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Today, Mrs Rima Sleiman Frangieh, was at Karam Saddeh, launching the re-forestation programme of the El Marada Youth Bureau and Environmental Committee. The launch saw the beginning of the planting of over 3,000 pine tree saplings. 
The Parents Committee of the Mar Antonius School, Khalidiya held today its Annual Luncheon at the, Al Mirdeichiye Restuarant.Latest News
Zgharta's Technical Institute honours past D The Technical Institute of Zgharta held a leaving ceremony for departing Director Sayed Gitani, who has been at the Institute for some 40 years. Among those attending were the acting Director General of Vocational and Technical Education at the Ministry of Education, Ahmed Diab and the Institute's n... Read More |
Joelle Amine R.I.P. The family of Joelle Amine who was found murdered in the Caza have created a Facebook group in tribute to her. The messages from family and friends are a poignant testimony of the love and affection she was held in.She was born in 1980 and was laid to rest last week in her home village of Arbet Kozh... Read More |
The country where we live The richness of Lebanon's culture and heritage is found in these links. The only remaining bell maker in Lebanon, Naffah Naffah, from the Mount Lebanon village of Beit Chabah, is featured in video called, The Bell Maker. One of the legacies of Lebanon's Ottoman past is the small Turkish community in... Read More |
Lebanon's citizen journalism blogs (2) Continuing our series featuring Lebanese blogs we bring you, Sietske in Beiroet, written by a Dutch national married to a Lebanese man bringing up her son and daughter in Beirut. We have mentioned her blog before as she writes about Lebanon from a outsiders view point but yet capturing the absurditi... Read More |
Ehden's Winter Season Resurgence Ehden's winter sports season was featured today in the Lebanese national newspaper, As Safir. Interviewed in the article is Chafic Ghazale of Ehden Adventures.The feature can be read from here. Read More |
Women's Education: A double edged sword? A thought provoking article appears in today's Lebanese English language newspaper, The Daily Star, on the question of women's higher education overseas and its affect on woman's perceived role in tradtional Lebanese society.It can be read from this link and below. Read More |
3 thefts in Zgharta As Safir reports on Monday that there has been three thefts from butchers in Zgharta of eqiupment and cash, worth in all some $30,000. The report is below. Read More |
Breaking News: National Role for Zgharta's S Lebanese President Michel Suleiman announced the names of the members of the next National Dialogue this Sunday. Among those named was Zgharta Zawie Member of Parliament and President of the El Marada party Sleiman Frangieh. The date of the Dialogue meeting has yet to be determined. Read More |
Polyglot Lebanon Online Lebanese information portal, iloubnan carries on Sunday a Agence France Presse article suggesting that the Arabic language in Lebanese society, especially the written word, is falling behind amongst young people. The artilce can be read from here. Read More |
Horsh Ehden under nature attack The dangers to the Horsh Ehden of climate change and insect infestation was highlighted in the An Nahar pages this Sunday by a report of local journalist Tony G. Frangieh. The report can be read from here. Read More |
Specials
Dr. Maxim Baini Walking in a street in Europe or America you can somehow spot a Lebanese. How they carry themselves, what they wear, the total look, the detail - perfect tailoring perfect teeth, oozes chic and savoir faire. Wh... Read More |
Vera Farah: Zgharta Artist One of most talked about “Al Koubra” events this summer was the exhibition of paintings by Vera Bou Tannous Farah. The exhibition was called “Lady of the Night” and consisted of twenty paintings of her most rec... Read More |
Mothers Day - Linda Dahdah Today is the first day of spring and in Lebanon it is also Mothers Day. In Lebanon it is a day when the themes of new life and motherhood are combined. Since the beginning of mankind spring has been associated ... Read More |
Overseas News
Expatriate's right to vote The question of expatriate's right to vote in Lebanese elections is the subject of an article written by Paige Kollock for Now Lebanon,which appears online today. Such a right has yet to be incorporated into Lebanese ele... Read More |
What's your web browser of choice? In Europe the European Commission has made Microsoft allow users of its Windows operating systems - XP, Vista and Windows 7, the option to choose their web browser, rather than by default. Those users who have Microsoft'... Read More |
Zgharta's Minister visits Australia Zgharta born Minister of State Youssef Antoine Saade will be arriving in Australia on Thursday. During his stay he will be meeting members of the Lebanese and Zgharta Zawie community and organisations as well as local an... Read More |
Bishop Gregory John Mansour: Ehden roots Bishop Gregory John Mansour, Bishop of the Eparchy of St. Maron of Brooklyn, has ancestral roots going back four generations to Ehden. The Bishop refers to them in an article published on the Eparchy's website when writi... Read More |
Municipalities Elections 2010
Municipal Elections in May Subject to Parliament the Lebanese Government has agreed the provisions of the new electoral law for the Municipal elections this year.The full provisions have been published in the, Al Anwar, today, which appear also below (we leave it to our readers to use their translation tools on their pcs/macs to read it in their language of choice)... Read More |