لا نؤمن بالعنف ضد المرأة

Lebanese blogger Khattar Torbey shared the same exact views on the recent "We Believe" ad that I wrote about this morning. I thought of sharing it given the importance of the issue and because it could reach a bigger audience since it's written in Arabic. بخصوص هيدي حملة “نؤمن” لمناهضة العنف ضدّ المرأة، وهالفيديو يلّي عارضينلنا فيه سحبة من أعلى رجال الدين مرتبة بأبهى حللهم وهم يدينون العنف ضدّ المرأة الزوجة ويوصون بها خيرا، سؤال:…

We Believe …

ABAAD is a non-profit, non-politically affiliated, non-religious civil association that aims to achieve gender equality as an essential condition to sustainable social and economic development in the MENA region. ABAAD seeks to promote women's equality and participation through policy development, legal reform, gender mainstreaming, engaging men, eliminating discrimination, and advancing and empowering women to participate effectively and fully in their communities. ABAAD also seeks to support and collaborate with civil society organizations that are involved…

Lebanon ranks 128th in Corruption Perceptions Index 2012

Lebanon ranked 128th out of 176 countries with a score of 30 over 100. Only Syria, Iraq, Sudan and Iran have worse rankings in the area. We've slightly improved from the past two years but we still have a long way ahead. In fact, I am surprised we are climbing ranks; it could be that other countries are getting more corrupt lol! You can check out the full list and report .
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Early Christmas giveaway

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Is Freedom more important than Security?

13 years ago
This is not really a question we should be asking ourselves as one should never compromise his freedom. In fact, sacrificing your freedom in order to feel safe leads to losing both (As quoted once ...
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Skyline Tower Beirut

13 years ago
There are a lot of skyscrapers under construction at the moment in Beirut but not all have Bernard Khoury’s signature on them. Skyline, located in Mar Mikhail, is one of them. Here are more details ...
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Ma techrab wou tsou2 …

13 years ago
An Almaza & YASA partnership: Ma techrab w tsou2, swe2atak betsou2 Despite all the awareness campaigns, accidents are still on the rise in Lebanon. Speed radars stopped working for some reason and the road conditions ...
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