by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Dec 7, 2011 | Regional News
The Cedar Island off Lebanese coast may have been nothing but a pipe dream, but apparently the Lebanon Island off Dubai’s coast may be first development to open to the public: The World, the troubled offshore island project off Dubai, will open its first island...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Nov 23, 2011 | Environment
The Green Prophet has interviewed Wassim Melki, owner of the company StudioInvisible, (pronounced in French) who is trying to push the local authorities to mandate rooftop gardens across Beirut. The plan is to turn this: Into this: StudioInvisible plans to implement...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Nov 23, 2011 | Economy
If you are a Lebanese expat and regularly send money back to your home country, you can give yourself a pat on the back for keeping Lebanon economically kicking: In Lebanon, which is the world’s eighth-largest recipient of overseas remittances, remittance inflows...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Nov 2, 2011 | Society
The UN has released its 2011 Human Development Index which measures the development of people in countries based on life expectancy, literacy, education and standards of living. According to the Lebanon comes in 7th place among Arab countries (71 globally). Here are...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Nov 2, 2011 | Media
I have no idea which Lebanon she’s taking about but according to Jane Kinninmont, a senior research fellow for the Middle East and North Africa at Chatham House research institute in London, headscarves and no skin is a must for advertisement in Lebanon:...