Beirut City Centre officially opening on April 4th

Majid Al Futtaim Properties announced today that the long-awaited Beirut City Centre will open its doors to the Lebanese community on April 4th. This will Al Futtaim’s first mall in the Levant region. Here are few things that will be found at Beirut City Centre that I have mentioned in earlier posts: - Lebanon's first Carrefour hypermarket. - The first Magic Planet family entertainment centre. - A state-of-the-art VOX Cinemas multiplex. - Victoria's Secret -…

The Social Media Awards Finalists

Update: Check out the official final lists BlogBaladi made it to the last 7 Finalists for the Blog of the Year Award and News Blog of the Year Award. I am glad to see most of my nominations selected as finalists as well. Here are the Social Media Awards Finalists for some categories as announced during a press release held at Phoenicia InterContinental Hotel today. I will post the full lists once they are published.…

Filipino domestic worker left to die in a Lebanese Hospital

In a 2008 report, HRW found that there had been an average of one death a week from unnatural causes among domestic workers in Lebanon, including suicide and falls from tall buildings. We are in 2013 and still no laws were amended to stop the abuse of foreign workers. Here's a link to the original article by LOrient LeJour.
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Syria blocking Lebanese exports

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Source We’ve been having this problem for years and the solution is pretty simple even though it might prove a bit more costly. Use the sea as a mode of transportation and keep the Lebanese ...
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DevAppLB PitchFest

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There’s an increasing number of Lebanese coming up with new ideas and mobile apps but most of them lack the proper funding to execute their idea or develop and promote their app. PitchFest is an ...
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CNN Travel: 10 Best Bars in Beirut

13 years ago
Source Here are 10 places where Beirut warms up, gets hot and winds down according to CNN Travel. 1. Dragonfly 2. Torino Express 3. Kayan 4. February 30 5. Bar ThreeSixty 6. Internazionale 7. Ferdinand ...
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Energy & Natural Resources in Lebanon

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U.S. drafts compromise for Lebanon-Israel dispute A large number of gas reservoirs have been identified along the Lebanese coast and these discoveries have finally prompted Lebanese officials to pass the long-awaited decree 9438 back in ...
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