by timesofoman.com Beirut: A cleric has been expelled from his seminary in Lebanon after a video of his piano playing, posted online, drew criticism from conservatives, he said. Sayed Hussein Al Husseini, 38, a keen pianist and amateur poet, posted the footage. But the sight of a main in turban and robe performing – even demure […]

BEIRUT, March 26 (Reuters) – Lebanon’s parliament will discuss the government’s proposed 2018 budget – which forecasts a slightly reduced deficit of $4.8 billion – on Wednesday and Thursday, state news agency NNA reported on Monday, citing Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. The coalition government, which includes most major parties represented in the parliament, agreed on […]

by Melia Robinson – Business Insider — As the daughter of a computer industry pioneer, Alexa Dell, the 24-year-old daughter of Michael Dell, didn’t assume she would someday work in tech. Looking back, her journey into the app space seems kind of inevitable. Alexa Dell said she grew up “having a front seat to the master class” […]

Al Arabiya — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman visited the IBM Watson Health Center and Mechatronics Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston on Saturday on the second leg of his US tour. During the visit, IBM Watson’s Senior Vice-President, David Kenny, briefed the Crown Prince with a video presentation on artificial […]

By emirateswoman.com –She’s ninth in line to the throne of Monaco, an established writer, and a darling of the fashion scene—and it looks like Charlotte Casiraghi can now add bride-to-be to her CV. The style icon, who is the granddaughter of Prince Rainier III and Grace Kelly, is rumoured to be engaged to French-Lebanese film producer […]

By Paula Astih — aawsat.com Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri successfully rallied people behind him after targeting in his speech Hezbollah, making it clear that voters have a choice to make between two very different political atmospheres. “The choice in the elections will be easy: stability, security, economic drive and jobs, or God forbid, economic and […]

By Claudia Carpenter A Patek Philippe watch made for King Farouk of Egypt in 1944 sold to an unidentified buyer for $912,500 at Christie’s in Dubai on Friday, a record sum for a timepiece auctioned in the Middle East. The 18-carat gold Patek Philippe Ref. 1518 was estimated to be worth as much as $800,000 […]

by  Shana Lebowitz – Business Insider  Millennials can stay in touch with family and friends on social media There’s a lot of griping out there about how social media is ruining our attention spans, our ability to sit still, our self-esteem, and our lives in general. But one of its most basic functions is to keep us […]

by Alex Lockie – Business Insider – Article represents opinion of the author Iran’s navy made a point of harassing and humiliating the US Navy in 2016 after then-President Barack Obama had sealed the Iran deal, but since August 2017, the US Navy says things have changed. “It seems like they’ve absolutely made a conscious […]

Nadim Munla, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri’s senior adviser, gestures as he speaks during an interview with Reuters in Beirut By Lisa Barrington and Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Lebanese government will raise $700 million soon by issuing special bonds that will help it unlock a further $4 billion of international funding for infrastructure […]