http://www.iloubnan.info/en/rss Iloubnan Reportages en_En Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:08:21 EET Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:08:21 EET http://www.iloubnan.info lara@ebizproduction.com lara@ebizproduction.com http://www.iloubnan.info/en/reportage/id/365 Sascha Breuer, Wella’s international expert and hairstylist for the stars, was recently in Beirut to introduce the new hair coloring Koleston Kit from Wella. He revealed his top hair coloring tips. http://www.iloubnan.info/en/reportage/id/363 Only about 2,700 people remain of the estimated 6,500 mainly Christian Lebanese who settled in northern Israel in 2000 when they followed their Israeli allies as they withdrew back across the border. Those that choose to come back are often viewed as traitors by fellow Lebanese and many face jail time upon their return on charges of collaborating with the enemy. http://www.iloubnan.info/en/reportage/id/359 This year, the father of the Prophet Gibran Khalil Gibran would have celebrated his 125th birthday. One of the many activities scheduled to mark the event is an exhibition which was inaugurated at the 15th francophone “Salon du livre” held in Beirut. The book fair has ended but the exhibit keeps on driving throughout Lebanon, in French cultural centers as well as in public libraries. The exhibit co-produced by the Lebanese Ministry of Culture and the French Cultural Center in Lebanon is called “Photographical promenades with the soul of the Prophet of Gibran”. Hayat Karanouh revisits Gibran’s mythical text with a series of 30 photos interpreting extracts from the The Prophet. http://www.iloubnan.info/en/reportage/id/361 Ancient history is getting in the way of construction in Beirut's building boom as new archaeological discoveries delay the springing up of long-planned high rises. And the delays can be long, frustrating and expensive. http://www.iloubnan.info/en/reportage/id/358 In September 2007, fierce battles opposing the Lebanese Army and Fatah al-Islam militants have left the Nahr el-Bared refugees camp devastated. More than a year later, The United Nations Refugee Agency for West-Asia (UNRWA) launched the reconstruction of the premises. Works in this very vast building site must be achieved within three years, according to the NGO members. Though, among the Nahr el Bared residents, many remain skeptical about the effective progress of the reconstruction process. http://www.iloubnan.info/en/reportage/id/355 How do people in Southern Lebanon see the US presidential elections? In the region of Bint Jbeil, Hezbollah's stronghold, where many residents have U.S. citizenship, they differentiate between America on the one hand and the Bush administration on the other. And they strongly support the Democrat candidate, Barak Obama. http://www.iloubnan.info/en/reportage/id/105 Simplicity and perfectionism….two apparently antithetic characteristics which suit Zuhair Murad so well. Simplicity, because the 35-year-old dark-haired man’s welcoming to his Parisian show-room was straight forward. And perfectionism, because you feel that behind his quiet appearance, Zuhair Murad is constantly concerned with the tiny details…and these details are what make the difference in the eyes of professionals and clients. http://www.iloubnan.info/en/reportage/id/352 Something of a revolution is taking place on Lebanon's notoriously dangerous roads. Drivers are beginning to stop at red lights, to wear seat belts and no longer have their cell phones glued to their ears. All thanks to a crackdown ordered by the country's new no-holds-barred Interior Minister Ziad Baroud who has unleashed a small army of traffic cops to impose law and order in a country where rules appear made to be broken. http://www.iloubnan.info/en/reportage/id/350 Two years after it was cancelled due to war and instability in Lebanon, the “Salon du Livre” or the 15th francophone Book Fair opened its gates in Beirut and hit big and heavy sales record. This book fair which bridges the Levant to the Francophone world will be open until November 2nd over 3500sq.m at the Beirut International Exhibition and Leisure Centre (BIEL), the biggest exhibit centre of the Lebanese capital. http://www.iloubnan.info/en/reportage/id/348 Summer is gone and fall is here with its heavy cloudbursts. As for Lebanon, it's always the same story. Once it rains, roads are streamed with water. But unfortunately, there are few means implemented to save rainwater, especially when experts say that about 50% are wasted thereby.