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Discrimination at Saint-George Yacht Club & Marina (Beirut)

By on June 29, 2012 in Lebanon

The Anti Racism Movement in Lebanon is still trying to end the discrimination at beach resorts by not only naming and shaming as they did 2 years ago with Sporting Club, but also by reporting those who deny entry to foreign workers to the ministry of tourism, since a circular was issued a while ago banning discrimination at beaches and demanding fair treatment of all people, regardless of skin color, background, occupation, or nationality.

Check the below video showing how some activists behind the Anti Racism Movement reported a discrimination act at the Saint-George Yacht Club and Marina.

According to what they wrote in a blog post today, and as per the tourism police, Saint-George will be fined, and a date for the trial is currently being set.

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Lebanese policewomen hit the streets

By on June 28, 2012 in Lebanon

The below photo appeared in Assafir newspaper yesterday for an all women Lebanese police patrol on duty for the first time in Mar Elias street in Beirut.

Who knows, If our policemen can’t secure our streets from douchebags and their burning tires, maybe these ladies can do a better job!

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What goes in Cinema Salwa

By on June 27, 2012 in What the fuck!

Mr. Maalouf either thinks we REALLY have no idea about the things that happen in theaters such as Cinema Salwa and therefore felt like documenting it for us on video, or actually have nothing else to talk about!

Amazing job, that’s basically like going to Maameltein to check if any prostitution is going around and film it.

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Should we preserve every single Phoenician ruin in Beirut?

By on June 27, 2012 in Lebanon

The news about the sudden destruction of the ancient Phoenician port in Beirut has flooded the news and the Lebanese blogosphere over the last couple of days. Everybody seems to be against move and some are even asking the minister of culture Gaby Layoun to resign over it.

But let’s be real for a second, downtown Beirut all lay over Phoenician ruins and much more! At the end, it was destroyed and rebuilt 7 times over its 5,000 year history, so the least you can find is ruins WHEREVER you dig around the city! Should we preserve everything we find and halt all construction works for ever? And let’s assume that we’ve succeeded in actually preserving them and turning these site into touristic places, will Khaleeji people be interested in visiting them? In fact, I see them enjoying places like Zaitounay Bay much more than the ancient ruins near the Grand Serail!

Still, don’t get me wrong, I’m not calling to erase our history, but why can’t we be more practical? I know the developers at the Phoenician port did wrong by suddenly demolishing that Phoenician port, but why for instance didn’t we give them the option to maybe move that port to another place instead of totally halting their plans?

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Web series – Mamnou3!

By on June 25, 2012 in Lebanon

Mamnou3 is a new Lebanese web-series  parody about the day-to-day inner workings of the country’s censorship bureau, and is set to debute on the 1st of July.

It would be really ironic if the General Security ended up banning Mamnou3 for “endangering Lebanon security” just like they did with Beirut Hotel and many other movies!

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AUB students demonstrate against Donna Shalala during commencement

By on June 24, 2012 in Lebanon

Several dozen people disrupted the Master’s graduation ceremony at AUB Friday evening to protest against the awarding of an honorary degree to Donna Shalala due to her support for engagement with Israel.

Shalala, president of the University of Miami in Florida and a former U.S. secretary of health, has three honorary degrees from universities in Israel, and does not support a cultural boycott of the country.

Around 40 protesters heckled Shalala as she began her speech of thanks, shouting “boycott Israel.” Some held a large banner that read “Boycott Zionist Shalala.” Source

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BBM Taxi

By on June 22, 2012 in Funny

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