Reasons to be pretty – Al Madina Theatre

When Adel is overheard admitting that his girlfriend Stephanie is aging and is no beauty anymore, a chain of events begins that sees his world and his relationships completely reshaped. He is confused and can't see what he's done wrong, but Stephanie is devastated: she doesn't want to be with a man who doesn't think she's beautiful, whatever she may think of herself. Meanwhile, Adel's best friend Toufic alternates between boasting about how his gorgeous…

Champions League game held up by floodlight failure

- Braga's Champions League Group H match at home to Manchester United was held up by floodlight failure early in the second half on Wednesday. The Portuguese side had taken the lead through an Alan penalty on 49 minutes but less than 10 minutes later the players were forced to leave the field with half of the "Quarry" stadium in darkness. There was no word when the floodlights would be switched back on amid reports…

Restaurant owners to boycott the smoking-ban law

Paul Ariss, former head of the restaurant owners syndicate, declared today that restaurants will boycott Law 174 as work has deteriorated by 60 percent ever since authorities implemented the smoking ban. Demonstrators blocked the Sodeco road today to protest the damage inflicted by the ban. Interestingly enough, Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud criticized the smoking ban law yesterday during an interview on MTV, calling it "غباء تشريعي". As I had stated on previous occasions, the law…
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NowLebanon Article Critical of Saad Hariri removed, then restored

13 years ago
Screenshot of the censored article Mustapha’s post on censoring the web on the BeirutSpring apparently found some listening ears as the article NowLebanon removed earlier yesterday was republished today. Disclaimer: NOW Lebanon has intentionally removed ...
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Rmeil in colors

13 years ago
Beirut Na2essa Alwen (بيروت ناقصها ألوان), aka Beirut Colors, is a group founded by 3 Lebanese who believe Beirut is missing colors. For that purpose, they are taking their ideas to the street and adding ...
Automotive

Noel Jammal is Kunhadi’s new road safety ambassador

13 years ago
[YouTube] Kunhadi’s new road safety ambassador, Lebanese and Spanish F3 Champion Noel Jammal from Cedars Auto Sport, will be joining hands in spreading a new understanding of speed under the slogan: We race on the ...
Critiques

Amine Maalouf’s Badaro residence to be demolished

13 years ago
Picture taken from TheBeirutReport The residence of the author of The Rock of Tanios and the first Lebanese to become a member of the presitigious “l’Academie Francaise” will probably be demolished in the next few ...
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