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Lebanese Restaurants Violating The Smoking Ban: 3enab, Gemmayze
I went to 3enab yesterday for the first time and I thought it was a very cool restaurant. I really liked the old-fashioned Lebanese architectural aspect of it. The food was good as well – after all,...
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Jennifer Lopez, The Lebanese Flag and Silly National Pride
It took Jennifer Lopez holding the Lebanese flag at her Dubai concert for some Lebanese to feel proud about their country’s independence day. They thought it was her way of wishing our country a happy...
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The Age of Fortunetellers
Last time I checked, fortunetelling was reserved for New Year’s Eve when people with some form of “sight” grace our airwaves to tell us what to expect over the coming year – although they give...
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Lebanon’s Gangnam Style: Obba Saida Style
There’s a hilarious Egyptian version already. I couldn’t understand a word of that – I guess Egyptian isn’t exactly my strong suit. And now there’s a Lebanese version for the Southern city of Saida –...
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My Last Valentine in Beirut To Be Banned?
Leave it to Lebanese movies to reveal inherent complexes among some strata in our society. I have yet to watch My Last Valentine in Beirut and seeing as it’s already been released, I figured it must...
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Lebanon’s 2012 Picture of the Year
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. The above picture is worth a few thousand more than that – but don’t worry, I won’t write them. Antoine Zahra, LF MP of the Batroun Caza, sporting a...
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My Last Valentine in Beirut – Movie Review
“This movie is for serious and smart people only” said the marketing tagline. Then by all accounts, I’m a stupid person who knows nothing of seriousness. My Last Valentine in Beirut is not a movie. I...
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Lebanese Newlywed’s First Dance… To Gangnam Style
This is awesome and they actually did the dance well! Congrats to the newlywed and thank you for the wedding reception entertainment. I’m sure your guests were more than pleased. Now if all weddings...
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Tania Saleh Fundraiser Concert for World AIDS Day
The Lebanese Medical Students International Committee – LeMSIC in short – will be holding a fundraiser concert by Tania Saleh on December 15th, as part of its World AIDS Day awareness campaign. The...
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The Participants of Lebanon’s Dancing With the Stars
MTV has just unveiled the participants of Lebanon’s version of Dancing With the Stars. Here’s the list: Nada Bou Farhat (actress) Wissam Hanna (former Mr. Lebanon) May Harriri (singer) Naya (singer)...
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An Economic Boom Coming Batroun’s Way?
I was sent this report, saying that the Maronite League is bringing an economic zone to Batroun, which will help in creating over 3000 jobs for the region. The Maronite League will announce next week a...
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Beirut’s Zaitunay Bay Closing Down?
LebanonFiles is reporting (here) that Solidere is actively and seriously considering closing down Lebanon’s new “it” project Zaitunay Bay, which has been discussed in the New York Times earlier this...
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Klink Revolution: Myriam Klink’s New Song
She calls herself QMK which I guess translates to Queen Myriam Klink so I may be doing her a disservice by omitting the first word.. This is Myriam Klink’s new “song” about the current state of things...
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Zaitunay Bay is NOT Closing Down
After posting news that Zaitunay Bay might be closing down because the shops and restaurants in it can’t pay their rent anymore, I was tweeted by Zaitunay Bay’s account to let me know the news is...
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Obba Saida Style… Causes Controversy in Saida
Leave it to some dim-witted Lebanese religious man to turn a parody into a controversy. Obba Saida Style, the ChiNN cover that many found funny, is being challenged by some men in Saida as offensive...
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#ProtectPrivacy – The Lebanese ISF Should Get Controlled Access To Your...
The ISF have issued a request for minister of telecommunication Nicolas Sehnaoui to hand out the much coveted and talked about data that has been sought for months and months now. He has refused their...
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Apple Launches Lebanese iTunes Music Store
This should be interesting. Apple has launched iTunes’ Music Store in over 56 countries yesterday, one of those being Lebanon. In addition to the AppStore which Lebanese customers had for a while now,...
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Let’s Talk SMS, Facebook Passwords, Freedom, Security and Lebanese Twitter...
Back in April of 2012, the ISF requested some data from the ministry of telecommunication. Their request was refused. People freaked out. Bloggers blogged. Tweeps tweeted. The following day, all was...
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2012′s Most Powerful Pictures
Buzz Feed has recently published a set of 45 pictures that they’ve called 2012′s Most Powerful Pictures. And the least that can be said about these pictures is that they’re chilling. Some of them are...
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Silver Linings Playbook – Movie Review
For all matters and purposes, Silver Linings Playbook is a movie that shouldn’t technically work. It struts the line of a cliche romantic comedy so dangerously close that it could wander into those...
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