Posted By
Najib
Feb 07, 2021 04:41
Moderna's Chairman and co-founder Noubar Afeyan made headlines in Lebanon and around the world when his company announced a vaccine candidate against the COVID-19 virus. Born to Armenian parents in Lebanon, Afeyan immigrated with his family in his early teens to Canada before going to the US and earning a Ph.D. in biochemical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . Moderna includes several other Lebanese-born executives and scientists who were recently decorated with the…
Posted By
Najib
Feb 05, 2021 04:09
Rafik Hariri, George Hawi, Pierre Gemayel, Walid Eido, Francois Hajj, Wissam Eid, Saleh Al Aridi, Wissam al Hassan, Mohamad Chatah, Samir Kassir, Gebran Tueni, Ali Ramez Tohme and yesterday Lokman Slim. Who killed these politicians and journalists? What did the Lebanese authorities do to arrest the perpetrators? to prevent further assassinations? Are there any ongoing investigations? It goes without saying that we will never know who killed these people, and if anything this rotten political…
Posted By
Najib
Jan 23, 2021 07:00
Lebanon has moved in recent weeks to COVID alert level 4, which means we're in an uncontrolled epidemic with limited additional health system capacity available. The test positivity rate is still very high and hospitals are overwhelmed but we can only hope the coming weeks will ease things for Lebanon's medical staff and the people. On a more positive note, the vaccination rollout program was announced this week with the World Bank allocating $34 million…
Posted By
Chadi
Jan 22, 2021 07:46
Alexandre Najjar, Lebanese writer and novelist, was awarded "Le Grand Prix de la Francophonie" by the Academie Francaise. This award acknowledges his thirty-five contribution in his country and around the world to the preservation and embodiment of the French language. This writer is the third Lebanese figure to win this award after Georges Schehadeh in 1986 and Salah Stetieh in 1995. Author of over thirty novels, several plays, and law books, he was also a…
Critiques
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Automotive
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Sports Photographer Akl Yazbeck has won the 11th edition of the Émilie-Poucan Award at the 2021 Dakar Rally that was held in Saudi Arabia. The jury this year exceptionally chose two photos for the award, ...
Critiques
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I am still trying to wrap my heard around this news. Basically, the World Bank announced that it will provide a $246 million loan assistance to the Lebanese government, that will be paid to families ...
