A neat mountain road in Iran …
… and a bridge on the entrance of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon; notice the modern separators in the middle of the street:
A neat mountain road in Iran …
… and a bridge on the entrance of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon; notice the modern separators in the middle of the street:
To apply for a visa for the UAE, a Lebanese married woman travelling alone requires a no objection letter from her husband, plus a copy of her husband’s photo ID.
The Tobacco Control Program of the Ministry of Public Health is doing a great job! Here is a list of cafes and restaurants that went 100% smoke-free
Type the word Arab in Google (and a space), you will get suggestions based on what millions of people search daily… Apparently, many look for a nice girl to marry on the web! Why not?
I decided, just for fun, to find the most popular nationalities that look for their second half on Google, here are the results:
Top 5 women for marriage list*:
Pretty, tall, blonde,… who doesn’t want an attractive viking?
10th edition of Beirut International Film Festival kicks off tomorrow Wednesday with Sofia Coppola’s “Somewhere”
Thursday’s screenings include Oscar winner, Tanovic’s “Cirkus Columbia”
The 10th edition of Beirut International Film Festival is to start on Wednesday October 6, 2010 at Unesco Palace where the screening of “Somewhere”, directed by Sofia Coppola, winner of the Venice Film Festival “Golden Lion”.
Coppola also is the director “Marie-Antoinette” in 2006 and “Lost in Translation” in 2004. Her new film “Somewhere” speaks of the radical changes Hollywood bad-boy Johnny Marco was forced to make to his life of excess upon receiving an unexpected visit from his 11-year old daughter. The cast includes Stephen Dorff, Elle Fanning, Michelle Monoghan and Benicio Del Toro.
The festival screenings kick off Thursday October 7 at “Sofil Metropolis” cinema. Eight screenings will take place simultaneously, as the first starts at 3 PM and the last at 10 PM; however, they do not include films participating in the Middle Eastern film/feature competition. Read the rest of this entry »
Religious Tolerance: In America the controversy over the building the Islamic Center near Ground Zero has not let up. Read the rest of this entry »