, the largest independent non-bank affiliated financial services company. Michel Daher is the first Lebanese to ring the Wall Street Stock Exchange opening bell in 2010, and the only other Lebanese person…
Posted By
Najib
Oct 17, 2013 04:26
I've seen at least two Lebanese channels share these studies and discuss them but a simple looks at the original article and graph show that we have 5,000,000 unmarried women in Lebanon . I know that's probably a typing mistake but it says a lot about this so-called study. More importantly, this whole concept of "عنوسة" should not be even considered as it is demeaning to women. If a woman is 40 years old and…
Posted By
Najib
Oct 17, 2013 10:12
Last week's Kalam Ennas episode was about "Mim", a private museum displaying Lebanese Salim Edde's collection of over 1400 minerals, representing more than 300 different species from over 60 countries. Eddé's collection is considered as one of the world's paramount private collections which is impressive to say the least. The museum is located on the Saint-Joseph University campus and is set to open very soon. Given that we barely have any museums in Lebanon, I…
Information
12 years ago
According to this report, 29.8 million people live in modern slavery globally, out of which nearly 4000 in Lebanon. Honestly speaking, I am not sure how accurate this report is as it is estimated that ...
Baladi
12 years ago
Downtown Beirut by Michaelallangrant, on Flickr Condé Nast Traveler announced the winners of its 26th annual Readers’ Choice Awards two days ago and Beirut made it as one of the World’s best cities. It’s quite ...
Beirut
12 years ago
Eugene Martin’s “Beirut” Show Unfortunately, there are still gun battles taking place in Beirut every now and then and the last one was yesterday in Tariq el Jdidé. The area of Beirut, Philadelphia is just ...
Lebanon
12 years ago
[YouTube] Despite conceding a goal in the first half-time, Lebanon had a great second half against against the Kuwaiti team and could have won the game but only managed to score the equalizing goal. A ...
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