Archive for February, 2009
Franco Frattini est le ministre italien des affaires étrangères. Bernard Kouchner est le ministre français des affaires étrangères et européennes. Amis depuis longtemps, nous avons souvent travaillé ensemble, main dans la main, sur des sujets où notre action conjointe avait plus de chance de succès parce qu’elle était franco-italienne. Parmi eux, le Liban occupe une [...]
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Tags: 2009, Bernard Kouchner, Franco Frattini, Liban, Méditerranée
Effective only to Lebanese residing in Qatar. Lebanon Expats – Qatar chapter is currently opening the invitation for volunteering and/or helping with the forthcoming social activities planned. If you are committed you are also welcome to join our committee. Lebanon Expats Qatar chapter forthcoming event is the 4th annual gala dinner which proceeds are donated [...]
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Tags: Lebanese in Qatar, Qatar
Diana Kahil - On February 13, The Max Jacob Award and the Florence Gould Foundation presented the Max Jacob Award to the two winners of the 2008 edition: French poet and writer Jacques Jouet for his work entitled MRM (POL), and Lebanese poet-writer Issa Makhlouf, from the mountains of Ehden, for his work entitled Letter to [...]
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Update: The internet in Lebanon
The innercircle has a history of complaints (here and here) directed to the Lebanese Government concerning it’s status quo on the bandwidth of its internet. Today we learned that the internet speed in Lebanon is expected to become 20 times faster, in two months time. Lebanon is getting linked to a cable stretching from Saudi Arabia, [...]
Filed under: Activism, Lebanese Elections 2009, Strictly Lebanese | 4 Comments
Tags: Bassil, dsl, Gebran, internet, Jebran, Lebanon, telecom
A Smoke-free Gémmayze
On Thursday February 19, 2009 many of the pubs and restaurants in Gemmayze will go smoke free. The campaign, organized by the Rotaract Clubs of Beirut and Sahel Metn, is set to allow non-smokers at least one night of partying in a tobacco free environment and more importantly, bring to the attention of those in [...]
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Tags: clubs, Gemmayze, Lebanon, pubs, smoke free, tobacco free
Le film libanais “Help” a été interdit par la censure alors que la Sureté Générale avait octroyé une License pour diffuser le film au Liban six mois auparavant. «Help» devait faire ses débuts dans les salles libanaises le 19 février avec la notation : pour les plus de 18 ans. Bakhos Alwan, le producteur exécutif [...]
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Tags: banned, film, Help, movie
I am more obliged than anything else to post this as it specifically targets Lebanese expatriates and its diaspora. Je m’adresse à vous aujourd’hui pour vous faire part des évènements survenus au Liban aucours des quatre années qui ont suivi mon retour d’exil et de ce qui se passe aujourd’hui avant les élections législatives. Je [...]
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Tags: Lebanese Diaspora, Michel Aoun
