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Najib
Sep 04, 2020 05:17
I am writing this post while rescue efforts are still underway in Mar Mikhael. Lebanese are holding their breaths in hopes of a miracle as a heartbeat was apparently felt from under the rubble . Hopes are slim, but people are in the streets since the afternoon to make sure rescue efforts are not suspended for any reason, especially after the Lebanese Army wanted to stop the search until 8 am the next day citing…
Posted By
Najib
Sep 03, 2020 04:45
Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep, often described as the "best actress of her generation", has donated a generous $25,000 to Kafa's relief work supporting women who lost their houses, or have been injured/traumatized as a result of Beirut explosion. KAFA announced the news via twitter. Another Hollywood star, Russel Crowe, had donated back in August $5000 to the legendary Gemmayze restaurant that was torn apart following the August 4 explosion. Thank u #MerylStreep for ur generous…
Posted By
Najib
Sep 03, 2020 04:34
The Great Famine of Mount Lebanon between 1915 and 1918 lead to the death of half of the population of Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate. It was one of the worst foreign campaigns led by any regime, the Ottomans in that case, against the Lebanese population. LBCI reporter Yazbeck Wehbe shared on the occasion of 100 years since the declaration of Greater Lebanon, a report on his father and how he had to bury while fleeing, at…
Posted By
Najib
Sep 02, 2020 10:42
Whenever pro-Sulta people want to defend their leaders, they resort to the latest election results and the fact that our MPs were elected by the people. Those same people are the ones who blame the rotten sectarian system for everything that's happening. We all agree that elections are needed to decide who represents the people, but unless we hold transparent & democratic elections, we will never have credible results, and we haven't had honest elections…
Critiques
5 years ago
French President Macron began his trip today to Beirut by visiting Fairouz, and was met by protesters outside the diva’s house denouncing the newly appointed government and the ruling parties. Why did Macron choose Fairouz? ...
Critiques
5 years ago
Now that we’re done with Hassan Diab, we have an upgraded version of him in the form of Mustafa Adib, and once again we have people asking to give him a chance, and hoping he ...
Baladi
5 years ago
September 1 marks 100 years since the proclamation of the state of Greater Lebanon. Back in 1920, General Gouraud sat next to Maronite Patriarch Elias Peter Howayek at the porch of the Pine Residence in ...
Baladi
5 years ago
L’Orient Le Jour confirmed this morning that French President Emmanuel Macron, who is coming back to Lebanon on September 1st, will visit Lebanon’s voice of hope, unity and love Fairouz at her house in Antelias. ...
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