Monopoly money at McDonald's equals free fries!

Something quite unbelievable happened at McDonald's. To celebrate the return of Monopoly, and only for a couple of days, you could have exchanged your Monopoly money for free fries.

'This is beirut' tries to conclude what friendship in Lebanon means: "

1. Not abandoning your friends when times are tough. If anything, it means doing as much as you can to be there when they need you most. Even if that means sacrificing time, effort, money, and resources (that you don’t have) to ensure someone else’s well being.

2. Being generous with everything you have.

3. Being genuine with your word."

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"The widening rift between Egypt and Israel was underscored on 4 May when leaders of the rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah signed a reconciliation pact in the Egyptian capital. Egypt's secret role in brokering the agreement last week caught both Israel and the United States by surprise.
The Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, called the deal "a tremendous blow to peace and a great victory for terrorism".

"Al Nakba is the name Palestinians give to 15th May, 1948 when the State of Israel established itself on the lands, homes and lives of the Palestinian people. Al Nakba translates to “The Catastrophe”. Al Nakba was the moment when the Palestinian people became a nation of refugees".