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The Ultimate Lebanese Medical Taboo: Mental Health, Not Demons. Psychiatry,...
“Tell me I have cancer please,” she said as I stood next to her in the Emergency Room. “Tell me I have cancer,” she repeated again as if repetition would make it true. “I have cancer, yes I do. But I’m...
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AUB Tuition Fees: Where Do You Go Now?
I attended AUB from 2007 till 2010. Back in my days, which were not that long ago, we used to pay for 12 credits only even though we were able to register a maximum of 17 per semester. I thought the...
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On Lebanese Priorities: Creamfields Isn’t One
I had no idea what Creamfields was a few hours ago. I honestly would have loved for it to stay that way. But the cancellation of that party/festival/whatever has seemingly unleashed the most rage I’ve...
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Once Upon a Time in Maaloula
It was December 2010, slightly after Christmas, that I went to Maaloula as part of a two day stay in pre-war Syria. The village was nestled up the mountains some 30 minutes away from Damascus. I had no...
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I Don’t Get What’s Special About Jesus
I always thought Jesus of Nazareth was the same as Jesus Christ. It was how I was brought up. That figure was the man I was taught over and over again never to question, to always take whole, never to...
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The #1 Rule To Get a Job in Lebanon: Have a Religiously-Appropriate Name
Hassan is the name. Let’s play a game of guess his religion in front of an imaginary crowd. I’m not psychotic I swear, although I guess that’s what a psychotic person would say as well. 100% of my...
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Giving Lebanon’s Indie Bands a Chance
I was talked into going to Wickerpark yesterday. Sure, it was almost literally taking place next door. Sure, it was only $20 for an entire music festival of sorts. Sure, it was for a good cause. But...
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Lebanon’s Phone Registration Procedure Needs To Be Rethought
My iPhone 5 fell in water almost a month ago. I didn’t know, so it sat in a puddle absorbing all the moisture it can get until its screen went bust. We don’t have certified personnel for the iPhone in...
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Demonstrate For Peace, Live from Beirut, Online
The next age of protests is upon us. A new initiative has made its way online today, called Demonstrate for Peace, which calls on an online gathering on September 21st in order to protest for peace....
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Farsi Is A Required Language At Some Lebanese Schools, More Important Than...
You gotta give it to us Lebanese, we sure are languages aficionados. Of course, most of us are not born as such but are spoon-fed three languages over the course of a thirteen year education system...
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112 Foreigners Get Lebanese Citizenship. Children of Lebanese Mothers? Nope
There are a lot of injustices that take place in Lebanon daily. For the past few days, it has been the horrid traffic that has overtaken the Lebanese highway due to some serious incompetence – is that...
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Lack of Money Can Cost One Year Old Elie Sadaqa His Life
One year old Elie Sadaqa is suffering from a form of vasculitis – inflammation that affects blood vessels – and his parents, like so many others in Lebanon, cannot afford the medical measures required...
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Annahar’s 80 Years “Little Leaders” Ad… Stolen?
I loved the recent ad by Annahar for their 80th anniversary, featuring different Lebanese politicians during their early days – with slight jabs at how they turned out today – then ending it with one...
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Let’s Talk About How Nabil Habib & Kalam Ennas Blew A Cancer “Cure”
I am furious. There’s nothing I’d love more than to have my field discussed openly among people. There’s nothing more I’d love than to make people more aware about cancer, about the different treatment...
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Help Out Lebanese Band “Adonis” in Pepsi’s Band Slam
Lebanese band Adonis is participating in a competition held by Pepsi that’s bringing together bands from the region and getting them to compete in order to become the band that would open up Pepsi...
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A Lebanese Man Won’t Have Sex With Ania Lisewska
It seems that the hopes of Lebanese men everywhere have been crushed by our Security officials deciding not to grant Ania Lisewska entry into Lebanon. For those who don’t know, Ania Lisewska is a 21...
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Following Up on Beirut’s Soon-To-Be Destroyed Roman Hippodrome and The Best...
Lebanon isn’t a place where much changes in a year. Seriously, if you look at where we were last year around this time and where we are today, you’ll see a lot of similarities. The only exception,...
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Lebanon To Get Its First HD TV Channel Tonight With LBC
I was recently invited to a meeting with LBC officials who discussed with us their future plans for Lebanon’s leading TV station. One of those plans was an ambitious undertaking that involved...
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Lebanese Xriss Jor Wins At Dubai Music Week, Signs Recording Contract With...
A jury that consisted of Timbaland and Will.i.Am chose Lebanese Xriss Jor as the winner of the talent part at the Dubai Music Festival, following her performance of Listen by Beyonce. As a result, Jor...
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Ismail’s Corner: Asylum
“Do you masturbate, Ismail?” “I’m sorry?” “Do you masturbate? Do you have wild sexual fantasies? Do you picture yourself d…” “…I know what masturbate means.”...
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