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  • Alexa as viewed from space

    The Washington Post posted some photos that were taken yesterday by NASA of the snowstorm Alexa that hit the region last week.

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    The white areas on the land are all snow, another wider photo shows that even a northern area of Saudi Arabia got a little bit of snow.

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    On a side note, the author of the article might have to consider educating himself a bit more about the middle east as he thinks “it is quite something” to see snow around here and our neighbors!

     NASA’s Earth Observatory has posted a photo of the storm taken from space. It was taken Dec. 15, after the storm had passed and the skies had cleared; the white areas on the land are snow, not clouds. It’s quite something to see the snow across Lebanon, Syria and Israel.

  • VIP Prisoner in Roumieh

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    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!

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    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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    You can also check here for an additional video and several photos of the performance.

  • 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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  • Byblos Bank – The Lebanese are losing it

    Lebanese banks have probably realized they will never be able to improve their customer service, so they opted for producing some cools ads instead. First Jammal Trust Bank, then Bank Audi, and now Byblos Bank.

    Kudos to the agency that came up with this one!

  • Olayan School of Business is the 23rd most beautiful business school in the world

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    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.

  • 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)

  • LBC News anchor featured on AlBernameg with Bassem Youssef

    Bassem Youssef’s AlBernameg started airing again on TV and the first episode of this season featured one of the news anchor at LBC. (She appears at the 10m58s mark)

    Jessica Azar from MTV also got featured the same way in one episode of the previous season.

  • Lebanese trader gets fined a record €14m in France

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    Joseph Raad, a Lebanese stock trader who now works in France, had the largest penalty in the history of France’s market (€14m) imposed on him last week, after being accused of using inside information on the launch of a takeover of SNCF Geodis and making more than €6m in profit back in 2008!

    Prior moving to France, Joseph was apparently responsible of the dealing room at Banque du Credit Libanais.

    You can read more about the story on Al Jadeed and Compliance Alert.

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