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The Cost of Running An Ad on Lebanese TV During A Lebanese Politician’s...
MTV hosted Michel Aoun on Walid Abboud’s show “Bi Mawdou3iya” yesterday and he discussed the current debacle in the country regarding the electoral law and whatnot. So because we live in extremely...
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LAU Professor Accused Of “Raping” Student & His Response
Following the news of a rape attempt in Hamra (link), another rape story surfaced online involving an LAU professor, aged 62, and his 19 year old student of whom he allegedly took advantage for over 4...
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Untold Stories of Rape in Lebanon
I didn’t know prior to yesterday that many people thought stories of rape couldn’t possibly go undetected for years. I didn’t know prior to yesterday that somehow I lived in my own version of Lebanese...
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How I Lost 30 Kilos
Around December of 2012, as I was sitting in the back of my friend’s coupé, the idea of starting a diet was running through my mind. It had been running for several days. When we reached our...
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Why The Lebanese Government Is Silent On Tripoli
Every once in a while, the city I once referred to as “3enna” by mistake becomes a place I force myself to go the extra mile to recognize. The last time such heavy fights broke out in the city, we were...
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How Tripoli Didn’t Sleep Last Night
What happens in Tripoli stays in Tripoli – at least that’s what Lebanese media and politicians want. The battles currently taking place in the city aren’t registering except with those who are...
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On Lebanon’s Liberation Day
Liberation day makes me proud. It makes me proud as a Lebanese because it brought glory to my country. It makes me proud as a Northerner who had never set foot in his country’s South until this past...
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The Conclusion of Dahye’s Missiles: Tripoli Is Not a Lebanese City
2 missiles fell in Beirut today, targeting Hezbollah’s stronghold Dahyeh. Nobody knows why the missiles were fired. They could be to serve as further proof for the need to extend parliament’s mandate....
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The Hangover 3 (2013) – Movie Review
Milking it. That’s what The Hangover 3 is in a nutshell. After a comedy tour de force with the first part and a decent-enough black comedy with the second, comes a PG-13 level and hopefully final...
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Touch’s Network Not Working & No Fix In Sight
You’d be kidding yourself if you said you could live without your phone nowadays. Now imagine that you had full reception and thought there was nothing wrong with your phone… except people had been...
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“Sad” Lebanese News: Myriam Klink Doesn’t Run For Elections
I can hear you weeping all the way over here. But after much talk on the matter, all with a brief stint on a reality TV show devoted for the matter, Myriam Klink hasn’t run for Lebanon’s upcoming...
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Neither Aoun Nor Geagea Is Defending Lebanese Christian “Rights”
Preamble: The following is what the LF, FPM, Kataeb and Marada agreed upon in Bkerke: “The parties convening have decided not to run based on the 1960 law and consider the law at hand as one that...
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The Neo-Dictatorship of Hezbollah: Rami and Marwa Olleik
Hezbollah’s practices towards Lebanese citizens, whose protection theoretically justifies the party’s entire existence, have been nothing short of unacceptable lately, especially against Lebanese...
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The Lebanese Celebrities Running For Parliament
Even though Nathalie Fadallah running and Myriam Klink not running made the biggest splash (not the TV show) when it comes to the celebrities choosing to take on political life, Beirut.com has compiled...
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Smoking in Lebanon: World’s 2nd Highest Increase in Smoking Since 1990
Perhaps this study published by the economist could be a wake up call to those who say there’s no need for regulations pertaining to the smoking situation in Lebanon. We have the world’s second highest...
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4G LTE in Lebanon – The Review: A Premature Venture?
I’ve been using 4G around Beirut for the past two weeks. Alfa were kind enough to give me a dongle and a line with a 10GB plan for that purpose. The result, 2 weeks in, is that I am less impressed than...
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Nemr Abou Nassar vs LBCI
A lot of people absolutely adored Nemr Abou Nassar’s recent 20 minute rant against LBC and the situation in Lebanon that LBC somehow represents through their misrepresentation of an award show. After...
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The Attack (2013) – Movie Review
Ziad Doueiri’s The Attack might as well be considered as the most controversial “Lebanese” movie of recent times. But that’s not saying much. The hype surrounding the politics of the movie has been...
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The Destruction of Achrafieh’s Jesuite Garden
While walking around Rome with a friend yesterday, he said the following: “you know, it’s a beautiful city but I wish it had more trees like Paris.” I replied: “We’re ones to talk. The only trees I’ve...
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Harissa To Become Nature Reserve
The view from Harissa sure is great if you scan the bay. Look down and it’s a disaster: ugly buildings springing up everywhere, eating away the mountain and the greenery, infesting their way around...
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