by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Aug 29, 2012 | Media
CNN has decided to boost its journalists on the ground by bringing Mohammed Jamjoom to report along with Arwa Damon, who is already stationed in Beirut. According to an email sent out to CNN employees: Mohammed Jamjoom and Raja Razek will now be based in Beirut and...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Aug 26, 2012 | Looks Like Beirut
South Yorkshire, UK Thanks to Olivia Alabaster for this video: An unfinished South Yorkshire housing estate has been criticised by a local resident as looking “like Beirut”. The Stone Edge housing development is at Fox Hill, Sheffield and has just six...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jun 28, 2012 | Media
Remember when CNN was covering the events in Libya from Tripoli in Lebanon? Well, the Washington Times has clearly out done all other news channels with this Beirut gem: Gunmen kill seven at TV station near Beirut That’s the title of an article on their website....
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jun 19, 2012 | Looks Like Beirut
California, USA The run-up to the 4th of July celebrations in the US has lead to an increase in firework displays with one resident comparing the noise to Beirut: The pre-Fourth of July fireworks that traditionally rattle the Eastside appear to have gotten off to an...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jun 14, 2012 | Looks Like Beirut
Ontario, Canada According to residents of Donwoods Drive in Toronto, the roads that ply through their streets belong in Beirut rather than Canada: Donwoods Drive is a doozy. A gateway residential street to Hoggs Hollow, the steep swath of pavement can rattle teeth and...