Archive for the 'Today in Lebanese History' Category
« Partir Revenir », tel est le thème de la cérémonie d’ouverture des VIe jeux de la francophonie. Le spectacle rend hommage au Liban, à son histoire et à sa culture ; il mobilise 200 musiciens, 100 danseurs, 60 chanteurs… En vedette : la Libanaise Magida el-Roumi et le Sénégalais Youssou N’Dour, accompagnés par Gabriel Yared et [...]
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Tags: Cérémonie, ceremony, Jeux de la Francophonie, Opening, Ouverture
A new Lebanese Academy entitled “Académie des Sciences du Liban” will be established in Lebanon.
The foundation of the ASL was shepherded by the French Academy of Sciences, which also hosted the first meeting of the ASL in Paris on June 27, 2008. The first meeting of the ASL’s Executive Committee was held in Beyrouth, Lebanon on [...]
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Tags: Académie des Sciences du Liban, ASL, Edgar Choueiri, Lebanese Academy of Sciences, Princeton University
Colette Khoury.
Thats her name.
Colette Khoury is to be Syria’s first ever ambassador to Lebanon. A women, a Christian Syrian, and surprisingly, a francophone writer.
Incidentally, the Lebanese ambassador to Syria is also a Khoury, Michel Khoury. Syria, seen as seldom an offender to Christians in Lebanon, certainly grasped its effect on certain Lebanese political figures. In [...]
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Tags: Ambassadors, Christians, embassies, exchange, Lebanon, Sarkozy, Syria
The New York Times set out to find the top 44 places to visit in 2009. The first on the list was our beloved Beirut (Beyrouth); And if you agree with the New York Times, having visited several places yourself, contribute and recommend Beirut as well.
It appears under Luxury, Foods, and Party categories, and I [...]
Filed under: Lebanese Blogosphere, Today in Lebanese History, nightlife | 21 Comments
Tags: Beirut, Best Party City, Beyrouth, CNN, Cotton Candy, New York Times, NYTimes, Tourism
France24
La Syrie et le Liban ont établi des relations diplomatiques mercredi pour la première fois depuis la proclamation de leur indépendance il y a plus de 60 ans, un premier pas vers la normalisation de leurs rapports marqués par une longue tutelle syrienne sur son petit voisin.
Le ministre syrien des Affaires étrangères Walid Mouallem et [...]
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Tags: Lebanese Independance, Lebanese Syrian Relations
Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor at the American University of Beirut (AUB) Daniel Asmar and the team of Elie Maalouf, Amin Kanafani, Ahmed Hammoud, and Rawad el-Jurdi, took almost nine months of dedicated work to build the “Apollo’s Chariot,” the first Solar powered vehicle in the Arab World (not the Middle East, Israel is leaps ahead).
The steel-and-fiberglass, one-seater [...]
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Tags: Arab world, car, energy, powered, solar, vehicle
… and a blessing from here.
The Lebanese community in Qatar saluted on Wednesday efforts exerted by Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifah al-Thani and Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabr al-Thani to solve the 18-month-old deadlock in Lebanon.
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