by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | May 23, 2011 | Entertainment News
LebExile had passed on some news that James Blunt was raving to a Australian radio station (Mix106.5) about the greatest place he has ever visited and played to — Beirut: Here’s a transcript of what he said; you can hear the entire interview here (the part...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jan 29, 2011 | Society
Beirut is “unorganized chaos”: Beirut is what I call unorganised chaos. But it works. I don’t know how, but it works. The only thing is we have a major problem with urban planning. Never knew chaos could be organized? Also, is that really the only thing we...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Nov 26, 2010 | Looks Like Beirut
I would like to thank France24’s Tatiana Khoury for the opportunity to spread my cyber-campaign to rid the world of the phrase “Looks Like Beirut”. It was a great experience; I was pleasantly surprised how well it turned out despite being my very...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Nov 18, 2010 | Security
As you’ve probably heard, we have another inmate that has escaped Roumieh prison. Not only does it seem that getting out of the prison is a walk in the park, so is actually getting in: [Fatima Ridha, a Lebanese journalist for the London-based al-Hayat] managed...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Apr 28, 2010 | Business
The much talked-about Le Gray Hotel in Downtown Beirut will soon be the first Campbell Gray Hotels brand in Lebanon rather than the only one: Following on from the success of Le Gray, Beirut, Campbell Gray is looking at two more projects in Lebanon – “one...