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  • World’s biggest Ramadan lantern lit up in Nabatiyeh

    As electricity is becoming a luxury in the country, someone in Nabatiyeh thought it would be nice to light up the world’s biggest Ramadan lantern, while the town’s street lights are most probably always off due to electricity shortage!

    The lantern is 18 meters high, weighs 4 tons, and took 6 months to complete.

    Source

  • Oh my god…

    Lara Kay releases a song…

    Thanks @ritakml

  • Ramadan Kareem

    May this holy month bring you and your families peace, happiness, and prosperity.

    Photo by iNezar

  • A tribute to Kibbeh Nayyeh

    Joking aside, Kibbeh Nayyeh is probably the best Lebanese food selection, and is best made at the southern villages of Lebanon.

    LYRICS:

    I went downstairs to the fridge
    looking for some kind of dish
    maybe kabob or some riz
    but you were in my way

    So that is when I tried
    to reach to the other side
    to maybe get spinach pie
    but you were in my way

    Meat overflowing
    ripped leaf mint was showing
    olive oil a-flowing
    I like where this is going

    Hey, I just met you
    and this is crazy
    but I want to eat you
    kibbeh nayeh

    Hey, I just met you
    but you look tasty
    I’m gonna eat you
    kibbeh nayeh

    I don’t know how long it’s been
    that you’ve been there in the fridge
    I do not want to get sick
    cuz you were in my way

    Because you’re raw and not fried
    don’t want to get E coli
    because then I would have to die
    cuz you were in my way

    Meat overflowing
    ripped leaf mint was showing
    olive oil a-flowing
    Appetite is growing

    [CHORUS]

    Before you came into my life, I wasn’t so fat
    I wasn’t so fat. I wasn’t so so fat
    Before you came into my life, I wore the small pants
    and you should know that I’m getting so so fat.

    Reminds me of the Lahme song

  • Ahmad Al-Assir doing stuff!

    If something will ever be written in the history of Lebanon about Ahmad Al-Assir, this blog is going to be a great reference!

    Someone decided to document the very interesting life of Al-Assir online and is so far doing a great job! Make sure to check it out here.

  • Al-Rifai new packs

    Regardless how ridiculously pricy Al-Rifai is, I loved their new ad!

  • Picadilly Theater – Hamra

    Make sure to check these cool recent photos Al-Akhbar has published from inside the Picadilly theater in Hamra. This theater is most famous for hosting several performances by Fayrouz and Ziad El-Rahbani, but a fire unfortunately broke out in it back in the 90s and has been inactive ever since.

    In an ideal world, someone would take the initiative to renovate the Picadilly and Zaid El-Rahbani would come back to it for a new performance! (One can always dream..)

  • More on the discrimination at our beach resorts

    It looks more like a hopeless case to me… The anti racism movement called several beach resorts and none of them except one at Saida (Zahrat Al-Khayzaran) allows maids to swim in the pools, moreover, the circular issued earlier by the ministry of tourism banning discrimination at beaches seemed irrelevant to them.

    The problem however isn’t actually about how the owners of these resorts think, it’s in fact about how WE think. Resorts owners will never mind charging maids regular fees and let them swim instead of admitting them for free to just watch over kids, but it’s us who are deep down racist and wouldn’t accept swimming with our maids, and those resorts are therefore just catering to our demands!

    So until we become more civilized and accept the fact that people of different skin color are equal to us, you’ll keep seeing videos like the one above.