I just learned Magnolia Bakery will be opening at ABC Dbayeh on Thursday December 6th. I actually first heard about Magnolia from friends who live abroad, and I know they’re pretty famous for their delicious cupcakes.
Magnolia first opened in New York and became famous for their dessert treats before expanding into other cities, and two years ago they opened their first non-US branch in Dubai.
Jennifer Lopez wished Lebanon a happy independence day in her own way by wearing the Lebanese flag during her concert in Dubai last night. Our independence day celebrations for this year are now complete!
Photos via Paris & iKritik by Heba
It isn’t surprising anymore to read about Beirut being ranked among the most expensive cities in the world.
The 2012 survey of the world’s most expensive retail rental locations by property consultants Cushman & Wakefield ranked Beirut as the 36th most expensive city among 62 cities worldwide, the second most expensive city among seven cities in the Middle East & Africa region, and the most expensive among five Arab cities. Source
It’s interesting though that the report lists the retail rent per location in Beirut compared to other places in the region.
The ABC Achrafieh ranked as the third most expensive location in the region at $2,000/month, followed by Kaslik Street in 10th place at $1,500/month, Verdun Street in 12th place at $1,400/month, the Beirut Central District in13th place at $1,200/month, and Hamra Street in 19th place at $850/month. (All figures are as at June 2012)
This video was made for the occasion of the 69th Independence Day.
Man if you can’t speak Arabic properly, then you better prepare well before giving a speech!
I can understand the images of March 8 leaders at the Lebanese university faculty of science in Hadath, as it became the norm in Lebanon for the dominant political party at a certain Lebanese University branch to control the student council, and of course put up the images of their leaders all over the place as a way to mark their territory.
But what I really find it disturbing is allowing some people to set up a cellular shop inside the university campus and even worse, remain silent over the occupation of the university’s cafeteria that currently offers shisha! And this is what is actually happening in Hadath.
The below video was shot by a journalist in Now Lebanon who was threatened for taking photos inside the campus, but fortunately she had the balls to publish them online. You may read her article about the whole thing here.
Make sure to also check this additional article published in Al-Akhbar shedding light on similar breaches in the same campus which actually seems like it exists on some other planet where police is never heard of!
With these two articles, I now believe we should never act surprised next time a family announce their own military wing, because a government that cannot control a single campus definitely cannot control 10,452Km2 of land!
What’s the point of hosting a gay person in your show if you already know the other guest cannot handle him?
Check out the comments this guy got after Pierre Rabbat interviewed him about a silly video he posted on YouTube and went viral. The interview starts at 1h16m50s, and the video should automatically start playing at that mark.
Check out this special report prepared by Rami El-Amine from Al-Jadeed about the valet parkers in Downtown Beirut and how they overpower the parking meter attendants in the area.
Those people take your car and park it anywhere in Downtown Beirut and they never mind the parking meter attendant since those usually never dare to fine a car with a valet parking ticket on it, and don’t ask why! And if a car ever got fined, the valet parker just throws away the fine and hand you the car as if nothing happened. But you of course end up paying it double time at the mecanique.
The fourth part of this report is due tonight by the way.
Update:
Here’s the fourth and last part of the report.
Don’t miss following the world cup qualifying game between our national team and Qatar today at 4:45PM Beirut time. This is a quite important one as it can seriously increase our chance to qualify to the world cup in case we won.
If you’re wondering how will our chances be affected in case of a win or loss, here’s how figo29 put it:
I will keep things simple and put the math first, so that no one would panic in case of a loss:
- A win against Qatar will put Lebanon on equal terms with Korea Republic = 80% chance of going to World Cup 2014
- A draw will keep Lebanon at the bottom of the group = 40% chance of going to World Cup 2014
- A loss will change nothing = 20% chance of making it to World Cup 2014
The game will be broadcasted on Al-Jazeera sports and I guess all major news sites will be posting the important updates in realtime.
Update:
We unfortunately lost 0-1 to Qatar and we now have very little chance to advance to the world cup.
