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BEIRUT: These days status symbols are everywhere – from cars and jeans to cell phones and, now, even chocolate. We all love chocolate, but what is the ultimate price to pay for the delicious dessert? Patchi, the famous Lebanese luxury chocolate-makers, have taken [...]

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vue du centre-ville de Beyrouth, qui est situe au bord de la mer Mediterranee

les nouvelles tours…

une vue du port de Beyrouth

la marina du club Saint-Georges

et de la mosquee Al Amine

Saint-Georges …

le centre-ville de Beyrouth ou mosquees et eglises se melent

le parlement libanais, place de l’Etoile

notre [...]

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Pictures I took at the Sunflower theatre in Beirut. This exhbit is based on true stories that were told to the author of the exhibit, so each one represents a real person, a true story while they were running away from Palestine, or stories they [...]

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Lebanese photographer Rima Maroun has officially been announced as the winner of the Anna Lindh Euro-Med Award for the Dialogue between Cultures in 2008, the Anna Lindh Foundation said Tuesday. The Award, which is bestowed and voted on by the members of the Anna Lindh [...]

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Sept. 18 (Bloomberg.com)
In 1983, Isaac Arazi and his wife were caught in sectarian fighting during Lebanon’s warA Shiite Muslim militiaman helped the couple escape. Arazi, a leader of Lebanon’s tiny Jewish community, sees the incident as a lesson in the Arab country’s tradition of [...]

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I’m having trouble with the blog or the connexion. Anyway I’m rewriting this post for the second time I think this is NewsLab’s way of getting its revenge.
A couple of weeks ago, we covered an information in a way that did not please [...]

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Those who thought the singer who entertained thousands last week in Martyrs Square was Lebanese are mistaken.
Indeed, Mika was born in Beirut to an American father and a Lebanese mother: Lebanese law does not allow Lebanese women to pass down nationality to their children.
So the [...]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXMMvaqY5Bw
Mika est de mere Libanaise, il est la fierte de notre pays parce que pour les jeunes il est l’incarnation du Liban moderne.
Une soiree inoubliable, un concert monte en plein centre ville, auquel plus de 15 mille personnes ont assiste.
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It’s been a while since I last wrote something here. My life has been quite hectic, not really peaceful and easy…
on the 11th of July, my mom and sis came from Paris to spend few months in Beirut
of course it’s always great to have family [...]

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Cet article est paru dans L’Orient-Le Jour du 25 juillet – par Victor FLEURY

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Stéphanie est née au Liban, il y a 25 ans, d’un père français et [...]

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