The Life of a Fashion Designer: Thread, Fabrics and Yachts?
Apparently, Lebanese fashion designer, Elie Saab, has thrown away his thread and needles for a little extravagance on the high seas:
Elie Saab in collaboration with Weyves Couture and Oceanco unveiled the first of three megayachts to be designed by the Lebanese designer – the ES117 – at a high-profile launch event at the Abu Dhabi [...]
Beirut Map Puts Abu Dhabi on Arts Map
Abu Dhabi is working quite hard to establish itself as the cultural center of the Arabian Gulf with offshoots of the Louvre and Guggenheim sprouting up on the island with the map of Beirut making its debut:
Marwan Rechmaoui’s “Beirut Caoutchouc”, a map of Lebanon’s capital made of 60 mats, was included in the first exhibition [...]
Odd One Out
Here’s a press release from Abu Dhabi, can you pick out the country that does not belong?
The Abu Dhabi Transport Department has drawn up a list of companies from the US, the UK, Australia, Lebanon, France, Spain and Denmark which will compete for the role of consultant to the capital’s metro project. The winning firm [...]
“Like Beirut” But Down Under
We’ve got our first Austrialian recipient of the Looks Like Beirut Certificate:
Victoria Police deputy commissioner Ken Lay said the mangled wreckage from the two-car collision at Lynbrook left no doubt in his mind.
"There’s absolutely no doubt, looking at the scene yesterday it was like a scene from Beirut," he told Radio 3AW.
Absolutely no doubt about [...]
All Is Not Bad…
…when it comes to Lebanese-Indian relations. Not all Lebanese are self-centered racists:
A young Lebanese man on Friday saved the life of a drowning Indian driver whose vehicle had fallen into the sea at Abu Dhabi Free Port.
Rabie Al Boubu, 33, did not think twice before jumping into the water to save the drowning man.
The incident [...]
