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Radio Beirut’s Sexist Ad
To promote an upcoming event by Zeid and the Wings, Radio Beirut – a local place that’s been promoting local acts such as OAK – has gotten Ukrainian feminist group Femen, famous for their topless...
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University Crushes Taken To A New Level: Psst App
The LAU, USJ, AUB, USEK, NDU & UOB Crushes pages which occupied 95% of our Facebook timelines over the past few weeks have gone to the next level by finding a companion in a new app called: Psst...
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The Closing of Ghost & Lebanon’s LGBT “Crust” Activism?
“Gay people should not exist. They are an abomination.” Raise your hand if you’ve heard this countless times in your life. It doesn’t matter what your sexual orientation is. Homophobia is entrenched in...
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The Genocide They Want Removed From Our Collective Memory
I imagine life would have been much different for me had my last name ended with -ian. I’d have come from a very different place than the one I currently come from. I would have spoken yet another...
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Lebanese Slang
Take a moment and ponder on the phrase: “shi tik-tik shi ti3a.” I’m sure – or at least I hope – the expression makes sense to all Lebanese out there. Ask anyone else and they’d stare at you as if you...
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Comparing Beirut To Dubai
An American writer for the Huffington Post wrote an article today titled: “Thank you, Beirut. Your Friend, Dubai” in which she basically paralleled the rise of Dubai to the gradual decline and possible...
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Ziad Doueiri’s “The Attack” Banned in Lebanon
The Attack is that kind of movies that spring controversies without people even watching it. When I first blogged about it (link) back in December 2012, I asked the obvious question: will the movie...
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How Corruption in Lebanon Remains
My hometown, Ebrine, and the Batroun region overall, have been “plagued” over the past few months with an ambitious developmental project to establish a sewage and water pipe network. The former pipes...
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How Annoying Are The Convoys of Lebanese Politicians?
I was going back home to Batroun on Friday, stuck in typical traffic overload in Jounieh, when a GMC Yukon suddenly appears behind me, flashing my eyes out for me to give him the left lane. It was late...
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When Haifa Wehbe Went To The SMAs
I watch Lebanese award shows occasionally when they air on some television channel. I laugh at the amount of plastic in them, the people kissing up to each other only because social class dictates as...
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Turning Lebanon Green?
Lebanon is anything but an environmentally friendly country. A simple five minute drive is always littered with people throwing things out of their car, with pile-ups of garbage on the sides of the...
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The Salaries of Lebanon’s MPs
Update: The 22.89 figure is apparently extremely erroneous. Minimum wage in Lebanon is $500. An MP’s salary is slightly less than $8000 when you include all benefits so in the best case scenario, the...
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Homosexuals Not Allowed To Enter Lebanon?
Our minister of interior Marwan Charbel, also known as the gift that keeps on giving, issued a statement on the matter: Picture via Facebook The above statement hasn’t been altered. It’s what the...
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The Israeli Aircrafts Invading Lebanon’s Airspace
Israeli warplanes have been invading Lebanon’s airspace ever since I can remember. Most of us are used to them and their sound. Many get angry when they see them patrolling our skies. Others have...
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MTV Cancels Joe Maalouf’s “Enta Horr”
Enta Horr, arguably Lebanon’s most controversial TV show, has been reportedly canceled by MTV according to Lebanon Files (Arabic link). Joe Maalouf, the show’s host, has been involved with many...
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The Story Of Owning a Pet in Lebanon
The journey of a thousand miles starts with the inception of the idea… with your mother. “I’m getting a cat” was what I said. A stern look that breathed of “no” was how she replied. Message received....
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What’s Your Address in Lebanon?
How do you tell the delivery person where you live in order for them to bring you precious food? Well, most conversations go a little like this: - “Do you know [insert landmark]?” - “Yes.” - “Okay,...
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Disgusting Lebanese Basketball
I used to follow Lebanese basketball as much as I can. I supported Sagesse. Not because of the party they are apparently affiliated with but because I grew up in a house that supported them because it...
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Trance [2013] – Movie Review
Trance is a movie fitting to take me back to movie reviews. I don’t hide being a fan of the movie’s director Danny Boyle. His previous offering: 127 Hours (review) was, in my opinion, the best movie...
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Lebanon: A No-Criticism Allowed Zone?
I used to get invited to some exclusive events often. Emails would come in asking me to attend something here or another thing there. Being in the North most of the time, I often declined. But I went...
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