by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Nov 23, 2010 | Society
The US State Department has issued statistics covering US non-immigrant visa rejection rates for the first three quarters of 2010 by nationality. Here’s the list of Arab countries ranked in order of decreasing rejection rates: Somalia – 69.6% Djibouti...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Nov 10, 2010 | Society
Congratulations to The Fifth Wheel for winning Best Company at this year’s INJAZ Young Entrepreneur Competition 2010 which took place in Morocco. The Lebanese team from St. Joseph School took on 12 other Arab teams to win the coveted title: The criteria on which...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Oct 24, 2010 | Society
According to Simon Anhold, a policy advisor who works with governments on national identity reputation, there are two classes of international cuisine: premier cuisines and runner ups, with Malaysia trying hard to push past the second ranks: “You can tell (what...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Oct 10, 2010 | Society
It seems we’ve had enough of our “Lebanese foods” (hummous, tabbouleh, kebbe) and we’ve decided to super-size the Lebanese flag: The Lebanese military on Sunday released a picture taken from the air of the massive flag, stitched in Kuwait,...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Aug 29, 2010 | Society
An update (2012) to this post is available here: Lebanon Remains at the Bottom of Visa Free Travel Index Henley and Partners (H&P), a global legal firm that deals with immigration, has compiled a list of passports that provide entry to countries without the need...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Aug 15, 2010 | Society
The UK’s Independent has decided to take a trip to Mleeta in south Lebanon to Hezbollah’s Resistance Museum, aka, Hezbollahland. The article in itself is unremarkable though one sentence did catch my attention: More than 500,000 people have flocked to...