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Lawless Mayhem on Bliss Street
Just when you thought some aspects of our life as Lebanese couldn’t get more hectic, Beirut comes again to surprise you. Triple parking? We got it. Further breaches of the smoking ban? Yes, we have...
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The Cedars & North Lebanon’s Mountains
I finally had enough time on my hand to visit one of my favorite places in Lebanon: the Cedar mountains. They are probably the most underrated locations in the country and are nowhere near as visited...
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Myriam Klink To Run for Lebanon’s 2013 Elections
Myriam Klink and her revolution took it to her Facebook profile (link) to announce that she will be running for the Orthodox seat in Metn in Lebanon’s upcoming 2013 elections. She joins another...
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The Death of Lebanese Civil Marriage
Khouloud and Nidale are a couple that distracted everyone from the utter failure of our politicians at coming up with an electoral law last week with them using loopholes in Lebanon’s political system...
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When Lebanese People Shine In Foreign Countries
As we listen to muftis issuing political stances against civil marriage (link) and await our politicians to agree on an electoral law that will bring them back to power, as a casual bomb explodes in...
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The Disgusting Men of Lebanon
You’d think that in 2013, the least you could expect not to find is men in Lebanon who ridicule the struggle of our country’s women to be able to secure themselves and their children. But what can you...
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Saad Hariri & Lebanon’s Civil Marriage
Following more than two hours of questions and dodging answers, you could say that Saad Hariri’s first interview in a long time came down to one single moment that everyone was waiting for. It wasn’t...
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When Lebanese Army Martyrs Fall to Protected Terrorism
Pierre Bechaalani, one of the fallen men in Ersal The news of the death of two Lebanese army members surfaced yesterday after a squad tried to capture a terrorist and outlaw in the Bekaai town of...
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Lebanese Anthony Touma Rocks France’s The Voice
Young Lebanese musician Anthony Touma took it to the stage of France’s version of The Voice – titled in typical French as La Plus Belle Voix – to become the first candidate of the show’s second season...
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Lebanon’s Arguileh Militia
Soon after I blogged about how the Beiruti restaurant Enab, situated in Gemmayze, was violating the smoking ban despite stickers announcing the place as a non-smoking restaurant (link with pictures),...
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The Blinded Fools of Lebanon
Don’t you find some Lebanese reactions to things in this country overly odd? I can somehow fathom some religious extremists taking it to the streets in order to protest the murder of their religious...
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What Was Hezbollah Thinking?
Did you hear? According to a top notch Bulgarian investigative panel, we are now resisting Israel -all the way in Bulgaria. It doesn’t make sense to you? No worries, it’s not supposed to. It’s only...
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Check Out Lebanon’s 2013 Voters Lists
We may not have an electoral law yet but our elections will happen regardless. And despite many of us saying that we won’t vote now, come June (or July if there’s a slight delay), we will all be...
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May Hariri vs MTV: The Conclusion
It all turned out to be one big misunderstanding – or so was the easiest legal loophole for May Hariri to get out of: Calling the CEO of MTV a horny old man, Calling the entire DWTS a fabrication,...
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The Miserable Maronites of Lebanon
Today is the day when Maronites across Lebanon get a surge of pride on the memory of St. Maroun, the sect’s founder. Throughout the day, if you were “lucky” enough to come from Lebanon’s bible belt and...
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The Best Way To Start an Electoral Campaign in Lebanon
It was May 2012 and I had a death in the family. This necessitates being in church for a lot of time which I normally spend just being “there,” not really useful and not able to leave because that’s a...
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Roum Catholic? – The First 2013 Elections Ad
The ministry of internal affairs has started its preparatory campaign for the 2013 elections by telling people to check their name on the voters lists before March 10th, which I told you to do a few...
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Lebanon… The Diesel Exporter
Our race towards oil exportation has suddenly raced lightyears ahead! Who knew we’d start sending out fuel to neighboring countries in February 2013? Suck on it, Israel! I can’t believe I’m actually...
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Illegal Organ Trafficking in Lebanon
A group of Lebanese physicians and researchers had their transplant-related papers retracted from the journal Experimental and Clinical Transplantation for their use of illegally trafficked kidneys in...
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