Medfilm: Director postponed shooting due to Israel bombing in 2006 (Adnkronos)
Medfilm: Director postponed shooting due to Israel bombing in 2006 (AKI) – Lebanese director Hany Tamba said on Friday that he had postponed the shooting of his first feature film, Melodrama Habibi in 2006 due to the bombing of Lebanon by Israel. “We were supposed to start shooting in 2006 and we were planning the whole thing out with my producer and then the bombing started,” said Hany in an …
Campus Elections in Lebanon Mirror Society’s Politics (New York Times)
The results of student council elections in Lebanon are seen as crucial indexes of a party’s overall popularity and routinely make the front pages of national newspapers.
UNIFIL says Lebanon’s new government to support UN Resolution 1701 (People’s Daily)
UN Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) deputy spokesperson Andrea Tenenti said on Thursday that UNIFIL is sure that Saad Hariri’s government will support UN peacekeepers’ mission and UN Resolution 1701. Tenenti said in a statement that UNIFIL welcomed the formation of the newly-formed Lebanese government, adding that UNIFIL is sure that the government will support the implementation of Resolution …
Rotana’s Raouché Arjaan opens in Lebanon (AME Info)
Mena-based hotel management company Rotana has opened its third hotel in Lebanon, Raouché Arjaan by Rotana. The hotel has 176 studios and suites with state-of-the-art amenities and recreational facilities, including a rooftop swimming pool and a Bodylines Health and Fitness centre.
Lebanon’s new test (Al-Ahram Weekly)
After five months of painstaking negotiation Lebanon finally has a national unity government.
Posted: 13-11-2009 , 17:13 GMT (Al Bawaba)
The Lebanese artist denied rumors that were spreading about her new pregnancy and that she had retired from show business. Rumor also has it that she be retiring and living in Lebanon.
Hezbollah spies infiltrate Israel (UPI)
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Nov. 13 (UPI) — Hezbollah has infiltrated the security services of Israel and obtained vital documents regarding military activity, the resistance movement said.
Ebony Hoffman Blogs from Lebanon (WNBA.com)
As part of the U.S. State Department¡¦s Sports Envoy Program, WNBA President Donna Orender, Indiana Fever forward Ebony Hoffman and former NBA player Rolando Blackman have traveled to Lebanon to serve as ambassadors of sport.
Call for change in Lebanon (Al-Ahram Weekly)
Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun’s popularity in his Mount Lebanon heartland has been the subject of much speculation in Lebanon in recent years.
