Helping the victims of the Lebanese bombings

With the PM already stepping it up to help those families victimized by the Achrafieh bombing, many are following his lead to extend a helping hand. So can you; Egypt's Viral Gangnam video; an amazing and terrifying story of survival in Syria; and the grapes of Lebanon.

Read on to learn how to reach out to the victims of the bombing in Lebanon.

Blog Baladi [3]

How can you help the victims of Achrafieh’s bombing?

Follow the hashtags #ashrafieh4all and #SassineAid to see how you can help by providing food, shelter or clothes. If you are a blood donor, follow DSCLebanon to see what blood types are needed and where.

Egyptian Chronicles [4]

And Egyptians catch up PSY’s Gangam style craze

Here is the Egyptian version of PSY’s Gangam style by DiSalata team. It is already successful and many Egyptians share it in social media. Just as PSY speaks about the famous Gangam area’s lifestyle , DiSalata speaks about Egyptian lifestyle now.

Blog Al Jazeera [5]

The story of a Syrian refugee

When the army left late that night, al-Ezz’s wife went out searching for her husband and found a man covered in a sheet near their home. He was unconscious, but still breathing. Because of the severe wound and the blood covering his entire face, she didn’t recognise her husband at first. But after taking the man inside she found al-Ezz’s identity card in his pocket and realised it was her husband.

Strawberry Blu [6]

Grapes Anyone?

Lebanon is among the oldest sites of wine production in the world. Almost all the major wineries have their vineyards in the southern Beqaa Valley. Here’s some pictures from our visit to one of the vineyards in the Bekaa Balley!