Lebanon’s environment is in free fall and we urgently need someone to pay attention to this. If our democracy was a balanced one, this issue would be at the top of politicians’ agendas. Instead, the environment is almost unspoken of.
In fact, the reason for the lack of attention is a little more complicated. First, as we have [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Beirut’
We urgently need an environmental agenda!
Posted in Environment, tagged Beirut, Dbayye, Elections, Lebanon, Middle East, Saida on May 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Have you seen Nayla Tueni’s web site?
Posted in Politics, tagged Beirut, Elections, Internet, Lebanon, Middle East, Nayla Tueni on April 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I just checked out Nayla Tueni’s web site. I should say that I find Nayla Tueni refreshing and would consider voting for her if I was voting in her district. That said, I was very disappointed with her web site which I saw advertised on a large banner on Sassine Square.
Here she is running for [...]
Construction chaos
Posted in Society, tagged Beirut, Construction, Development, Lebanon, Middle East, Town Planning on March 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you travel in most parts of Lebanon you notice buildings everywhere with what appears to be very little planning. There appears to be no height limits and buildings rarely respect any esthetic standard. This is clearly visible in Beirut, especially in the southern suburbs, but also in the countryside. People seem to build where it pleases [...]
