what’s the nicest staycation you’ve been on in leb?

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Let’s talk about Shark Tank

Quick reflections

• most of the companies don’t even know the numbers. The nose strip guys were a disaster. So unprepared.

• the guy with the China trading platform was completely unprofessional. How did he pass the filter? There’s surely a lot better and more presentable entrepreneurs.

• I liked the waste recycling guy and Mandy’s shoes. Nice ideas although Mandy doesn’t have an operational company. Happy she got a deal.

• The judges: Maroun - very neutral. Georges - comes off as quite arrogant with his remarks although they’re usually right but very negative aura. Christine - supportive and respectful. Hassan - also supportive and always trying to help, the most active. Alain - the voice of reason, most reasonable and pragmatic and straight to the point.
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Shifting Roots: A Lebanese woman’s fight to save her olive trees | DigiDocs

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Shifting Roots: A Lebanese woman’s fight to save her olive trees | DigiDocs

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During fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, Nouhad was forced to flee her home in southern Lebanon.

While others speak of loss and destruction, the 81-year-old speaks of her beloved olive grove - her life’s work and a symbol of resilience amid the chaos.

But when the Israeli military rains down white phosphorus, burning her beloved trees, she must confront the unbearable truth of losing not just her land, but a part of herself.

Shifting Roots is a documentary short about memory, belonging and the roots that ground us and hold us together, even in conflict.

A film by Angie Mrad.

Lebanon #OliveTree #SouthernLebanon #Israel #Hezbollah #IsraelHezbollahAttacks #SouthernLebanonAttacks #IsraelLebanonCeasefire #IsraelHezbollahCeasefire #LebanonCeasefireViolations #DigiDocs #AlJazeeraEnglish

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H.E. Swiss Ambassador Marion Weichelt joins this special We Design Beirut to Burj El Murr. As main partners, the Swiss Development Cooperation champions cultural exchange. On the road she reflects on design power to rebuild trust, connect generations & ...

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WDB Carpool — Episode Four

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Her Excellency, Swiss Ambassador Marion Weichelt, joins us on this special We Design Beirut Carpool, heading to Burj El Murr.

As main partners of We Design Beirut, the Swiss Development Cooperation continues to champion cultural exchange and creative dialogue. On the road, Ambassador Weichelt shares her reflections on the power of design to rebuild trust, connect generations, and foster collaboration between Lebanon and Switzerland, values deeply rooted in sustainability, education, and community.

This first part sets the tone for what awaits inside Burj El Murr with the support of Solidere, where the conversation continues with the youth behind the Design ‘In’ Conflict exhibition. Stay tuned for Part two

We Design Beirut Edition two is in proud partnership with Swiss Development Cooperation

Our Patrons:
Adel kanso1
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Diana Ghandour
Lilia Sabbagh
Mahmoud Dandashly
Mireille Hayek
Philippe & Zaza Jabre
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Our Main Sponsors:
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"We Design Beirut running from October 22 to 26, is a premier fair for products, interiors, & furniture, showcasing the best of Lebanon’s creative talent. Set within architecturally significant landmarks, it seeks to revive the nation’s rich architectural , cultural & design heritage through curated exhibitions, installations, open studios, panels, & workshops"
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[OC] Alternative Lebanon (Worldbuilding)

Hello guys !! Salut, مرحبا! 😊
Random Brazilian (non-Lebanese) here. I tried to create a stable alternative Lebanon this last days, mixing reality and fiction, and creating a possible utopia. The lore is really big, so I will put the resume here. This post is just for fun, and I'm really sorry if someone feels offended by it. I swear that this is not my intention. Hope you enjoy !! Love from Brazil 🇧🇷 to Lebanon 🇱🇧 ❤️❤️❤️
République du Liban الجمهورية اللبنانية
- Capital: Beirut
- Official languages: Arabic and French
- Population (2025): 5 millions
- Official Religions: Christianism Maronite and Druze (Secularism de facto)
- Political System: Semi-presidential republic
- Currency: Lebanese Cedrus

Ethno-religious groups (2025):
- Christians (65%) = Maronites (40%), Latin Catholics (8%) Greek Orthodox (7%), Greek Catholics (5%), Armenian Orthodox or Catholics (4%), Other Christians (1%).
- Muslims (22%) = Sunni Muslims (10%), Shiite Muslims (12%) {46% of all Lebanese Muslims are Sufi}.
- Druze (11%)
- Irreligious and Others Religions (2%)

Languages (2025):
Mother Tongue:
- Arabic (57%) • French (32%) • Both Arabic and French (3%) • Others (8%) {Greek, Armenian, Syriac, Spanish, English, Portuguese}

Total Percentage of Speakers:
- Arabic (97%) • French (92%) • English (25%) • Spanish (14%) • Greek (6%) • Armenian (4%) • Syriac (1%)

