Lebanese Women Rights and the Nationality Law

Activists from the Nationality Campaign held a sit-in three days ago near the Baabda palace to protest against the Nationality law and ask PM Najib Miqati to reconsider not allowing Lebanese women to pass their nationality on to their children. However, nothing has changed and as you can see from the video above, the ministerial committee in charge of studying this law decided to keep it as is. This means that we join Kuwait, Qatar,…

Sietske and her Kick-Ass Housekeeper

Picture from Sietske in Beirut Like I said on many occasions, I always look forward to Sietske’s posts, not just for the awesome pictures, but also for the exciting stories and adventures that follow and the story of her kick-ass housekeeper is the coolest story I've read on her blog so far. Back in November 2012, Sietske went to participate in the Marathon with her two children and her Ethiopian housekeeper Aragu Sisay and here's…

How to have a civil marriage in Lebanon

Picture from NowLebanon Lebanese couples no longer need to travel to Cyprus to have a civil marriage as there is a legal way to do so in Lebanon. Kholoud Succariyeh and Nidal Darwish are supposedly the first Lebanese couple to marry in a civil ceremony in Lebanon and NowLebanon has all the details on how they made it happen with the help of a civil society activist. Here's a summarized list of steps on how…

AK47s for everyone!

I am not sure if this is anyhow linked to the 50-day 50% campaign but AK47 prices have dropped considerably in Lebanon due to the Syrian crisis and are now being sold for around 600-700$ the piece in Akkar according to Al-Akhbar. I have a strong urge to play Command & Conquer: Zero Hour right now.
Critiques

Why no one wants to visit Lebanon …

13 years ago
Rio De Janeiro – #1 destination for 2013 as per the New York Times If you are wondering why Lebanon was left out of the New York Times’ top 46 destinations for 2013, or was ...
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Rashwe.com

13 years ago
Source I like the idea but I don’t see how it will help reducing bribes in Lebanon. Rashwe.com will give you the opportunity to let it go off your chest, expose bribery in Lebanon, show ...
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Khadam Wa Khadamat: Press JA-PH-69 for Filipino

13 years ago
[Kwk-lb.com] Is it that hard to state the worker’s name instead of a serial number? kwk-lb.com is aimed to provide a unique service in Lebanon and the Middle East to help the employers to search ...
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Another Parody of the so-called “Orthodox” law

13 years ago
[YouTube] It’s not as funny as the first one but it portrays the consequences of such a sectarian law, aside from all political considerations and affiliations. PS: If you are interested in further talks on ...
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