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Want to work (legally) as a freelancer in Lebanon? 14 Mar 2012 | 08:26 pm
For starters, you will need to get your tax identification number to avoid a 7.5% fee on your earnings (if the company you are working for takes their accounting seriously). Yes, you do have options t...
Want to work (legally) as a freelancer in Lebanon? 14 Mar 2012 | 04:26 pm
For starters, you will need to get your tax identification number to avoid a 7.5% fee on your earnings (if the company you are working for takes their accounting seriously). Yes, you do have options t...
Cafe Younes saves the day.. 9 Mar 2012 | 05:38 pm
One of things I miss most about Beirut definitely has to be the cafe culture..especially now that I’m living in Trinidad - where it doesn’t really exist. In Trinidad, it’s almost always “leh we go bus...
The foreigners’ guide to moving to Beirut, part 3 7 Mar 2012 | 12:56 am
Ok..so, so far we’ve discussed what to pack in Part 1,,,and finding an apartment, driving/taking taxis in Part 2.. In Part 3 we will be tackling cell phones (more in depth as I covered it briefly in ...
What do you know about your family name? 31 Jan 2012 | 05:01 am
In Lebanon, your family name goes beyond identification. There’s usually history hidden behind a family name, that unfortunately most of us lose track of, or which fails to get passed down from genera...
What do you know about your family name? 31 Jan 2012 | 12:01 am
In Lebanon, your family name goes beyond identification. There’s usually history hidden behind a family name, that unfortunately most of us lose track of, or which fails to get passed down from genera...
Be the change you wish to see in the world 23 Jan 2012 | 10:35 pm
I told my co-founders and our interim board members to f*&k off (a big deal for an entrepreneur who poured everything into his startup for the past year), P. quit her job (a secure and well paying job...
Be the change you wish to see in the world 23 Jan 2012 | 05:35 pm
I told my co-founders and our interim board members to f*&k off (a big deal for an entrepreneur who poured everything into his startup for the past year), P. quit her job (a secure and well paying job...
Tomorrow We Will See – a documentary 20 Jan 2012 | 05:00 pm
“Tomorrow We Will See offers a window into Lebanon’s flourishing creative culture through the perspective of ten Lebanese artists. In their own artistic ways, they have overcome decades of social and ...
Stand up against sexual violence in Lebanon 14 Jan 2012 | 04:46 am
Let’s call things as they are. Lebanese society, as it is..is currently condoning acts of slavery. I am not talking about foreign workers in Lebanon (although that’s a whole separate issue on it’s own...
