Did you know that in Lebanon, skiing dates back to the beginning of the 20th century?
To 1913 more precisely, when Ramez Ghazzaoui discovered the joys ...
Did you know that the first Christians did not celebrate Christmas? Because there is no historical proof that Jesus was born on December 25. Historians act...
If you live in Beirut, it’s easy to forget that there is a river running along its periphery, separating it from its Eastern Suburbs of Bourj Hammoud and S...
There are many legends surrounding the life of Saint Barbara.
She is said to have lived either in Heliopolis (now Baalbek) either in Turkey (depending on th...
Did you know that French General Charles de Gaulle lived in this house, located Mar Elias St in Beirut, with his family, between 1929 and 1931?
He was t...
Did you know that it’s in Ethiopia that were found the oldest shishas? They date back to the 13-14th century.
But many countries, including India, Iran, Tu...
Mukhtara, the village of Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, is home to a Maronite Church, to a Greek-Catholic Church which dates back to 1737 and was restored last y...
Did you know that on the banks of Abou Ali river in Tripoli lay the Mawlawiyyeh, the old quarters of the Mawlawi Soufis, also known as the Whirling Dervishes? I...
People believe that the traditional Lebanese house - the one with the 3 arches on the facade - was introduced in Lebanon by Fakhreddine when he came back from T...