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MTV Has The Audacity To Claim They’re The Reason Lebanon Had Compassion For...
I take pride in the fact that as individuals on Social Media, we got one of Lebanon’s most watched TV stations to worry so much about its reputation that it tried to discredit us at least three times...
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#سكر_خطك: Why I’m Closing My Alfa & Touch Lines Today
Over the past few days, we’ve all seen the above screen-grab in one way or another asking Lebanese citizens to stop using Alfa and Touch’s mobile services on Sunday January 8th, in an attempt to...
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Dear Riyadi, The Turkish Flag Raised To Tease Homentmen Wasn’t Photoshopped,...
It says a lot when the knee-jerk reaction to something as disgusting as this is to cry foul and call photoshop instead of calling out those who did that. It says even more that the men who were...
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Beirut’s Airport Is Not Safe For Air Travel Anymore; A Disaster Could Happen...
Add the current situation of Beirut’s airport to the growing (and endless) list of complete failures that Lebanon’s governments can add to their achievements: the airport is not only unsafe for air...
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Syrian Brown Bears, Thought To Have Been Extinct From Lebanon For 60 Years,...
To break away from the string of saddening and corrupt news emanating from this country since the start of the new year, it brings me so much joy to write about this. Towards the end of December, a...
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No Lebanon, Killing The Costa Brava Birds Won’t Fix The Airport’s Problems or...
I thought it was a joke, that a couple of days ago a governmental job offering opened up asking for “experts” in the art of hunting birds to chase them away from Beirut’s airport in case they show up...
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Qornet El Sawda, Lebanon’s Highest Peak, To Be Ruined & Turned Into A Resort
The Arab obsession with “highest” and “biggest” and “most expensive” continues with a real estate company deciding to turn Lebanon’s highest peak, Qornet el Sawda, in the Makmel Mountain up North,...
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No, Wanting to Date & Have Sex Doesn’t Make Lebanese Women Whores
It’s 2017 and we’re still talking about this, but then again what can you expect when one of your country’s “liberal” TV stations is more conservative than America’s Fox News? Earlier today, following...
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Congrats Beirut! You Have Bike Sharing Stations Now, But No Infrastructure To...
With no financial burden from the municipality of Beirut, a company called “Bike 4 All” installed the first of 25 proposed bike sharing stations for Beirut, right next to Le Grey in the downtown area....
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Lebanon’s Security Forces Which Stopped A Terrorist Attack in Hamra Tonight...
A 24 year old Lebanese terrorist suicide bomber named Omar el Assi, from Saida, was apprehended moments before he detonated himself in Hamra, one of Beirut’s most bustling streets, right outside Costa...
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Lebanon’s Parliament Ridicules And Votes Down Anti-Sexual & Racial Harassment...
If you needed anymore proof that the current batch of patriarchal parliament members are no good, look no further than their constant ridicule and systematic decimation of women rights. Even the law...
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A List Of Major World Leaders That Passed While Lebanon Has Nabih Berri
With the United States getting Trump *shivers* as their new president, and regardless of what one would think of the new administration (if you need help, it sucks), transition of power and changing...
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Dear Lebanon, Banning TV Shows Because Some Are Offended Is Never Okay
Almost a week after a tirade in which MTV called the women participating in LBC’s show “Take Me Out” whores, the country is still talking about that show and what to do with it. Spoiler alert: the...
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The Humiliation of Entering The United States As Arab
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to supporters as he takes the stage for a campaign event in Dallas, Monday, Sept. 14, 2015. (AP Photo/LM Otero) I was rejected the US visa for the...
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No, In 2017, Being Gay Is Still Not Legal In Lebanon… But We’re Getting There
Lebanon, rejoice. A judge in the Metn area has issued, according to the legal agenda, what most Lebanese would consider one of the more liberal decisions to happen in the country in a long time by...
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To The Americans Fighting The #MuslimBan, A Middle Eastern Thank You
Dear Americans standing up for human decency, Thank you. As I saw the thousands of you gather around airports in the country, chanting against a ban that sees only hate, I couldn’t help but be amazed...
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Arabs Should Look In The Mirror Before Criticizing Trump’s Travel Ban
Over the past few days, I watched Americans old and young protest against their president’s travel ban. It was a sight to behold – those people who were taught all their lives to fear Arabs, Muslims...
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13 Middle Eastern Immigrants Who Made America & The World Great
With Middle Easterners becoming the boogeymen of the world, it’s worth remembering that, despite all the mayhem ravaging their countries and the extremist movements that kill them on daily basis, many...
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Elie Marouni Wants To Build Wall With Syria, Deport Refugees & Says Hillary...
Remember Elie Marouni? The Kataeb MP who, only a few months ago, said women should be blamed for when they got raped? Well, he’s back to his old horrifying ways. In an interview with Joe Maalouf’s...
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How To Make Sure You Can Vote In The 2017 Lebanese Parliamentary Elections
In theory, on May 21st, 2017, Lebanon will be voting for a “new” parliament for the first time since June 2009. It is our duty as citizens, therefore, to make sure that nothing stands in our way from...
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