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#SwissLeaks: Lebanon Is #11 and #12 In Countries With The Most Money In Swiss...
We often hear that the Lebanese diaspora has a lot of money and is quite well off. That is the impression that we leave abroad. When I was in France, the stereotype that many seem to attribute with...
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Why MTV’s “Banana Song” To Increase Culture In Lebanon Is A Big Failure
The only banana picture worth sharing I was asked last week why I didn’t address the “banana song” that everyone was talking about. My answer was simple: it was something I didn’t feel should be...
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Lebanon To Have Its Very Own High-Tech “Silicon Valley” Soon?
Back in 2012, I wrote about an economical boom coming my home district Batroun’s way (link). It promised great things for the caza and North Lebanon. Now, more than 2 years later, that project is...
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0.3% of Lebanese Own 50% of Lebanon
Lebanon isn’t a country where population studies are omnipresent. However, given the data that the country has, Credit Suisse, in their yearly report on Global Wealth, has managed to paint a picture on...
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Christians Are Disappearing From Lebanon
The infamous Lebanese Christian civil war slogan goes: “نحن هنا وهنا سنبقى.” If you google those words that translate to “we are here and this is where we’re staying,” you get plenty of...
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Why Lebanon’s Health Sector Is Messed Up
Abdul Ra’ouf was a 4 months old baby boy and he is another Lebanese tragedy. He was refused admission to hospitals in Akkar and has passed away. I suspect Abou Faour will hold a press conference soon....
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Why Rima Karaki Shutting Up The Islamist Hani Al Siba’i Is Super Important To...
The video of Rima Karaki shutting up Hani Al-Siba’i couldn’t come at a more appropriate time for the region. Its rise in popularity happens to take place one day before International Women’s Day. He is...
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Hiba Tawaji Wins Her Battle on France’s The Voice
Is it me or are Lebanese women on a roll these couple of days? Rima Karaki is now making headlines around the world for shutting up an Islamist (link), and Hiba Tawaji just presented another side of...
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Shame On LBCI and Lebanese Authorities For Cleaning Fadel Shaker’s Image
I don’t usually use the acronym “LOL” but I feel it’s entirely appropriate to the use of the word “قضية.” Fadel Shaker is the Islamist who cried wolf. It’s difficult to imagine Shaker as anything other...
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Incredible Pictures of Lebanon From 1976, At The Start Of The Civil War
We’ve all seen those pictures of the Syrian war: devastation in Homs, irreparable damage to the souks of Aleppo, blood-soaked streets in Douma…. And even though Syria is a stone’s throw away, those...
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Lebanese Priest Caught On Video Sexually Assaulting A Woman
Rima Karaki is on a roll. After making international headlines around the world for shutting up the Islamist Hani Al Siba’i, her show’s most recent episode is dropping a bombshell of an equal, but less...
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What You Need To Know About Lebanon’s New Traffic Law
We’ve been hearing about a new traffic law that would go into play on April 1st but little has taken place in the way of educating people about it. Yesterday, LBCI’s Kalam Ennas did an entire episode...
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Racism & Slavery: The Perfect Gift For A Lebanese Mother
Mother’s day is coming up and the mass hysteria surrounding the perfect gift to get our mothers is on an upward trajectory all this week. Should I get her a new home appliance, or would that send the...
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Lebanese Mothers Who Make Lebanon Proud Today
Like every year, when Mother’s Day turns up, your social media channels get flooded with pictures of your friends with their mothers, Facebook statuses to announce unending love and gratitude (before...
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On Lebanese Racists: The Guy Who Wouldn’t Shake Hands With A Black Person...
It started off like any other Sunday on Twitter. The masses decide to go for an afternoon trend to entertain their boredom and everyone seems to jump on it. This Sunday’s top trending topic worldwide...
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Carina Aoun: The Lebanese Cycling Holland For The Children of Gaza
It hasn’t been a year yet since Israel brutally attacked the Gaza sector, leaving hundreds of dead and thousands of families torn apart, but our collective memory has already dismissed the whole thing...
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Hiba Tawaji Wins & Advances To The Final Stages Of France’s The Voice
Hiba Tawaji has won her part of the knockout stages (epreuve ultime) in France’s The Voice – the last of the previously taped segments of the show – and has advanced to the finals of the show, the live...
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Alt-J Coming To Lebanon This Summer At The Byblos Festival
Your prayers have been answered, indie music Lebanese fans, for this year’s concerts are no longer just about the music you run away from. Rejoice! Since you, my dearest readers, deserve a bit of...
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Help Out 23 Year Old Nibale Beat Cystic Fibrosis!
Nibale is a 23 year old Lebanese girl who has been suffering from cystic fibrosis since she was a child. For those who don’t know, cystic fibrosis is a very challenging disease that manifests through...
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Lebanon’s New Ambitious Startup: Turning Car Tires Into Fashion
Lebanon is the country where car tires have functions that surpass them being, well, the things on which cars roll. Where we come from, tires can be used to block off roads by protestors. They can...
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