Lebanon's Independence Day by Yasmine Berjaoui

Lebanon’s Independence Day

Its Lebanon’s 73^rd Independence Day, and we should be getting attached to our grounds more and more every single day.

It’s where we come from, our roots, our home, our family, our freedom, our environment, our sky. It’s our war for peace and safety, our victims, our sacrifices, it’s our country, and it’s the only place where we belong.

No matter how much we travel, what we see, what we hear, what we feel, everything will always lead us to our beloved country, our only home.

Sure, we are going through a lot, but we can make Lebanon a better place. You say it’s dirty, filled with garbage, whilst you’re the one who’s making it worst, who isn’t recycling, who’s littering, and you keep on saying you want to live somewhere else, anywhere, anything is better than Lebanon. Well, you can’t be more wrong, because you and the rising generation, you and all of Lebanon’s youth; you are the only hope for Lebanon.

We can change; we can be the change we want to see in Lebanon. We are Lebanon. 

Wael Arakji by Nidaa Rabah

Wael Arakji, born on September the 4^th 1994,  is my favorite Lebanese Basketball player who plays for Al Riyadi Beirut in the Lebanese Basketball League as a Point Guard.

He is known for his speed and acrobatic finishes.

Wael Arakji was a huge standout for the U18 national team in the 2012 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship in which Lebanon came 7th in the rankings. His individual performance however sparked the interests of Slobodan Subotic who at the time had been appointed as head coach in that year for Riyadi. Arakji signed for Riyadi in 2012 and played his first game in the 2012 Hariri Tournament taking place in Saida. Arakji has been considered as one of the best young talents entering the league along with team mate Ali Haidar. On April 26, 2015, it was reported that he entered the 2015 NBA draft.

Fast food by Léa Tannir

Fat food is a type of food that is prepared and served very quickly.It began in Britain in the 1860s, then it reached the United States in the 1950s.Fast Food may include chips,sandwiches,burgers,pizzas,chicken and many more.Fast Food is high in calories and sugar that contribute to increasing weight gain,even small amount of Fast Food can increase your weight gain.That can cause obesity means having to much body fat.It can also cause heart diseases and Alzheimer.But did you know that eating too much Fast Food can cause fatigues, lack of energy and dangerous spike in blood sugar levels.
So in conclusion,although fast food tastes good eating it once in a while is fine, eating it too much may result in health problems. Because it contains high amounts of sugar and salt are too much for the body to handle.

Sursok museum

On October 17h I went with my class to Sursok Museum, it takes place in Beirut Achrafiye .


I had a lot of fun there. I learned  a lot of new information about the environment, the pollution of the water and the history of some  places in Lebanon.


My  favourite artwork was about recycling, it was called Gaspillage by Marwam RICHMAOUI.
It's about recycling bottles,cans,cardboards and trunks, and assembling a huge number of each on of them in form of a cube.


It was amazing ,very interesting and entertaining.

Harry Potter by Omar Naja

 

Harry Potter is a series of fantasy novels written by J.K.Rowling. The first Harry Potter was published in 26 June 1997 and was named “The Philosopher Stone”. Afterwards, seven more stories were released between 1998 and 2007. An eighth book was released in 31 July 2016, and was written by J.K.Rowling, John tiffany and Jack Thorne.

This story takes place in the Hogwarts School of Wizardry. The main story concerns Harry’s struggle against Lord Voldemort, a dark wizard who intends to become immortal and rule all the wizards as the ministry of magic and subjugate all wizards and muggles (human).

Since the release of the series of novel, it found an immense popularity, and as of July 2013,  the books have sold more than 450 million copies, making it the best-selling book in history, and have been translated in seventy-three languages.

So if you like fantasy, mystery book, I think you should read this book.

Thank you for reading

 

 

   

 

Trip to Sursock museum by Omar Naja

On Monday 17^th of October 2016, my class and I went to the “Environment Exhibition” at Sursock museum, as part of the project E.P.I that we are working on during the English, French, Arabic, and Science classes. This exhibition shows us how humans are affecting and destroying the environment. The artworks show us how we are destroying Earth and how it’s going to become if we continue this way. My favorite artwork is “Spectrum” by Monica al Quadiri because it shows us how some things looking beautiful can destroy the environment. In my opinion, this trip was very enlightening and instructive because we have learned how we can build a better future.

 

 

Review about the Sursock museum by Léa Tannir

The Sursock museum was built in 1912, and used to belong to Nicolas Ibrahim Sursock who lived there.
The palace was lately turned into a museum and currently displaying works of art about the environment and importance of recycling. The exhibition is truly creative and spectacular to see. My favorite was"Waste"by Marwan Rechmaoui about recycling. It's about four cubes made of plastic, tires, carton and aluminum. All made of recycled materials. He really turned garbage into art. Visiting this museum made me realize that we are polluting our environment and damaging it, while we can recycle our garbage and turn it into an opportunity.
I hope that the majority of the Lebanese people will have the chance to visit this museum and benefit from it.