Why Most Lebanese History Books End at 1943
So without agreement, Lebanese schools often choose textbooks based on the religion or their students. VOA apparently wants to make sure the whole world understands how messed up we are.
360 Skate Park in Dbayeh
I was visiting friends in Dbayeh on Sunday when I noticed a sign that said "360 Skate Park" so I followed the sign until I got to a skate park right before O'Ciel venue. It was a rainy day so there was no one there but I asked some guy who apparently works at the park and he told me it is packed on weekends usually. I couldn't find any online information on the park…
Alfa Telecom’s Twitter Flop
Picture via Kriks Update: +961 also posted about it . Update2: Original Story via Patrick Chemaly. Alfa Telecom ran a competition on Twitter to offer its followers two tickets for the upcoming ArabNet Conference and ended up selecting a winner from their own staff . They disqualified the guy as soon as people found out and reported him but what I found was funny is that whomever ran this competition didn't double check on the…
Night-Ski Event at the Cedars
I've had the opportunity once to ski all the way from the Cedars ski slope to the Cedars forest but I never skied at night. This is the first night-ski event organized this year at the Cedars and it looks really cool. Skiing at 9pm, having drinks on the slopes and then an open party till 2am. Here's a to the event and here are videos showing you what to expect: I found this video…
Events
First Impression + Pictures: Empire Premiere
13 years agoI couldn’t resist not taking a nap on these couches I just got back from Empire Premiere‘s launch in Sodeco and I have to say it wasn’t at all what I expected. I thought it ...
Humor
Butt-naked guy jumping around NDU
13 years agoFrom what I’ve been told, the reason he did that is because of a bet he lost. Thanks Elias ...
Information
December 1982 trailer
13 years agoThe film will premiere on March 30th, 2013 at 7pm at the Reynolds Performance Hall on the University of Central Arkansas campus. It looks like a nice movie which is why I emailed them to ...
Critiques
The Lebanese diaspora: A tale of two traders
13 years agoGood education, adaptability and networks helped Lebanese succeed outside their country. That’s a positive thing that came out of our “wasta” system for a change. Check out the full article [Here]. ON A recent flight ...