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Someone At The Public Works Ministry Got A Fat Cheque

September 28, 2010 · Mustapha Hamoui

(Photo from Blog Baladi)

Just like that. They shut down a critical bridge for days because of a fashion show, causing traffic and a major inconvenience to commuters. Read more about this here, here and here.

With that we establish in one strike two facts about Lebanon: We like fashion and our officials are corrupt.