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Free internet quota at night for everyone?

By on April 4, 2012 in Lebanon

Minister Nicolas Sehnaoui announced on twitter yesterday that unlimited internet quota from 12AM to 7AM has been approved by the government and will be activated as soon as the decision is published in the official gazette.

Some ISPs already have the unlimited night traffic offered to some of there users depending to which telephone exchange office they’re connected. My parents subscription with IDM in Beirut for example gets double the speed and unlimited traffic at night, while my IDM subscription in Aramoun doesn’t because they claim it didn’t pass some “feasibility test” that was performed.

Anyway, I hope it doesn’t take too much time before we get that feature activated for everyone!

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Beirut in 8-bit

By on April 1, 2012 in Funny

The hoax services that Google announces on each April Fools’ day are more like a tradition, and the Google 8-bit maps service has got to be the coolest joke for 2012. They actually announced yesterday that they will finally be adding support for the classic Nintendo Entertainment System with the launch of 8-bit maps featuring low resolution graphics.

And here’s how Beirut would have looked like on a NES!

You can check here more about Google’s pranks for this year.

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Two Lebanese female athletes qualify for the olympics

By on March 30, 2012 in Lebanon

Two Lebanese female athletes made the cut to the Olympic games in London this summer. The first is Andrea Paoli, a taekwondo player, who will be the first Lebanese ever to participate in the senior category of martial arts at the Olympics. And the second is Tvine Moumjohglian who will be representing Lebanon in table tennis for the first time in 16 years. All the luck to both of them!

You can read more about Andrea and Tvine in this article by Al-Arabiya, and about the participation of Lebanon at the Olympics throughout the history here on Wikipedia.

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Akho Man2oushe

By on March 30, 2012 in Funny

It would be fun if “Akho Man2oushe” someday becomes a real competitor to places like Zaatar W Zeit and Leil Nhar!

Spotted at Saloumi

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Kimi Raikkonen in Lebanon

By on March 26, 2012 in Lebanon

Kimi Raikkonen is currently on a short visit to Lebanon for the launching of Lotus Cars in Beirut, and according to this news report, he had a meeting with president Sleiman and announced that he’s willing to put the Lebanese flag on his Lotus Renault car during this season.

The report also mentions talks about building an F1 circuit in Lebanon, but is sounds more like wishful thinking, at least to me!

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Gap is coming to Lebanon

By on March 23, 2012 in Lebanon

Gap announced in a press release few days ago that it will be soon be opening the first Gap store in Lebanon after coming to an agreement with Azadea, the group that is well known for carrying famous brands like Zara, Mango, and others.

Gap Inc. also announced plans to open stores in three additional growing apparel markets in 2012:

Lebanon: Gap Inc. has signed a new agreement with Azadea group, one of the largest retailers in the Middle East, to open the first Gap store in Lebanon later this year. One of the main fashion centers of the region, Lebanon provides an ideal environment to introduce Gap brand. Since 2006, Gap Inc. has expanded its presence across the Middle East. Source

I’ve always loved their hoodies by the way, now you don’t have to wait for someone coming from abroad to get one!

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We can now go to Georgia without a visa

By on March 23, 2012 in Lebanon

After a meeting between our prime minister Najib Mikati and Georgia’s prime pinister Nika Gilauri, it was announced yesterday that visa restrictions will be lifted on Lebanese willing to visit Georgia, but it wasn’t mentioned when will this decision take effect.

So now we can add Georgia to the following list of countries where Lebanese can go without the need of a visa approval.

Africa

  • Cape Verde
  • Comoros
  • Djibouti
  • Madagascar
  • Mauritius
  • Mozambique
  • Seychelles
  • Togo
  • Uganda

Americas

  • Bolivia
  • Dominica
  • Ecuador
  • Haiti
  • Nicaragua
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis

Asia

  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bangladesh
  • Cambodia
  • Georgia
  • Jordan
  • Laos
  • Macau
  • Malaysia
  • Maldives
  • Nepal
  • Oman
  • Syria
  • Timor-Leste
  • Turkey
  • Iran
  • Yemen

Europe

  • Kosovo

Oceania

  • Cook Islands
  • Federated States of Micronesia
  • Niue
  • Palau
  • Samoa
  • Tuvalu
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We almost made it to Playboy!

By on March 22, 2012 in Lebanon

Dominique Hourani claimed in a recent interview in Men El Ekhir on MTV that she once got an offer from Playboy to pose semi naked in a photoshoot and she rejected it. Not sure how true is her claim, but can you imagine the media buzz that a Lebanese model would generate if she ever made to the cover of Playboy?

I already set the video the start at the part when Dominique starts talking about the offer.

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