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Dear Lebanon, The Garbage Crisis Is Not Giving You The Flu
In the context of a country with any ounce of self-respect, speaking about a garbage crisis that has been going on since July would not only be old news by now, it would be solved old news. Except we...
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This Is Lebanon: A Braindead Country
Over the past couple of days, the entirety of our Facebook timelines has been overtaken by an overzealous, self-indulgent, horrifyingly cheesy, overtly saccharine, grossly inaccurate and utterly...
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When Lebanon’s Trash Becomes International, But We Are Too Busy Kissing Saudi...
Don’t call it brain dead. Congrats Lebanon, we have made the international news cycle once more, the first time this year and hopefully the first of many. No, it wasn’t about that viral Facebook...
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Congrats Lebanon, We Have The World’s 9th Worst Passport
Oh so close. We almost dropped out of the top ten this year, but no such luck. After all the hassle secondary to our General Security deciding out of the blue that a good bunch of the country’s...
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Christian Only By Name, No 1st Communion For Bassam Abou Zeid’s Children For...
Over the years, first communions have become less about the religious value they uphold but rather about which child has the best combo of it all: souvenirs, party, ceremony. It was the case when I...
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When Marc Hatem Took France To Church On The Voice
As I told you more than a month ago, Lebanon would be represented this year – and hopefully represented well – by Marc Hatem on France’s The Voice. Leading up to Mark’s episode, another Lebanese...
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A Victorious Tripoli: Lynn Hayek Wins The Voice Kids, Fayha Choir Wins Best...
From the forgotten city that always could but wasn’t allowed, Lynn Hayek and the gorgeous Fayha Choir went out and brought back to themselves and their town victories, about which the least we can say...
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Bullying The Voice Kids Finalist Zein Obeid For Being Overweight Is The Most...
There are many things taking place in the Middle East today that classify as nauseating and despicable. We live in wars and occupation. We fight extremism, or succumb to it sometimes. We try and...
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Let’s Try To Save Tripoli’s Wonderful Fayha Choir
Following their huge win in Dubai on Saturday, where they were named Middle Eastern choir of the year, Tripoli’s Fayha Choir announced in a statement on their Facebook page that the Dubai event...
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Lebanon’s Is The 8th Worst Country In The World For Women Rights
Earlier today, Lebanese minister of internal affairs Nouhad el Machnouk gave an impassioned speech celebrating International Women’s Day in which he proclaimed Lebanese women are not that far behind...
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CNN Compares Donald Trump & US Republican Presidential Nominees To Lebanese...
In a recent feature on CNN, while discussing the GOP field, a reporter compared the bickering taking place between the four GOP nominees in their debates to that which takes place between Lebanese...
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Slut Shaming & Public Crucifixion: How Lebanon Handled A Nursing Student’s...
Memories of a garbage crisis that is still as is over 8 months after it began are distant now in the country that is in upheaval, outrage, uproar, you name it… over a nursing student’s Instagram...
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Lebanese Are Forbidden From Accessing Nejmeh Square in Downtown Beirut, But...
Picture this. Downtown Beirut, home of the city’s flashiest and most expensive, the place housing essentially all forms of worthwhile Lebanese governance, which also happens to be the heart of the...
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5 Things More Offensive To Lebanon Than Ahlam’s Useless Comments
Let’s add brainless comments by plastic Arab pop stars to the growing list of things that have the capacity to rally every single Lebanese behind them. The list includes taking selfies with Israelis,...
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Attacking Alsharq Al-Awsat’s Offices Is More Insulting to Lebanon Than Their...
Earlier today, Saudi newspaper Alsharq Al-Awsat, which most of us had not heard of until this point, decided to contribute to April Fools with their joke, the pun being Lebanon. The caricature...
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How Australia’s 60 Minutes Turned The Lives of Ali Elamine & Sally Faulkner’s...
Currently playing in a Beiruti jail and between the Lebanese and Australian governments is a story that, to say the least, is probably going to end up as a big Hollywood production soon. We can only...
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How To Handle The Disgusting Smell and Mosquitoes Overtaking Beirut
Pic via Mawtoura. Here it unfolds, the worst chapter in the non-ending story of the Lebanese garbage crisis. Don’t be fooled, the crisis is far from over. The governmental “solution” is so...
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Beirut Madinati: Giving Meaning To The Municipal Elections & Hope For A...
Over the past several weeks, a true grassroots movement has been overtaking the streets of Beirut as a new movement trying to reclaim the city it calls home began its rise; Beirut Madinati was doing...
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Meet The Candidates Of Beirut Madinati
Beirut Madinati, the independent and refreshing campaign overtaking the Beirut political establishment, has just announced its list of candidates for the upcoming Municipal elections of the city, set...
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Mashrou’ Leila Getting Banned In Jordan Is The Ultimate Validation Of Their Art
Lebanon’s most prominent indie band Mashrou’ Leila, who were embarking on a tour to promote their most recent and exquisite album Ebn El Leil, had a concert planned for April 29th at Amman, Jordan’s...
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