Source: CNN (CNN) — When Olympic skier Chirine Njeim tells people she’s from Lebanon, they often laugh in disbelief. Now at the Vancouver Winter Games, and competing alongside two other athletes from her home country, Njeim still has to convince people she’s telling the truth. “A coach from another country asked me in the elevator the other day [...]
Source: huffingtonpost.com Press freedom is suffering in Lebanon, despite a modicum of maneuverability allowed by the law and the government’s non-interference with journalists, Information Minister Tarek Mitri claimed. “Journalists come to complain to me about being harassed at work, even if they belong to the same party or religious sect as the media’s owners or officials,” he [...]
Do you believe in any of this stuff? Leave a comment below. ازدهار كبير في عالم الإقتصاد في لبنان بعد شهر آب في لبنان شهر آذار صعب الدولار الى انهيار كبير اكثرمن اسم معروف وغير معروف يتعرضون لمضايقات السياسة والشعب اللبناني والمسيحيين تحيط برئيس الجمهورية مع خضة في القصر الجمهوري نكسة صحية لزعيمين مسيحيين حزن كبير يلف مدينة طرابلس المناوشات تنتقل [...]
توقعات ماغي فرح للأبراج عام 2010 الحمل أمامه مفاجآت وخضات كبيرة لم يرها من قبل. سنته ليست سهلة، لأن كوكب جوبيتير سيدخل إليه في حزيران ، وأورانوس سيأتي إليه قبل أن يعود إلى الحوت، على أن يزور هذان الكوكبان برج الحمل في عام 2011، ويمنحاه سنة استثنائية فيها الكثير من الإيجابيات المثمرة. أمامه تغيير في العمل، أورانوس [...]
Who owns Lebanon? Saturday, 12 April, 2008 @ 4:47 PM By Ghassan Karam Special to Ya Libnan Who owns a country, I mean who is it that really owns a country? When such a seminal question is raised it is not meant to show an interest in who holds title to property but the question is raised in an [...]
This article is a must-read for every TRUE Lebanese citizen who cares about Lebanon and its future. حرية اللبنانيين ليست منّة من جهة شموليّة “هل تطلبون نبذة صغيرة عن أرض قمعستان تلك التي تمتد من شمال افريقيا الى بلاد نفطستان تلك التي تمتد من شواطئ القهر الى شواطئ القتل الى شواطئ السحل، الى شواطئ الأحزان” نزار قباني في الشمولية: الشمولية هي طريقة حكم [...]
By Wassim Badr Beirut – It’s interesting how opinions, preconceptions, misconceptions and prejudices are so influenced by the media today. We take adamant stands based largely on reported news instead of spending the time to try to experience hands-on the world and how it works. I am an exchange student from Lebanon, studying in Michigan. Contrary to what [...]
By Dana Fadel, Special to Ya Libnan It is “I” and the many Lebanese people who live outside Lebanon who make up the word “Lebanese Immigrants” around the world. Why are we here? Why don’t many of us want to go back home after the 2006 war? Are we exiled? On the other hand, friends back home enjoy [...]
By Nicole Sayegh New York – Every Monday morning I help my mother with the weekly food shopping. First, up the block to the bakery for pita, labneh and halloum cheese, then two blocks more to the butcher’s for kibbaneye and makanek – in Brooklyn. I grew up in New York, but I feel as if [...]
By: Karim Ghaoui Lebanon has always faced a world of complex challenges and great opportunities. Lebanon has faced continuous terrorist attacks throughout its modern history, as well as the perennial assault from its southern neighbor, whether provoked or not. How does a country attempting to ease the memories of a scarring civil war repeatedly continue [...]