Syria's opposition urged fighters across the country Wednesday to "rush to the rescue" of rebel stronghold Qusayr, while appealing to the international community to set up a humanitarian corridor to the embattled town.
Syria's acting National Coalition opposition chief George Sabra issued the call (...)
"تأسيس الطفل فكرياً ونفسياً هي المرحلة الأهم في حياة الإنسان إذ تنعكس عليه إيجاباً أو سلباً في منعطفات حياته"، انطلاقا من هذه الفكرة، بدأت النجمة سابين كلمة ألقتها خلال لقاء صباحي جمعها مع حشد من سيدات المجتمع اللواتي حضرن خصيصاً لدعم وتأييد أعمال جمعية "Spring Of Life" اللبنانية ، وذلك في مركز (...)
Redhead's conversation bristles with sarcasm, social analysis and black humour — cynicism at the turn of events, politically and socially since the 25 January Revolution, marred by scepticism about the state of the economy. “Politicians feel no sense of moral responsibility. I think it is (...)
Ali Hassan Khalil, Lebanon's health minister, stated recently that Egyptian medical products would be given a high priority within the Lebanese market.
Khalil signed an agreement yesterday with his Egyptian counterpart Mohamed Mustafa Hamed, detailing steps and procedures that would be taken in (...)
Orascom Telecom Media and Technology Holding (“OTMT") (OTMT.CA) announces that it received today 5th of March 2013 an extension to the management contract of the Lebanese mobile telecommunications operator “Alfa" with the Republic of Lebanon for a period of four additional months commencing on (...)
The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) has pared its midday gains to eventually reach EGP 993 million during Wednesday's closing session. The capital market has reached to EGP 362.949 billion during Wednesday's closing.
The EGX indices ended in green notes.
Egypt's benchmark index EGX30 ended Wednesday's (...)
Lebanese superstar, Haifa Wehbe, was in for quite the shock on Tuesday when her house was broken in to by strange men. Fortunately the singer wasn't there but her private security guards were and had to arrest three of them who were casually wandering around her pad in Lebanon.
Not only were they (...)
كيف تستطيع لغة الباطن أن تصف رومانسية الحُلم ضمن محدودية الكلام وكثافة الكلمات؟! هل للحُلم آلية معينة؟ وهل يخضع لازدواجية ما؟! لندع الحلم يعرِّف عن طبيعتِه أولاً:
بُعَيد لحظة النوم، يتَنهّد الباطن في الإنسان
وتغدو نفثاته نسيماً رقراقاً، يداعب أوتار الكيان
نسيماً يعُتقُ النفسَ كالأنغام في أبعاد (...)
Orascom Telecom Media and Technology Holding (OTMT.CA) has announced that it received on 31st of January 2013 an extension to the management contract of the Lebanese mobile telecommunications operator "Alfa" with the Republic of Lebanon for a period of one additional month commencing on February (...)
Hossam El Hamalawy AKA 3arabawy (Photo by Hassan Ibrahim/DNE)
How do you view the current polarisation in the country following Morsy's constitutional declaration?
The latest constitutional declaration has quite a contradictory nature. On the one hand, it does respond to some of the demands of the (...)
The Middle East Institute is proud to present the first annual Award for Distinction in Civic Leadership to Egyptian business leader and civil society activist Naguib Sawiris. This award category was created in the wake of the Arab uprisings to honor outstanding individual achievement in the realm (...)
A Telecommunications Ministry report issued Friday said Internet connection speed in Lebanon has significantly increased between June 2011 and June 2012.
“[Telecom Ministry] initiatives have started to bear results. [Internet connection] speed has improved by 15 and 18 times on the fixed-line and (...)
كلما ابتعدت المغنية هيفاء وهبي عن الأضواء، تعود بفستان لافت للأنظار، فقد أطلت علينا خلال حفل انتخاب Lebanon World Supermodel 2012، بزي أسود ملتصق بجسدها كأنه بدلة غوص على شكل شباك البحر. وقد وصف البعض هيفاء في jumpsuit بأنها غريبة وعجيبة.
نفذ زي هيفاء المصمم شربل زوي الذي سبق أن تعاون معها في عدة (...)