Facts that allowed stability and the success of this Lebanon (Resume):
1. Active Strict Mandatory Neutrality;
2. Secularism (de facto);
3. Integrative Nationalism (Anti-Sectarianism/Segregationism);
4. Anti-Extremism;
5. Anti-Foreign Interference;
6. Anti-Corruption;
7. Christian Majority;
8. Strong Neutral Diverse Military Army;
9. Beaumontism (Rachidism + Nourism) & PUL Hegemony;
10. Soft Federalism/Decentralization

Father Founder of Nation:
Rachid Beaumont Hayek (First President of the independent state of Lebanon. Less authoritarian and more conciliatory "Lebanese Atatürk". Franco-Maronite Militar).
- Ideo...
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Sports in schools

I have been wondering for a while, after I moved abroad to study and met a lot of people from different countries, something that striked me is how everyone is/was always engaged in a different sport at school (even multiple), from the obvious ones like football/basketball/tennis to niche things like cross country and frisbee.

When i was in secondary school all we did was 2 séances of P.E per week and all we did was stretch, run and probably play football or something. The only times where we had organized teams and games was when we needed to raise money for our grad party.

Was it the same in other schools? I feel like our education system puts so little importance in sports education and participation, and it's not like you need crazy amounts of funding.

It's not a surprise our national teams are shit, majority of ternagers/young adults live shit lifestyles if they do not go to the gym atleast, and that sport is so ridiculed in lebanon and treated as a waste of time.

Do we even have national school competitions? Maybe I was in the wrong school but something as basic as this should be worked on. It also promotes national and societal unity which is something that we severly lack
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Consecutive attacks today by the Israeli terrorist regime's warplanes on southern Lebanon

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Aqoura: An Apple That Sustains a Mountain. Each autumn, the mountains come alive to the rhythm of Lebanese apples. From Aqoura to Laqlouq & thur Tannourine, the harvest keeps the heart of an entire region beating. An ancestral tradition that farmers str...

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Aqoura: An Apple That Sustains a Mountain

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Each autumn, the mountains come alive to the rhythm of #apples. From #Aqoura to #Laqlouq, and through #Tannourine, the harvest keeps the heart of an entire region beating. An ancestral tradition that farmers strive to pass down to their children.
Here, the apple is more than just a fruit; it’s a symbol of prosperity. And you, what’s your favorite apple?

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If Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah regretted 2006, why did Hezbollah repeat the same mistake again and how many times must we pay for Hezbollah’s “miscalculations”?

In August 2006, shortly after the war with Israel ended, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah publicly admitted that Hezbollah “We did not think, even one percent, that the capture would lead to a war at this time and of this magnitude. You ask me, if I had known on July 11 ... that the operation would lead to such a war, would I do it? I say no, absolutely not,"

Nearly two decades later, history repeated itself.

During the most recent conflict, Hezbollah again opened a front with Israel without national consensus. The result was once again devastating. If Hezbollah acknowledged that 2006 was a mistake, then what do we call this? At some point, repeating the same mistake of such a magnitude can not be tolerated and accepted by the people.

So my question to Hezbollah supporters is, at what point does these mistakes becomes reckless and unacceptable and how can the latest war be justified?

Source

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nasrallah-if-i-had-known/
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3a awlet Tom Barrack, Nehna bas shatrin bel hake, wel 3atra 3al 3alam

Syria after all the destruction, is constantly oppressing any attempt to destabilise the country, they’re going to publicly prosecute all the Assad regime criminals and bring justice, they’ve done a clean election in speed time ( they admit it wasn’t as perfect as they wanted ), managed to get funds and support by sticking up to their words.

W nehna shou? Maskhara, Joseph Aoun turned out to be a great disappointment and Nawaf turned out to have big balls yet still unable to move forward so still hake.

We are going nowhere guys, I put this sad pic I saw on a report of kids of Hezb terrorist who happened to be holding the pagers. Life ruined and they have in the background this token about their injuries are what brought victory.

Haram 3laykon 3amaliyan brainwash ma tabi3e kermel power play, el 3atra 3al nes. Iza fi ekhra w hseb, el hezb rayhin 3al hseb, allah La ysemehon shou 3emlo bel balad

forsa elna nebne balad w ha trouh
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Primary and secondary sources showing Lebanon as part of Syria (5th c. BC – 20th c. AD)

I am in no way attempting to claim the modern state of Lebanon nor am I desiring it's annexation. My desire is to prove that, for at least two and a half continuous millennia, Mount Lebanon and it's coast were an inseperable part of Syria. Let me know your thoughts (in a civil manner).

