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Ramadan in Tripoli
I was browsing through Facebook the other day and came across these cool photos of Tripoli streets during Ramadan, all taken by the talented Nour Kabbara.
If you live somewhere outside Tripoli, you can’t but notice how much more authentic Ramadan feels in that beautiful city! Having a Suhoor there someday is definitely on my to-do list.
Ramadan Kareem
Wishing you and your families a blessed Ramadan!
Photos via patheos.com
World’s biggest Ramadan lantern lit up in Nabatiyeh
As electricity is becoming a luxury in the country, someone in Nabatiyeh thought it would be nice to light up the world’s biggest Ramadan lantern, while the town’s street lights are most probably always off due to electricity shortage!
The lantern is 18 meters high, weighs 4 tons, and took 6 months to complete.
touch’s free calls offer runs out
If you haven’t yet subscribed to touch’s latest offers allowing you to call one local number for free between 8PM and 4AM throughout the month of Ramadan, then don’t bother trying since they’re no longer accepting new subscriptions according to the above screenshot by AlloFail group on Facebook. As if touch really needed to give people an additional reason to complain more…
Ramadan Kareem
May this holy month bring you and your families peace, happiness, and prosperity.
Photo by iNezar
Ward El-Khal busted?
Looks to me more like part of a prank TV show to be aired during Ramadan, don’t you think?
According to this article in elnashra fan, the video turned to be nothing but a teaser for an upcoming series starring Ward, and the people behind it thought of posting the video on YouTube to create a media buzz around their new work, which eventually worked since they got more than 60,000 views in a couple of days. Anyway, I personally think it falls under cheap advertising…
Update:
The video turned out to be real and Ward is filing a lawsuit against whoever is behind the whole thing.
Update:
The whole thing was a promotion to LBCI’s new drama channel!
Vimto in Lebanon
I spotted these Vimto bottles at TSC Hazmieh yesterday.
Vimto is a quite popular drink in the gulf, and to my knowledge people there heavily consume it during the holy month of Ramadan that stocks are sometimes rationed!
I bought a bottle to try it out, and noticed that it actually contains berry flavored concentrated syrup to be mixed with cold water, but found it tasting quite average compared to the homemade berry juice we have here.
Anyway, if you’re used to Vimto and was looking to have it in Lebanon, you now know where to find it!
A special way to celebrate Eid at Le Mall Saida
The folks at Le Mall Saida have chosen to celebrate Ramadan and Eid with their own special way. Between September 1 and 10, Le Mall will be donating part of its profit for an hour a day to the Children’s Cancer Center.
Anyone shopping there between 11PM and midnight on those 10 days has to just drop his/her receipt in the special box at the mall entrance, and part of it will be donated by Le Mall. This way you’ll be helping a worthy cause while shopping for Eid. More about the event can be found here.
Good move, don’t you think?
Ramadan in Tripoli
Tripoli is one of the cities that I personally can never get bored of. I was there last Sunday and about to come back to Beirut at around 3:00PM when I decided to waste some additional time at any random souk since there was still plenty of time till Iftar.
And so I went to Al Tall souk (the same one I previously visited) to see how does it look like now in Ramadan. Needless to say, I was encountering sweets and juice vendors everywhere in the small souk, in addition to huge stocks of vegetables in the small stores since everyone gets crazy about buying them in Ramadan, and of course the place was much crowded than last time.
The guy in the left image is selling Kharroub, a sour juice that I disliked a LOT! While on the right image the guy is selling Moghrabiyyeh platters for 3,000 L.L only!
My next stop was at Abdel Sattar Al Tom sweets in Al Zahriyyeh.
Maamoul bi ashta, Kneifeh bi ashta, and Mafroukeh! *Yummy*
Across the street from Al Tom, there’s anther shop that sells almost all kind of kaak and bread. My favorite is the kaak that can be grilled with cheese stuffed inside (it’s called Alleeta there) which can be the best souhour in Ramadan!
I might be going to Tripoli again next week and probably the week after, what other places do you recommend that I go visit?