Banque Misr Liban has celebrated the launch of two new branches in Lebanon in the presence of Ahmed El-Semawy, the acting Egyptian ambassador to Lebanon; Mohamed Barakat, the chairman of Banque Misr Liban; and Hadi Naffi, the bank's board member and executive general manager.
With the latest (...)
Abu Hamed addresses a crowd during protest marches on 25 August
Mohamed Omar
The public prosecutor, Counselor Mahmoud Abdel Meguid, referred the report filed by Mahmoud Abdel Rahman against Mohamed Abu Hamed to the Supreme State Security prosecution on Sunday, reported the Masrawy portal.
Abdel (...)
واصل مسلسل "ناجي عطاالله" بطولة النجم عادل إمام الأخطاء القاتلة التي يقع فيها العمل دون مبرر، لا أحد يعلم هل هذا بسبب ضيق الوقت أم الاستسهال، حيث وقع رامي إمام مخرج العمل تلك المرة في خطأ كبير، حيث جاء في أحداث العمل أن ناجي عطا الله وفرقته وصلوا إلى سوريا وتجولوا في أحد أسواقها بينما كان السوق هو (...)
Fighting between the Lebanese army and an armed Palestinian group in the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp (File photo)
Five years after clashes in a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon led to the death of hundreds of civilians and soldiers, a judge recommended the death penalty for 88 people charged with (...)
The lead author of the report, which appeared in Pediatrics, said the conclusion supports the idea that the smoking itself - not the sex, profanity or violence that may go along with it in certain films - influences teens to take up the habit.
"Movie smoking seems to be just as impactful if it's (...)
HSBC Lebanon downgraded its rating on Bank Audi's stock to “Neutral' from “Overweight," but maintained its “Overweight" rating on the stock of BLOM Bank. It also maintained its target price for BLOM Bank's shares at $10.1 and reduced its target price for Bank Audi's shares to $6.5 from $8.10.
HSBC (...)
Barclays Capital revised downward its projection for real GDP growth in Lebanon to 3.1 percent in 2012 from an earlier forecast of 3.6 percent due to increased domestic political tensions, the deterioration of security conditions and an expected weakening of tourism activity this year.
It said (...)
Lebanese insurance companies were hit hard in the first quarter of 2012 on slower economic activity due to regional turmoil and domestic instability, a top industry official said, warning that insurers could resort to layoffs if slow performance persists. President of the Association of Insurance (...)
Lebanon's Bank Employees Association warned Friday that the failure to renew a collective contract which has governed relations between Lebanese banks and their employees since the 1970s could destabilize the sector.
“Not reaching a settlement over the collective contract would no doubt undermine (...)
تم تكريم الفنانة اللبنانية مايا دياب على مسرح صالة السفراء فى كازينو لبنان، ضمن احتفالية وجوه من لبنان التى تنظمها جمعية for Lebanon، لصاحبها ورئيسها الدكتور ناجى صفير.
وحصلت مايا على جائزة أفضل مقدمة برامج لعام 2012، حسب إحصاء أجروه طلاب جامعة ال LCU، حيث يتم خلال هذه الاحتفالية تكريم عدد من (...)
للسنة الثانية على التوالي، تمّ إختيار النجمة نادين الراسي أفضل ممثلة لبنانية ضمن الحفل السنوي ل"وجوه من لبنان" من خلال الإستفتاء الجماهيري الذي أجرته جمعية For Lebanon الذي يرأسها الدكتور ناجي صفير.
وتسلمت نادين درع التكريم ضمن الحفل الذي أقيم في صالة السفراء في كازينو لبنان وسط حضور حشد كبير من (...)
حصدت النجمة مايا دياب مايا جائزة أفضل مقدمة برامج لعام 2012 حسب إحصاء أجروه طلاب جامعة ال LCU، وكان الحفل على مسرح صالة السفراء في كازينو لبنان ضمن احتفالية وجوه من لبنان التي تنظمها جمعية for Lebanon لصاحبها ورئيسها الدكتور ناجي صفير حيث يتم تكريم مبدعين من لبنان للسنة الثالثة على التوالي.
ولدى (...)