by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Aug 29, 2012 | Lebanese Abroard, Society
THe LGBTQ advocacy group, HELEM, has succeeded in getting Mohamed Eskandar to alter his setlist for his performances in Ottawa and Montreal this Saturday and Sunday due to the homophobic and misogynistic nature of two of his songs, Dod el Enef and Jomhouryet Albi:...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jul 19, 2012 | Lebanese Abroard
I know I would surely would have enjoyed these Legos when growing up: Lebanese entrepreneur Ayah Bdeir will now be able to bring snap-together electronics toys littleBits to a wider audience, thanks to a new round of Series A funding from U.S. venture capital firms....
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jun 26, 2012 | Lebanese Abroard
Lebanese restaurants in the Canadian county of Windsor-Essex are up in arms on the blanket ban issued by the local health department against raw kibbeh: Windsor-Essex County Health Unit inspectors are forcing Lebanese restaurants to take a popular traditional food off...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jun 10, 2012 | Lebanese Abroard
Arabian Business has released their 2012 Power 500 list of the world’s most influential Arabs with Lebanese leading the way: Lebanon has contributed the most names to the 2012 list of the world’s most influential Arabs, published on Sunday by Arabian Business....
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Feb 14, 2012 | Lebanese Abroard
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, olive oil would be it. In an interview with Refinery29, folk band (and now Grammy winners) Bon Iver had a true bromance moment when Justin Vernon and his friends (co-managers, Nate Vernon and Kyle Frenette, and...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jan 23, 2012 | Lebanese Abroard
The Lebanese Immigrant Statue (apparently there are 12 around the world) has been defaced in a park in Australia: A $60,000 Preston statue celebrating Lebanese immigration has been defaced with racist and sexually gratuitous graffiti. The statue, unveiled at Preston’s...