Athenee De Beyrouth Construction Finally Finished

When I joined L'Athenee De Beyrouth in the early 90s, the school consisted of two old buildings in Rabieh surrounded by forests. It was a cool place but a temporary one until we move to the new location in Bsalim. Unfortunately, the school's owner died and we had to move to an unfinished school as construction works were put on hold. Luckily though, a new management took over the school a year ago and finished…

FIFA World Cup 2022 could be taken away from Qatar

FIFA President Sepp Blatter asked for findings as to how the tournament was awarded I was surprised when Qatar won the rights to host the World Cup in 2022 3 years ago even though I was sure they had the necessary means to organize a great tournament. However, there's more to it than just money. In fact, the decision taken three years ago is being reconsidered as FIFA's President Sepp Blatter said and I quote…
Critiques

BlogBaladi featured in the WashingtonPost

12 years ago
Source: CNN I was asked to comment on the Naval Yard Shooting in Washington that took place last week by the Washington Post Beirut correspondent and my remarks were featured in the below [article]. In ...
Humor

Expired Army Day Banner

12 years ago
I wouldn’t mind keeping a banner in support of the Lebanese Army but it’s better to take it off when Lebanon is spelled wrong. Army Day is celebrated on August 1st in Lebanon. ...
Events

Lebanese “Surfing For Peace”

12 years ago
Location: Canal Saint-Martin, Paris A dozen of surfers, including a Lebanese, participated in the “Surfing for Peace” day on the Saint-Martin canal in Paris to celebrate “International Peace Day”. Read about it [Here]. Surfing 4 ...
Lebanon

Grendizer – Sammy Clark

12 years ago
[YouTube] A cool live performance sung by the one and only Sammy Clark. ...
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