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Absolutely shocking:
The famous Lebanese artist Haifa Wahbe claims that she was excluded from an appearance on the famous American talk show “Oprah Winfrey.”
That’s the first sentence in the article, after which they get to the specifics:
Haifa’s fans claim that Haifa was replaced by the Lebanese artist Nancy Ajram.
You sourced your news from the a fan [...]
Lebanonwood
We might need to add another -wood to the family of movie productions zones:
…the government’s ministries of culture and tourism are coming together to promote Lebanon as a potential film destination.
The Lebanese Tourist Board of Paris is launching an initiative dubbed “At 35mm From Beirut” with a view to building relations between Lebanese and international [...]
Concerts Past
Apparently not much has changed when it comes to concerts in Beirut (since the 60s at least). You still have the screaming crowd which seems to generate the “this is my most memorable concert” response from all artists:
“The more they screamed, the better we played,” recalls Charles Springer with a smile from the couch of [...]
Obituary: Salwa Katrib
Lebanese artist, Salwa Katrib has died.
Lebanese icon Salwa Katrib died today, reported Arabic news website elaph.com.
Salwa, well-known Lebanese singer and TV icon, was admitted into hospital last Tuesday with a brain haemorrhage and fell into a coma.
My deepest condolences to her family. She was married to Nahi Lahoud, brother of writer and producer Romeo Lahoud. [...]
