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How Jackie Chamoun’s Breasts “Ruined” Lebanon’s Flawless Reputation
We are a country with a body image. Literally. The Lebanese candidate to the skiing segment of the Olympics, Jackie Chamoun, is making the rounds lately due to a nude photo shoot that she underwent...
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#StripForJackie: Why Jackie Chamoun Matters
In certain ways, Faysal Karami is an interesting man. He’s the minister of sports and youth in our defunct government. He’s a parliament member representing the city of Tripoli. He’s also offended by...
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The Lebanese MPs Who Voted Against The Domestic Abuse Law
A list of Lebanese MPs who tried to pass the domestic abuse law is being circulated around the internet. While those MPs should be applauded for their enthusiasm and – sadly in this country – courage...
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Tripoli Recovers: This Is What’s Happening in Tripoli on February 23rd
Something is happening in Tripoli on February 23rd. And it will be quite good. Forget the new government, skiing scandals and other “it” news for a moment. Out of the places you’d least expect comes a...
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ضاق الخناق
The following is a guest post by my very good friend and colleague, Ms. Hala Hassan. بليدا 19/02/2014 أن تستيقظ في سلام شمس شباط الدافئة فهذه نعمة. انّها لأيّام جميلة من شتاء جنوب لبنان الهادئة التي...
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Angelina Jolie & Whatsapp: Two Things That Were More Important To Lebanon...
The rhetoric lately when it comes to explosions and suicide bombers has become that of “we’ve become used to it.” People go about their business usually, not caring that people had just died and that...
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Protest For Tuition Fees: Well Done, AUB Students!
Sitting on the sidelines is good up to a certain point. But there comes a time when you can’t but act. AUB students did that today. And irrelevant me is proud of what they did. I’m sick and tired of...
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The 2014 Oscars Predictions
Is it just me or was 2013 a very underwhelming year for cinema? Here I am, looking at the Oscar nominees one last time in order to pick favorites and predict who’s gonna take that golden statuette and...
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A Lebanese Woman’s Vagina
Your health matters. I’ve said the previous sentence to so many people lately, possibly as a byproduct of my medical education, that it’s become akin to a broken record. The people I tell it to are...
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A Proud Lebanese
When I get asked how it is to live in a country on the precipice of collapse, I often answer that I wouldn’t know. I guess I have to reconsider as the places I once called home are making me...
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Is The iPhone Really Getting 4G From Alfa?
A couple of weeks ago, when Apple released its 7.1 update for iOS, it also brought with it an update that enabled Lebanese iPhones to access the country’s newly launched 4G network. I brought the fact...
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#NoLawNoVote: Get Lebanon’s Parliament To Do Something Decent For Once
As a taxi drove me back home yesterday night, it reached a point in Downtown Beirut where the road was blocked. In typical Lebanese cab-driver fashion, he proceeded to curse at whatever was causing...
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Lebanon’s Parliament Fails Lebanon’s Women
71 Lebanese MPs signed the petition by KAFA to include amendments to the proposed Domestic Abuse bill in the actual law that would pass in parliament. 2 minutes was all it took for the law to pass. 0...
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Samir Geagea For President!
OMG. Can you believe Samir Geagea’s running for president? The horror. The disgrace. The shame. Let us go turn in our passports (worthless as they are) right here, right now. Samir Geagea’s nomination...
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When A Polling Company Calls About Lebanon’s Presidential Elections
The phone rang. It was a number I didn’t recognize. Hoping it wasn’t the hospital calling me for a patient emergency, I answered to someone asking me if I was Mr. Fares and if I didn’t mind answering a...
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This Is How Noah Got Shown in Lebanon
I didn’t know “Noah” being screened in Lebanon was a matter of “if.” Everyone just assumed showing it might be a big deal given Egypt and Qatar banned it. But Lebanon following the footsteps of...
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Daniella Rahme Craves Hallab
One of the culinary landmarks of Tripoli is the sweets palace, known to most people as Hallab after the family that established and is currently running the place. The place and its goods have many...
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Heida Lebnen: When The Lebanese Army Pulled Us Over In The Bekaa
I don’t have a problem getting pulled over and asked for my ID. Given the mess we’re in, it gives me a sense of security if there was ever such a thing in Lebanon. However, I was forced to wonder...
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Lebanon’s Presidential Elections, Round One: The Joke of A Lebanese Parliament
I don’t care about who ends up president. I don’t care about the presidency to begin with, but I do understand that the seat becoming vacant, which it probably will for the second time in a row, will...
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Will Lebanon Ever Change?
I was sitting with my grandma a couple of days ago in her warm kitchen while she cooked me lunch. As the tawouk simmered, she started asking me about my days. It’s not the typical chit-chat to let...
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