Lebanese Maxime Chaaya Rowing the Indian Ocean

Maxime Chaaya is going for quite an extraordinary, once-in-a-lifetime adventure, that is rowing the Indian Ocean. The voyage will begin in Western Australia and end in Mauritius, covering over 4000 miles . This is quite a risky adventure with a lot of perils so let's wish him the best of luck. Let's also hope we'll be able to track his progress and get updates and pictures along the trip. You can read more about it…

رجعت حليمه على عوايدا القديمة

Picture taken from NowLebanon When I read the article Jamil posted, I couldn't help but remember the old Beirut airport and how chaotic things were back then. Quite sad to learn that we are going back to these days noting that the Airport administration is not the only one to blame here. Thank you Simon!

Crime Statistics in Lebanon

Crime is on the rise in Lebanon and few officials are blaming the Syrian refugees who are now over 400,000 in Lebanon only. To be honest, I think the blame is first on the Lebanese authorities who were unable to control the borders and did not set up proper areas for the refugees. We've been blaming refugees for our own failings for tens of years now without taking any proper measures. Syria is at war…
Critiques

Dolphins spotted off coast of Jounieh

12 years ago
[YouTube] I saw this video being circulated on Twitter and Facebook today and was wondering why people remembered it all of a sudden. As it turns out, RadioSawBeirut decided for some reason to upload a ...
Food

Update: The Cheesecake Factory opening date

12 years ago
According to a source of mine, the Cheesecake Factory is set to open by the end of July or early August at Beirut City Centre. In case you missed it, here’s a [link] to my ...
Economics

Eight Top Lebanese on Wall Street

12 years ago
Picture taken from Executive-Magazine Executive Magazine highlights in its recent articles cases of successful Lebanese across the Big Apple – in retail, food, advertising and even diplomacy. I listed them below but you can read ...
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