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Pacific Rim (2013) – Movie Review
As shocking as it may be, this summer has finally found a movie worthy of being deemed the “it” blockbuster of the year in the form of Pacific Rim. First things first, I feel I must commend the...
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Domestic Violence in Lebanon: A Law Isn’t Enough
Let’s call her Rachel. Rachel is a brilliant doctor. She went to the US from a far away country, battled her way through a speciality and ended up doing a subspecialty that brought her salary to the...
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Neshan and Jon Stewart, The Zionist
Is there anything better than your healthy dose of Zionism to kick off the day? While hosting Bassem Youssef on his show yesterday, Neshan decided that Youssef’s friend, the infamous Jon Stewart, is...
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Paris – The Most Beautiful City I’ve Been To
I’ve been to quite a few places in the past few years. Some were enjoyable, others were underwhelming. But there’s one place out of them all that stands out, completely and irrevocably drawing me in...
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Tripoli’s Best Cafe: Ahwak Ben Tafesh Threatened By Extremists
I remember when I first went to Ahwak ben Tafesh in late 2012. I was reluctant to visit. I figured the place was definitely over-hyped. Why would I want to visit the go-to place of Tripoli’s liberal...
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How To Get Results of Lebanon’s Official Exams: SV, SG, SE, LH & Brevet
Word has it that the results of Lebanon’s official exam results will be out starting today for the Life Sciences (LS/SV) and General Sciences (GS/SG) branches, followed by SE and LH tomorrow with...
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What You May Not Have Known About Abortion & Some Medical Ethical Issues in...
You’d think class discussing ethics in medical school are the most boring. The truth, however, is that those classes are the only ones capable of engaging the entire class. The sloths wake up because...
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The Lebanese Fathers Who Hate Their Daughters
I didn’t believe when I was told she was getting a divorce. The initial thought that crossed my mind, in sectarian Lebanon, was the how, given her sect. I then asked the why. They said her husband was...
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The Cuckoo’s Calling – J.K. Rowling (Robert Galbraith), Book Review
If there’s any proof to the power of a name, it’s The Cuckoo’s Calling. Released back in April under the name of Robert Galbraith, a man who supposedly served in the military and has turned an author,...
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The Wolverine (2013) – Movie Review
In a summer of superhero movies overload, it is a shame that none of them has managed to really cause a dent or become relevant enough to stay in the collective conscience of moviegoers, Iron Man 3...
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Why Haifa Wehbe (And Her Pranked Friends) Get No Sympathy From Me
Disclaimer: This is not about the starving children in many places of the world. I guess you can say I’m very late for this. Haifa Wehbe’s prank happened last week. In blogging terms, that is way too...
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Ramadan in Tripoli
A friend of mine was sitting in a restaurant in Tripoli, waiting for the Iftar. At the first day of Ramadan, Iftar is a big deal. It had been a very tough day of fasting in the scorching July heat. The...
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Lebanese Tales You Don’t Hear Everyday
She was blowing the candles off her 35th birthday’s cake. This would definitely be her year. She had a man by her side she was marrying in a few days. She had a loving family. Her wedding preps were...
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Video of Lebanese Woman Committing Suicide
The video below is disturbing. Watch it with caution. Video link: here. The video looks real. And according to the following news item (link), the woman in question, Amina Ismail, did throw herself off...
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The U.S. Visa Cancellation of Lebanese Citizens
It’s a joyful moment for many when they get that American embassy employee to smile at them and tell them their visa request has been finally approved. I wouldn’t know since I’ve never had that happen...
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Breaking News: I Almost Died
Well, not quite. I was in Tripoli when Saad Hariri’s long-awaited Ramadan speech was taking place. I couldn’t care less about what he had to say so I just sat with my friends on a porch, enjoying an...
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The Civil Wars (Album Review) – The Civil Wars
It’s a civil war on the new self-titled The Civil Wars album. If only all civil wars were similar. The folk duo, which announced they were going on hiatus for ”internal discord and irreconcilable...
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We’re The Millers (2013) – Movie Review
I’ve finally found a funny movie this year! While this isn’t absolute movie brilliance as I’m sure no one really expects it to be, it has enough hearty laughs and fun scenes to be worth a trip to a...
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The Geitawi Pedophile “Monster”
It is widely believed that incidents of child molestation are not really present in Lebanon. The reality, though, is that most of them go hidden for years. It might be because as a society, we...
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Arabic is Dying in Lebanon
We’ve all tossed around the idea of the Arabic language meeting a slow but sure demise in Lebanon. It was only very that a friend and I figured we should strive to lessen mixing languages during our...
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