Religious chocolate – Only in Lebanon
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Meshkal, a film by Dania Bdeir
Amer is a 7 year old boy with a wild and magical imagination. Meshkal, inspired by true events, is the story of Amer's journey as he sneaks into his dad's car in the middle of the night and goes tire burning with him. I think the topic she chose for her film is quite interesting. As weird as this may seem, I am curious to know more about these Lebanese who go out and burn…
Should Lebanon stop receiving Syrian refugees?
Young Al-Qaeda recruits heading to the training camp north of Lebanon I honestly couldn't stop laughing when I heard everyone talking about the Syrian refugees in the past few days and whether we should keep our borders open or not. The Syrian crisis has been ongoing for over a year now and tens of thousands have been fleeing to Lebanon/Jordan/Turkey yet we just noticed that we can't handle that many refugees after they reached almost…
“The Bride” storm coming to Lebanon
A major storm is likely to hit Lebanon in the next few days with snow expected at 400 meters on Thursday. Lebanon Weather Forecast decided to call the storm "The Bride" for some reason. Here's a detailed post on what to expect in the upcoming days: Getting rainy Saturday with some winds becoming strong later during the day, and rain becoming also heavier. Snow level 1500M on average. Sunday the weather will be rainy and…
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Skiing in Lebanon is cheap
13 years agoPicture taken from NowLebanon I just finished reading an article on NowLebanon stating that “higher ski ticket prices may keep the slopes in Lebanon quieter this season” and that the ski season so far has ...
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Amine Maalouf brought me to Lebanon
13 years agoPicture taken from TheBeirutSpring A nice read by Journalist Ana Maria. Amin Maalouf brought me to Lebanon. I first read Samarkand. I couldn’t leave the book until I was done with the last page. Then ...
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How Lebanese treat symbols of freedom
13 years agoI spotted the statue of liberty (a replica of course!) two days ago in front of a pub in Gemmayze (they were probably holding a New York NYE theme party), and on the next day ...
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BlogBaladi mobile version
13 years agoMobile version of BlogBaladi.com is now enabled. This will allow users to load the blog faster on their smartphones and surf more easily on any mobile browser. Suggestions are more than welcome. ...