by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Feb 9, 2010 | Business
Following on the heals of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Zouk Mikael Municipality, Australia’s alternative to Starbucks, Gloria Jean’s, goes down the same road: Australian owned coffee brand Gloria Jean’s Coffees has continued its international...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Nov 6, 2009 | Lebanese Abroard
Can you imagine three teenagers charged with 200 sexual assault offenses in a span of two months? Wondering why am I bring this issue up? You guessed it, there’s a Lebanese connection: Eric Mumbler, 19, and his workmates at a demolition business, Nabil Merhi,...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Aug 26, 2009 | Lebanese Abroard
You heard me, a Zionist: [Lebanon’s Consul General in Sydney, Robert Naoum] has lost his bid to stop a website calling him a Zionist after a court ruled the comments were not defamatory. The comment was made by Nabil Dannawi, a Sydney resident on his Arabic website,...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jun 9, 2009 | Lebanese Abroard
I had blogged about the Lebanese-Australian relations down under previously, and if you haven’t recently heard, Indians living in Australia have been experiencing what seemed to be racial violence towards them, but it appears that our fellow Lebanese have also...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Mar 25, 2009 | Lebanese Abroard
Every neighborhood in Lebanon has one: the local moped ‘gang’ that rides around the city, whistling at any girl they pass by. Well, apparently our counterparts in Australia have upgraded the ‘gang’ with devastating consequences: The Australian...
