by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jul 16, 2013 | Society
According to a statement released by the Lebanese Psychiatric Society (LPS) and published on the Ministry of Information’s National News Agency on Thursday, homosexuality is not a disease and there is nothing that needs to be cured: LGBTQ Nation provides a...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Dec 13, 2012 | Society
Lebanon has been participating in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) since 2003 – an international assessment of the mathematics and science knowledge of fourth grade and eighth grade students around the world. Lebanon however has...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Aug 29, 2012 | Lebanese Abroard, Society
THe LGBTQ advocacy group, HELEM, has succeeded in getting Mohamed Eskandar to alter his setlist for his performances in Ottawa and Montreal this Saturday and Sunday due to the homophobic and misogynistic nature of two of his songs, Dod el Enef and Jomhouryet Albi:...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Aug 29, 2012 | Society
Henley and Partners (H&P), a global legal firm that deals with immigration, have released their 2012 Visa Restriction Index with no major surprises. The Lebanese passport remains at bottom 10, tied with Nepal. In terms of Arab countries, here is the list of...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jul 17, 2012 | Society
In an exclusive interview with Arabian Business, Lebanese Tourism Minister Fady Abboud lays out a new tourism plan for the country: Authorities in Lebanon are in talks with low cost carriers including easyJet and Ryanair about starting operations to the country in a...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jul 16, 2012 | Society
As a means to stem the use of fraudulent passports to gain entry into Kuwait, the authorities there are planning to fingerprint foreign workers at some of their embassies rather than in Kuwait to ensure that people who shouldn’t be allowed in the country are...