Little do people know that May El-Khalil was motivated to start the Beirut marathon after she had a near-death experience and was told that she will not be able to run again. Check out this TED Talk she gave at TEDGlobal back in June 2013 talking about her experience with Beirut Marathon. She’s one inspiring woman for sure.
A total of 47 short films from 21 different countries will be presented to the public during this three day event, with free entrance for everyone. The festival program is available here if you’re interested.
Communicate Levant compiled a list of the top 10 blogs from Lebanon in their 2013 book of tens and your truly was among them!
Below is the full list along with scans provided by Joe from Joe’s Box showing what they had to say about each blog.
It’s worth noting though that limiting the best blogs in Lebanon to 10 is quite hard. If it was up to me, I would have included some other cool blogs like Ink On The Side by Sareen, Let’s Talk About Movies by Anis, and Ivy Says by Ivy.
These two videos are made by Ali Zaraket, Yehya Jaber, and Hussein Ghourayyeb.
You all have probably seen this ridiculous ad by OTV that started airing few days ago. Now check this awesome parody by Karl from Karl reMarks blog!
This guy is hilarious! Make sure to check his blog HumourKind.
Make sure to check this directory if you’re currently searching for a place to celebrate the new year’s eve.
NewYearInLebanon.tel allows you to search for parties either by location or budget which makes it much easier for you to pick the place to go to.