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Insulting The Maronite Patriarch
I don’t believe Bechara al Raï’s visit to Syria was the devil incarnated as many seem to believe. He simply went there to hold Mass, believing his visit would actually get the Maronites of Syria to...
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Will 4G LTE Work On The iPhone in Lebanon?
As of writing this post and as far as I know, the only device in the Lebanese market that is capable of running 4G/LTE is the iPhone 5. LTE enabled android smartphones have not been imported yet and...
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Lebanon’s First Civil Marriage Approved
“I will sign Khouloud and Nidale’s marriage,” Marwan Charbel – our minister of interior affairs – declared today, “even though I do not support civil marriage myself.” I don’t get why it seems like...
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Is Lebanon Exporting Explosives to Syria?
The following document shows an agreement between a Lebanese company for explosives, whatever that is, and a geological company in Syria for the export of 50 tons of dynamite and 51,000 meters of wire....
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Fairuz on The Voice Israel
Lina Makhoul is a candidate on the Israeli version of The Voice who sang Fairuz’s song “Les Feuilles Mortes” and got the judges’ approval in return. You can check out her performance here: Judging by...
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Warm Bodies [2013] – Movie Review
Vampires had their movies. Witches had their movies. Warm Bodies is the attempt to get zombies not to feel left out. It is a post apocalyptic world, as usual, and most of the Earth’s population of...
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Beautiful Creatures [2013] – Movie Review
You know things are odd when you’ve read the book upon which a movie is based and the movie still manages to surprise you. I don’t mean this in a good way. Having nothing better to do a few weeks...
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Lebanon’s 134 MPs
Because 128 MPs was a strange number. Because minorities need to be represented. Because a country of slightly south of 4 million must have a tiny voter to MP ratio. Because there’s no need for common...
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Replying to Samy Gemayel
I never thought I’d reach a day where Samy Gemayel gets on my nerves. I thought he represented a future of young MPs who could possibly get our voice across. He had stood up to his family establishment...
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Al Jazeera’s Maronite Patriarch Caricature
Taking a cue from Saudi Newspaper Al Watan (click here), Al Jazeera decided to tackle the Patriarch’s visit to Syria in their own way. If you thought the Saudi caricature was bad, this one is even...
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R.I.P Maamoun Khaled Mohammad: Dead Because a Lebanese Hospital Refused to...
In the ongoing bickering between the ministry of finance and the ministry of health, who pays the price? The poor citizens of Lebanon who can’t afford not being helped do. And they pay their share...
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The Lebanese Electoral Law No One’s Talking About
Orthodox law here, orthodox law there. It’s all about the Orthodox law and the myth of its improvement of “representation.” In the very narrow sense of things, the Orthodox Law makes sense given what...
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My Article for Annahar: بلاد الضحايا الدائمة
I was approached recently to be interviewed for renowned Lebanese newspaper Annahar regarding my blog. I obviously agreed and was also asked to write an article – in Arabic. After a brief moment of...
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Ossit Sawani (Blind Intersections) [2013] – Movie Review
Never since Nadine Labaki’s first movie Caramel have we had a decent Lebanese movie that doesn’t dwell on the Lebanese Civil War and Lebanon’s religious diversity. Some moviemakers tried to branch out...
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Details On The Guns N’ Roses Concert in Lebanon
You all know that one of the world’s best rock groups is coming to Lebanon. Well, I’ve got some extra details for the concerts that you might be interested in. Location: Forum de Beyrouth Date: March...
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2013 Oscar Predictions
The 85th Academy Awards are held tonight so I figured I’d throw in my predictions as to who will win and who should win some major categories. It’s not Oscar night without a few predictions to go...
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Rejecting Ziad Doueiri’s The Attack
News of Lebanon’s refusal to submit Ziad Doueiri’s The Attack, a movie I had originally told you about here, to the Oscars is making the rounds. You can check all the details here (link). If the movie...
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Racist Lebanese Municipalities & Marwan Charbel’s Inadequacy
You’ve probably been inundated by picture of the town of Betchay in the Baabda district who issued an impromptu curfew on “foreigners.” It is reminiscent of something the municipality of Bhamdoun did...
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Lebanon’s Mall Centralization
With the news that ABC is opening another mall in Beirut, set for a 2017 opening, it dawned on me: bureaucracy isn’t the only thing that’s centralized in Lebanon. Malls have their own centralization as...
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A Lebanese Christian Family’s Sunday Lunch Discussion
The following dialogue is an almost verbatim excerpt of what has been going on lately at the Sunday lunch table of the Christian families I’m associated with. The names have been altered – albeit they...
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