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  • Ibrahim Maalouf won Best Wold Music Album at Victoires de la Musique

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    Here’s some positive news for Lebanon! Ibrahim Maalouf, the very talented trumpeter, won a prize at Victoires de le Musique for the Best World Music Album “Illusions” which was released last year.

    Les Victoires de la Musique is a prestigious annual French award ceremony to recognize outstanding achievements in the music industry, so Ibrahim Maalouf sure made it big! Congratulations!

    The full list of the winners can be found here, and you can watch below Ibrahim Maalouf’s performance at the ceremony.

  • Pierre Hachach on Jackie Chamoun’s photos

    This guy is just hilarious! Make sure to follow him on Facebook since he publishes his newest videos there.

  • On Jackie Chamoun and Chirine Njeim posing topless in Faraya

    Al Jadeed posted today a video  of Jackie Chamoun (who’s currently competing at the Olympics in Sochi) and Chirine Njeim posing topless on Faraya ski slopes for six-time Mexican Olympic skier and photographer Hubertus von Hohenlohe.

    The photos were meant to be published in Hubertus’ calendar “Ski Instructors”.

    Needless to say, Al Jadeed are calling it a scandal and were wondering if the Lebanese Ski Federation was aware about these photos since it “harms our reputation”, as if our reputation worldwide really needed two gorgeous skiers posing to the camera to get ruined!

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    Regardless of whether our society is conservative or not, I believe Chirine Njeim and Jackie Chamoun are totally free to do what  they want, especially that a lot of international athletes have posed either topless or completely nude and it’s nothing strange to sports.

    You can check the truth about these photos here, and below is what Jackie Chamoun had to say about them.

    It was positive for me. I don’t regret it at all. When I started my job, for example, people when they search for me on the web sometimes they can see these pictures directly so you think maybe it’s not the best thing, not the best image you can give someone of you. But, I don’t really care, though. I really enjoyed it and I don’t regret it. I like these photos. I have no problem with it.

    Al Jadeed could use a chill pill, no?

    P.S: The video is NSFW

  • Aline Lahoud on The Voice France

    Lebanese singer Aline Lahoud auditioned on The Voice France last night and had all four judges Florent Pagny, Jennifer, Mika (who’s of Lebanese origins), and Garou turn around to claim her before she decided to join Florent Pagny’s team.

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    I’m not and was never a fan of Aline but I believe she gave an impressive performance singing Khidni Maak by her late mother Salwa Katrib. Moreover, I found it quite humble of her to audition for The Voice, while whoever appears once on TV here starts labeling himself as a celebrity, and singing competitions become a no-no for them.

    Good luck to you Aline!

  • May Hariri speaks engrish

    This is just too good not to share! The video is from an old interview with May Hariri back in 2005 when she was invited by the Lebanese “imbecile” in Pakistan to perform there.

  • Wrecking Ball – Cover by JLP

    JLP is a Lebanese band of five guys who perform at several places around Beirut. You can check more about them on their Facebook page.

  • 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.

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    Paris

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    Copacabana

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    New York

  • Malek El Raouche ملك الروشة – Blurred Lines Lebanese Cover

    This one is hilarious! The video was made by the cool people at Leo Burnett Beirut as part of an inter-agency competition. They were requested to create a video clip representing the 2010’s era and they actually won. Make sure to watch it since it really represents the scene at Raouche and some other places!

    via @ZakiaDimassi

  • Man stabbed in Jdeideh over a car parking space

    According to LBCI, this woman and her husband stabbed a man inside a beauty salon in Jdeideh after fighting with him over a parking space.

    She’s called Hind Khatib. For your own safety, never try to get into an argument with her over anything!

  • 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!