Let’s hope this won’t become a trend among Lebanese politicians! Anyone knows who’s the man who was hit?
Tag: lebanese
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New Year celebrations around the world
While most of the world cities celebrated New Year with some spectacular fireworks display, Dubai chose take it a bit further this year and succeeded in breaking the world record for the largest fireworks display. They crushed the record previously set by Kuwait by firing more than 400,000 shots in around six minutes!
Meanwhile in Lebanon, assassinations right before the new year’s eve, explosions everywhere in the country, stupid clashes every now and then, and of course, douchebags here can’t but celebrate with firearms. Yet, we’re excellent at pulling jokes at the Khaleejis. OK. Anyway, make sure to check this article on BuzzFeed for a glimpse of how the rest of the world celebrated last night.
Paris
Copacabana
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Virginia man arrested for trying to ship weapons to Lebanon
Juging by his name, Sam Rafic Ghanem, he seems to be of Lebanese origin, but how stupid can he be? I mean doesn’t he know about the arms trade with Syria through the uncontrolled borders? Even kids here are playing with Klashinkoves, so we definitely need nothing from Virginia!
Sam Rafic Ghanem, owner of an international shipping company with offices in the Washington suburbs, was arrested Saturday after an FBI sting, ABC News said.
The intended recipient of the weapons is not clear, but at one point Ghanem claimed he was recently asked to obtain two guns for an unnamed member of the Lebanese government, according to court documents filed in the case.
Over the past few months, Ghanem and a former employee of his company, Washington Movers International, devised “a scheme to send weapons to Lebanon by hiding them inside automobile parts shipped by the company,” court documents allege.
The former employee, though, was working as “an undercover source for the FBI,” ABC News noted.
Last Saturday, the source picked up Ghanem from his Springfield, Virginia home and drove to Washington Movers International’s offices in Maryland, where Ghanem helped stuff 10 handguns, 10 semi-automatic rifles and 18 “optic devices” into doors and other parts of salvaged vehicles, an FBI agent alleged in charging documents.
The car parts were then loaded into a shipping container, but the weapons hidden inside were “fake,” according to the charging documents. Ghanem was subsequently arrested.
via Naharnet
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Could these Lebanese 3D glasses really beat Google Glass?
Wamda has an interesting article today about Lebanese entrepreneur Soulaiman Itani who debuted a pair of wearable glasses that displays augmented reality in three dimensions as opposed to Google’s two.
The glasses, Atheer One, were built in partnership with a computer vision researcher called Allen Yang and can allow the wearer to exercise with virtual targets, conduct conference calls while browsing online, and even play three dimensional games.
They also have two major advantages over Google Glass since they offer a bigger field of vision and can allow all existing Android apps to work withing their platform. However, they always need to be physically attached to an Android device to work.
Itani and his partner are currently raising funds on Indiegogo and offering Atheer One for an early bird special price of $350 for the first 100 backers.
Make sure to check the whole article here on Wamda.
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VIP Prisoner in Roumieh
This guy made it to the news today for living like a king behind the bars in Roumieh prison! It seems like he has his own room inside the prison and manages to get really good food delivered to him almost everyday!
His face and name were blurred in the report but it was really hard to still find him on Facebook. His name is Nahib Roufayel and you can check his account here. The photos he shares are all public and there’s enough of them to make your jaw drop! -
Red Bull awakens Jeita grotto!
Red Bull never ceases to amaze me with the events and stunts they keep organizing and sponsoring. And one of the really cool stuff they recently did was getting a Dutch wakeboarding star called Duncan Zuur to perform some of his maneuvers inside Jeita Grotto!
Make sure to check the stunt’s video below.
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Fail – Rymco really values your thoughts
Can you believe big brands still make these faux pas online? Some social media “guru” must be running their account!
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Olayan School of Business is the 23rd most beautiful business school in the world
This must be some cool news to the students at Olayan School of Business as it has been ranked as the number 23 most beautiful business school in the world by Top Management Degrees website.
In 2009 the American University of Beirut received a stunning new building for its Suliman S. Olayan School of Business, courtesy of Massachusetts architectural firm Machado and Silvetti Associates. The pre-cast masonry used for its façade is intended to mirror the local limestone found in buildings across the rest of the campus, and the openings in the exterior echo the wooden latticework of the region’s mashrabiya windows. These apertures are smaller on the lower floors to provide shade but are bigger higher up the building. This design allows staff members to get beautiful glimpses of the Mediterranean from their offices.
You can check the full list here, the most beautiful school was Tom and Vi Zapara School of Business at La Sierra University in California. Moreover, some photos of OSB are available here.
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Lebanese man with high sex drive selling himself on TV
Some of the cases that Tony Khalife discusses on his show Lel Nasher really deserve to go on TV for the viewers to know about.
But I have no idea why does he bring upon himself people like this man who wants to sell himself to a rich lady and even promises to sexually satisfy whoever buys him! (Start watching as of the 19m20s mark)
