By The Daily Star BEIRUT: Police announced Tuesday the arrest of a woman in a southern Beirut suburb for forcing her two daughters, including a minor, into prostitution. A local NGO had told the police that a 53-year-old Lebanese woman identified by her initials A.Gh. in Burj al-Barajneh was pushing her daughters to seduce men […]
By Michael Karam
This article represent the opinion of the author
I presume the Lebanese company Demco Properties meant well
when it decided to make “Lebanon is calling”, a 40-second ad apparently
aimed at wooing back expatriate talent. I guess it’s just unfortunate
that it came across as a bit weird and somewhat insulting.
For
those who haven’t seen it – I caught it on CNN twice in one hour last
week during the coverage of the US presidential elections – the ad is
set in a swish office, towering over what looks like New York. A
well-groomed but thoroughly bored Arab businessman stares out across the
city. The phone rings. “Lebanon” is on the other end.
Our man is surprised. He asks “Lebanon” where “he” – Lebanon is a man
and sounds, as one friend pointed out, like the murderer from Scream –
has been “all this time”. With unfaultable logic, the scary voice
replies: “I’m here, I never moved. It’s you who left”.
Stung by
the reproach, our hero argues that he had no choice, that “things
haven’t been easy”. But Lebanon counters: “It’s even harder for me”. Our
man is on the back foot.
“I’ve always wanted to come back,” he adds, as the camera pans to a
selection of framed family photos behind his desk. Lebanon plays his
ace. “Well, I’ve been working hard day and night and now things have
changed. I’m back on my feet again.”
“So why do you need me?” the
businessman asks in desperation (it is at this point that I couldn’t
help thinking the poor chap didn’t really want to go back.) “I want you
to walk with me,” Lebanon replies. “Home is waiting.”
By Fr. Richard G. Cipolla The furor over Donald Trump’s election has many facets. One is the reaction of students in elite colleges on the East and West coasts who are so emotionally distraught that they cannot take exams or who need counseling. This reaction, while not mitigating Trump’s foolish and vulgar comments, bares the […]
Lebanon’s newly nominated premier, Saad Hariri (C-R), takes part in the
14th annual Beirut Marathon on November 13, 2016 in the Lebanese
capital. ANWAR AMRO / AFP
by Salah Takieddine
BEIRUT, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) — Almost 50,000 people came together in the Lebanese capital city Sunday morning to participate in the annual “Beirut Marathon”, a charitable and sporting event, which draws people from across the country and around the world.
Lebanon’s Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri took part in the seven kilometer fun race and was seen wearing black attire and sunglasses and taking selfies with participants.The marathon started at around 7 a.m. and included 11 different races for adults, women, special needs individuals, students and children accompanied by their parents. Hariri said a marathon was also taking place in the formation of the government, whereby parties are competing for ministries.
“Lebanon is doing very well, especially following the election of President Michel Aoun, who has reflected a sense of comfort for everyone,” Hariri said.
Asked if the marathon is faster than the government, Hariri pointed that “there is also a marathon in forming the government, they are competing for ministries.”
He added that “we are looking towards the future and Lebanon is doing well.”
For her part, “Beirut Marathon Association” President May Khalil told reporters that “we salute Prime Minister Hariri and we emphasize that we have full confidence that the government will be formed because Lebanon needs a period of security. We are very happy that Premier Hariri is leading this stage.”
One of the most challenging races is the internationally measured and certified 42 kilometer race, which begins from the Beirut New Waterfront and ends at Martyrs’ Square in Downtown Beirut and spans various neighborhoods in and around the Lebanese capital.
Kenyan Edwin Kibet Kiptoo won the 42 kilometer race, while Jordanian Ahmed Soumar came in first place in the 21 kilometer half race.
Shereen Njeim was the first Lebanese woman in the 42 kilometer race, coming in fourth place in the total ranking.
By YaLibnan Lebanon Speaker Nabih Berri slammed the Lebanese banks as “cheap” and ” stingy” over their donations the Lebanese army for buying weapons , al-Akhbar daily reported on Saturday. “This is unacceptable. A single investor can alone donate ten million dollars. This is incomparable to the sacrifices and responsibilities that the army shoulders,” furious […]
By Naharnet The meeting of Saudi Charge d’affairs Walid al-Bukhari with caretaker Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil on Friday signaled an improvement in relations between Lebanon and the Gulf States after an earlier deterioration in ties, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Saturday. Discussions between the two men focused on the latest developments in Lebanon and the region, […]
Joünié #khazen #LiveLoveLebanon
“Defying the odds, vocal populists have won the two major popular
votes in the western world this year. The success of Boris
Johnson and Donald Trump raises an obvious question: could it
happen elsewhere in Europe?” That’s the question put forth by Berenberg’s chief economist
Holger Schmieding and senior UK economist Kallum Pickering in a
note to clients in the aftermath of the US presidential
elections,
which ended in a surprise Trump victory.
And they’re not the only ones. HSBC’s chief European
economist, Simon Wells, expressed
a similar idea in a note to clients on Wednesday,
writing “there is a risk that the Trump victory could boost
the popularity of anti-immigration and populist parties across
Europe.” Of course, the situations in the US and in Europe are not
identical. But, there are some similarities in the
sentiments of the electorates. “After all, the parallel to the anti-Washington rage in the US is
a rejection of the European Union; the parallel to Trump’s
anti-NAFTA rhetoric is the threat to reverse the process of
European integration that, jointly with NATO, has been the
cornerstone of peace and prosperity in Europe since the 1950s,”
wrote the Berenberg duo.
Taking it a step further, they argued that France
is the next crucial vote to watch.
Marine Le Pen, France’s
National Front leader.
REUTERS/Eric
Gaillard
Though an
Italian referendum on changes to the country’s constitution
is right around the corner, the “risk would probably be
containable” if Prime Minister Matteo Renzi loses the referendum
come December, according to Schmieding and Pickering. (Although,
back in August, Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz
told Business Insider the referendum could be the
“cataclysmic event” similar to Brexit that could trigger the
collapse of the eurozone.)
Beirut, Lebanon #GrecoRoman Ruins #khazen
Population Movements to Keserwan - The Khazens and The Maans
ما جاء عن الثورة في المقاطعة الكسروانية
ثورة أهالي كسروان على المشايخ الخوازنة وأسبابها
Origins of the "Prince of Maronite" Title
Growing diversity: the Khazin sheiks and the clergy in the first decades of the 18th century
Historical Members:
Barbar Beik El Khazen [English]
Patriach Toubia Kaiss El Khazen(Biography & Life Part1 Part2) (Arabic)
Patriach Youssef Dargham El Khazen (Cont'd)
Cheikh Bishara Jafal El Khazen
Patriarch Youssef Raji El Khazen
The Martyrs Cheikh Philippe & Cheikh Farid El Khazen
Cheikh Nawfal El Khazen (Consul De France)
Cheikh Hossun El Khazen (Consul De France)
Cheikh Abou-Nawfal El Khazen (Consul De France)
Cheikh Francis Abee Nader & his son Yousef
Cheikh Abou-Kanso El Khazen (Consul De France)
Cheikh Abou Nader El Khazen
Cheikh Chafic El Khazen
Cheikh Keserwan El Khazen
Cheikh Serhal El Khazen [English]
Cheikh Rafiq El Khazen [English]
Cheikh Hanna El Khazen
Cheikha Arzi El Khazen
Marie El Khazen