Archive for the 'Strictly Lebanese' Category

Its been a while.
I tend to aggregate content. But my life once more have changed due to the ripple of yet again, changing cities. This blog has witnessed 5 city move-ins since its inception, and now finally settled in this last.
I’ve missed a lot of Lebanese local news recently, but Frenchy’s bill entitled Contradictions states [...]


D’excellentes nouvelles pour les expatriés libanais dans la belle île de Montréal, Québec et le Canada en génerale. Depuis hier, des vols directs entre Beyrouth et Montréal seront disponibles.  -
Great news for Lebanese expats in beautiful & freindly Montréal. As of yesterday, direct flight to and from Beyrouth to Montreal are available. In the words of the [...]


A petition has been launched by 35 participating pubs & restaurants in the Gemmayzeh area to ban smoking in their venues (public areas, you may smoke at the door though).
This is not the first attempt, but it pleases me to see civilzed occupational safety and health regulations, which prohibit tobacco smoking in Gemmayzeh.
Sign the petition
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Le pluralism culturel : espace d’échange ou de conflit?
Dans le cadre du Salon du Livre francophone de Beyrouth
Les  Editions L’Orient-Le Jour
ont le plaisir de vous convier à une conférence-débat autour du livre de Bahjat Rizk
Les identités culturelles collectives
Avec la participation de Samir Frangieh, Michel Hajji Georgiou et Bahjat Rizk
Modératrice:  Nayla de Freige
Mardi 27 octobre 2009 [...]


On October 23rd an Extraordinary World Congress will be held in the old “Club Libanés” to vote for the amendments suggested by the Bylaws amending committee chaired by the Past President Anis Garabet.

Address of the “old” club: ‎
Hermes 67 col. Crédito Constructor
Deleg. Benito Juárez
México D.F. 03940‎
‎+52 (55) 52289933‎
Please refer to the full timetable.


The International Committee for the Safeguarding of Tyre announced on Wednesday the launching of the League of Phoenician, Canaanite and Punic Cities. The league will be part of the Tyre Foundation, a new international organization that is to include about 30 cities located on the Mediterranean coast. It will aim at reinforcing cooperation between the cities on [...]


Three Lebanese students from the Iman High School in Sidon are to compete in the World Robot Olympics (WRO) in South Korea in the coming month of November. The Robot Programming club, which was  launched two years ago and is the first of its kind in Lebanon.
The robot club includes students from the classe de 4ème [...]