Shame on this weak government

What was supposed to be national solidarity and companionship turned into a saddening youth backstabbing catastrophe and tragedy…

The arab age categories chess championship is currently being held in Morocco. According to FIDE (Fédération Internationale des Échecs), the host federation must be able to provide visas to all the participating players. In the most unsportsmanlike manner, the Moroccan embassy turned away almost half the Lebanese delegation, refusing to issue visas to all the Shia athletes and some from other sects, expressing « you know the reason why you were rejected »

After heavy pressuring from many prominent chess figures, the Lebanese Chess Federation decided to boycott the championship and (hopefully) is engaging in formal complaints at FIDE and ACF (Arab Chess Federation) in order to retrieve costs of plane tickets and hotel bookings for the accepted players, as well as compensation for not participating.

Lebanon has already won many times a lot of titles in this championship, and it truly is a shame that politics are getting in the way of children and youth towards sports excellence. More revolting however, is the incompetence of our government in handling this situation.
Post Author: /u/KarpovSimp
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Studying abroad part-time while working remotely. Is it possible?

Hi everyone, I'm reaching out for advice. I really need it.

tldr: I want out of here, and would like to keep my job while pursuing a master's. What's your experience with this?

I'm looking for a part-time master's program abroad that is in English, and delivered in the afternoon or on weekends. I work full-time remotely as a contractor with a Spanish employer and would like to keep my job and income while I study.

I have a Bachelor of Business Administration and looking for masters in Data/Business Analytics (where admission isn't restricted to Maths/CS undergrads), project management and MBA, or even International Affairs, Security, Terrorism and Political sciences. My work experience is in social analytics and reputation management-related for global names.

I'm browsing programs across the EU, UK and Scandinavian countries at the moment, and it seems like I've already missed the deadline for many programs that start in the Fall.

1. Can you please help point me towards a university that offers part-time master programs in English in the majors mentioned above?

2. Would working remotely as a contractor with a Spanish employer conflict with the Student visa rules? Would it work if my contract is changed to fit the allowed hours/week?

For example, studying full-time in the UK limits work to 20hours/week, and doesn't allow work at all if I'm enrolled in a part-time program. I couldn't find details on this on the gov.uk site, but blogs mention that work isn't permitted for part-timers. I don't know about other countries, but I'd like to keep my income flowing.

What's your experience with this? Would that work in other EU countries if not the UK?

1. Do you have any other piece of advice? Like what to consider after graduation in terms of job sponsorship in said country?

Please help, I need out.
Post Author: /u/noonecudsaveme
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Lebanese movie recommendations

Hello everyone,

I've been on a nostalgia role lately and have been watching Lebanese movies. I need some new recommendations, I want movies with a story that has either a social, psychological or philosophical depth to it. I also love movies about the war. Here are some movies I watched recently and loved :

Capernaum
West Beyrouth
Ghadi
The insult
Very big shot
Under the bombs
Amani Taht Qaous Qazah

I don't want "soap opera" type movies. You can also recommend series. You can recommend the titles in English or arabic.

Also if you can recommend a link to where you find the movies, it would be appreciated. I live in Canada and it's not always obvious to find the movies through typical American or European websites.

Thanks in advance,
Post Author: /u/BartholomewThePoet
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Opinion: Events in Syria will likely change the US eagerness for a swift and/or forceful disarmament of Hezbollah.

First of all, I don't want to comment specifically on what happened in Syria, but I do need to say this. I hope all civilians in Syria are safe, and my heart goes out to the Druze civilians in Suwayda, who are currently in a very difficult position because of the attacks against them. And I hope for all civilians, and my Druze brothers specifically, to be safe and sound always.

The idea, basically, of what Tom Barak said about encouraging the Syrian president to create this unified, centralized country, in which the idea is to monopolize arms only to the state and disarm all nonstate actors, is taking place, and we see the dangers of such a strategy when you try to disarm by force.

Obviously, the Syrian situation is very different, and the conduct of the Syrian army is basically a ragtag group of militias that do not live up to the standards of an army, so they cannot be compared to the conduct and professionalism of the LAF, disregarding actual military capabilities. So the Syrian army is basically a collection of militias, many are religious extremists. But we can somewhat put this under the very general "title" of disarming non-state armed groups. Where the Syrian nominal army tried to disarm the Druze by force.

But regardless, this episode shows us that the US would probably revise their eagerness to disarm Hezbollah quickly, swiftly, and decisively, because you can see when you try to disarm a group through force and coercion, the result would be sectarian battles and sectarian blood, and it would possibly change what could have been a more streamlined operation into something very messy and one that would endanger the entirety of the Lebanese state.

So I think for now, even the US would try to scale back its demands for the forceful disarmament of Hezbollah and would likely favor Aoun's approach of dialogue. In my personal opinion, Aoun's approach to dialogue is not going to go anywhere, and therefore, Hezbollah will not be disarmed anytime soon because dialogue won't solve shit. But Aoun is probably...
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For the first time since the collapse of the Ottoman empire, Tripoli is getting new road asphalt

Post Author: /u/sad_trabulsyy
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Opinion: Events in Syria will likely change the US eagerness for a swift disarmament of Hezbollah.

First of all, I don't want to comment specifically on what happened in Syria, but I do need to say this. I hope all civilians in Syria are safe, and my heart goes out to the Druze civilians in Suwayda, who are currently in a very difficult position because of the attacks against them. And I hope for all civilians, and my Druze brothers specifically, to be safe and sound always.

The idea, basically, of what Tom Barak said about encouraging the Syrian president to create this unified, centralized country, in which the idea is to monopolize arms only to the state and disarm all nonstate actors, is taking place, and we see the dangers of such a strategy when you try to disarm by force.

Obviously, the Syrian situation is very different, and the conduct of the Syrian army is basically a ragtag group of militias that do not live up to the standards of an army, so they cannot be compared to the conduct and professionalism of the LAF, disregarding actual military capabilities. So the Syrian army is basically a collection of militias. Some of them are extremists. But we can somewhat put this under the very general "title" of disarming non-state armed groups. Where the Syrian nominal army tried to disarm the Druze by force.

But regardless, this episode shows us that the US would probably revise their eagerness to disarm Hezbollah quickly, swiftly, and decisively, because you can see when you try to disarm a group through force and coercion, the result would be sectarian battles and sectarian blood, and it would possibly change what could have been a more streamlined operation into something very messy and one that would endanger the entirety of the Lebanese state.

So I think for now, even the US would try to scale back its demands for the forceful disarmament of Hezbollah and would likely favor Aoun's approach of dialogue. In my personal opinion, Aoun's approach to dialogue is not going to go anywhere, and therefore, Hezbollah will not be disarmed anytime soon because dialogue won't solve shit. But Aoun is prob...
Post Author: /u/Standard_Ad7704
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