Proof:
1. Pg140 of the Voyage to the Orient (1845 AD): "We were before Beirut, one of the most populous towns on the coast of Syria, formerly Berytus, which became a Roman colony under Augustus"
2. Strabo, Geography 16.2.18 (20 AD, p. 317): "“Phoenicia is a narrow coast of Syria, and lies along the sea from Nahr el-Bared to Port Said"
3. Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 15.5.1 (93 AD): “Now Antiochus made war against Sidon and Tyre, which are cities of Syria…”
4. Al-Muqaddasi, Ahsan al-Taqasim (985 AD, p. 150): “Of the districts of Syria: Damascus, Jordan, Palestine, Homs… Beirut, Tripoli, Sidon, Tyre, and Acre are cities of the Syrian coast.”
5. Yaqut al-Hamawi, Muʿjam al-Buldan (1240 ad, vol. 4, p. 362): “Lebanon: a mountain of Syria, near Homs and Damascus.”
6. Catholic Encylopedia 1913 (written by Chaldean priest-historian Gabriel Oussani): "Syria, a country in Western Asia, which in modern times comprises all that region bounded on the north by the highlands of the Taurus, on the south by Egypt, on the east by Mesopotamia and the Arabia Desert, and on the west by the Mediterranean; thus including with its area the ancient ... Phœnicia, [and] the land of Canaan or Palestine"
7. Encylopaedia Britannica 1911: Syria, used of a north Euphratean district, and a word distinct from Assyria. Generally the ethnic term, Syrians, came to mean in antiquity the Semitic peoples domiciled outside the Mesopotamian and Arabian areas: which we include under it, retaining their distinctive status, ... Phoenicia, [and] Palestine. Taking Syria as the strip limited by the sea, the edge of the Harrat, the Taurus and the Sinaitic desert, we have a remarkably homogeneous geographical area with very obvious natural boundaries.
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Minister of Agriculture Nizar Hani received Bassam Tlaiss & Dr. Dany Fadel in preparation for the national plan to legalize & regulate cannabis cultivation, affirming the Ministry’s leading role, stressing close cooperation & vowing legislative framewor...

Lebanon prepares for launch of national cannabis cultivation plans

https://www.mmjdaily.com/article/9770004/lebanon-prepares-for-launch-of-national-cannabis-cultivation-plans/

Minister of Agriculture Nizar Hani, received in his office at the ministry President of the Irshad Association for Municipal and Voluntary Training and Development Bassam Tlaiss, in the presence of Dr. Dany Fadel, President of the Cannabis Regulatory Authority.

The meeting, which comes within the framework of preparations for the launch of the national plan to legalize and regulate cannabis cultivation in Lebanon, provided an opportunity to affirm the leading role of the Ministry of Agriculture in leading this vital national effort and the importance of close cooperation between various partners to ensure its success.

It was agreed to organize an expanded meeting in late October, bringing together municipalities, official bodies, civil and agricultural actors, and various relevant partners. The meeting aims to raise public awareness of the project and consolidate the national partnership, in preparation for the launch of the plan and transforming this sector into a sustainable economic and development lever.

Hani affirmed that "the Ministry of Agriculture will establish the legislative and regulatory frameworks necessary for the project's success," emphasizing that "the process requires comprehensive cooperation between the state and society to achieve the desired goals at the economic and development levels."

Frontpage photo: © Neydtstock | Dreamstime

Publication date: Mon 29 Sep 2025

AGRICULTURE MINISTER, BASSAM TLAISS DISCUSS PREPARATIONS FOR LAUNCHING NATIONAL PLAN FOR CANNABIS CULTIVATION

https://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/economy/812084/agriculture-minister-bassam-tlaiss-discuss-prepara

Sunday 28 Sep 2025 - 10:23
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NNA - Minister of Agriculture Nizar Hani, received in his office at the ministry President of the Irshad Association for Municipal and Voluntary Training and Development Bassam Tlaiss, in the prese...
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I don't hate Israel

First of all good mornining

You know, that accusing others of treason for disagreeing with you stuff by people stuck in a tiny mental box, yet think they're open minded geniuses is getting boring. Just because I refuse to hate anyone does not mean I'm a traitor, it's just the way I choose to live my life, so please be a little more open minded instead of telling me how to think every day, thought police.

Yes, I'm against Hezb

Unlike Israel, Hezb are Lebanese so they owe it to us to not be putting our lives in danger for foreign interests. Israel does what's in Israel's best interests, while Hezb (the Lebanese) are doing what Iran wants despite it not being in Lebanon's best interest (if it was, I'd understand).

Yet, I do not hate Hezb either

I'm not the smartest guy in the room (I can name several people on here who I felt were much smarter than me), Unlike some self proclaimed geniuses on here, but if I hated Hezb, I'd do things differently on here (if you know you know). Many people don't know what hate really is and confuse it with being disgusted by or disliking someone. If I hated Hezb as people, I would not even want them to disarm, since that preserves their lives.

I also don't hate Hassan Nasrallah

If you knew me before he kicked the bucket you would know I was hoping that he would go to prison and serve there as proof of our determination to enforce the law instead of dying like he did (even though I did expect his death a month before it happened). Hate is what you see when people commit war crimes or genuinely wish death and terrible things on others, I have no hate for anyone. I do admit that I made some distasteful jokes about a dead person who has a sizable cult of personality but that's what happens when you're not allowed to express yourself. It always comes out in the end.

I'm not working for Israel or shekels

I'd first need to be a member of Hezb for that to even be possible, as almost all spies were members of Hezbollah who used to yell death to this and that. I've never even been c...
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