After the success of the previous albums; including the massive self-titled debut album beirutbiloma, B sides, Basics and Blue which was an eclectic mixture of genres and styles, and a reference in modern Arabic music, 2008 sees Beirut Biloma back with a cracking new concept electrojerk . Posted in Latest album annoucement.

Lebanon eyes export boost via Expo Milano. The volume of Lebanese exports to. Should work on improving these figures, Economy Minister. HORECA lures hundreds of exhibitors. Hundreds of professionals from the hospitality and food service industry flocked Monday to the.

Living and Working in Beirut, Lebanon. Beirut, Lebanon has become our home over these past two years, and a home is never easy to leave behind. We leave not just an apartment, but a home that became a reflection of our time here in the Middle East. No longer will Tarek, the clerk at Calimera market where we would stop on our way home to buy food items, greet us with Marhaba. We will miss the gentle soul and shy smile of Wahija.

Wednesday, June 13, 2007. An anti-Syrian Lebanese MP was assassinated today and nine others killed when a car bomb exploded in Beirut. In one of the deadliest such attacks since the murder of the former prime minister, Rafik Hariri,more than two years ago, the MP, Walid Eido was killed as a car bomb detonated as his vehicle drove by, near the seafront in the Lebanese capital. Continue reading Clancey Chassay in The Guardian. Sunday, June 03, 2007.

Culture, politics and thoughts from the Middle East. At the Jerusalem Fund in Washington. A state of missed opportunities. Palestinian University Presidents speak out. Pappe and Barghouti at LRB. Great contemporary arty exhibition on Palestine at Darat Al Funoun in Amman.