Clik here to view.
BBC Pop Up’s Report On Tripoli Is Shallow, Garbage, Full Of Generalizations,...
I’m sick of Western journalist coming into the country with their preconceptions in place and then going out of their way to find the right people for them to make sure they propagate those exact...
View ArticleClik here to view.
24 Year Old Sara Sleiman Was Killed In Zahle By Kassem Al Masri, And Her Wish...
Over the weekend, a tragedy took place in Zahle that took the life of 24 year old Sara Sleiman whose only fault, like many before her, was being at the wrong place at the wrong time in a country that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
GQ or How White People Ruined Beirut’s Nightlife on Their Last Day on Earth
This is a guest post by Lary Bou Safi, a self-proclaimed stylist and nightlife ambassador. You can follow him on Facebook here. In today’s episode of ‘Things White People Do’, GQ attempts to teach...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A First For Lebanon: Crepaway Features Same-Sex Couple In Their Beautiful New Ad
Make sure you download this blog’s iOS app to stay up to date! (Link). Earlier today, Crepaway released a new ad to celebrate them turning 33 years, along with their famous tagline: #ComeAsYouAre. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
These Are Lebanon’s Upcoming New DSL Plans
Yesterday, head of Ogero Imad Kreidieh announced on his Twitter page (link) the upcoming DSL plans which are still awaiting our government to ratify in order for them to be operational. We’ve actually...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lebanon Should Participate In Eurovision 2018
Make sure you download this blog’s iOS app to stay up to date! (Link). The Eurovision is quite the global thing. More than 200 million people tune in each year to watch the show, not just from the 42...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lebanon’s Cancerous Islamists & Other Religious Extremists Didn’t Win: Beirut...
One step forward, a bunch of steps backwards thanks to cancerous religious extremists whose political reach is always overreaching; this is the story of modern Lebanon. A few days after Crepaway’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dear Lebanese Homophobes
Make sure you download this blog’s iOS app to stay up to date! (Link). Over the past week or so, I’ve had the honor to write about two major advances for the LGBTQI+ community in Lebanon. The first...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Beirut Filled With Pride Flags, Despite The Cultural Terrorism That Lebanon’s...
Pictures via Helem. In Lebanon, religious extremism and cultural terrorism are more accepted than basic human rights. We’ve known this for a while, but got another reminder this week when a fringe...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Joe Semaan: The Fraud Faking Being Lebanese Police To Abuse Foreign Maids
Meet Joe Semaan, another entity for us to add to the growing list of filth associated with Lebanon and whose mere existence is a waste of space, and an abomination to every single inch of advancement...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lebanon’s Government Wants To Ban “Wonder Woman” Because Lead Actress Gal...
Oh look, just when you thought we couldn’t regress further as a country, some entity decides to take up the challenge. The latest is Lebanon’s Ministry of Economy deciding, at the very last minute, to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Islamic Extremists Threaten Ahwak Ben Tafesh Coffee Shop In Tripoli Because...
Tripoli’s Ahwak Cafe is a lot of things. Nestled right across a Mosque in the Dam w Farz area, in the newer parts of the city, a stone’s throw away from the gorgeous Rachid Karami forum, it’s a place...
View ArticleClik here to view.
In The Lebanese Jungle, (El Jamal) Nader (Wa) Saab Can Practice “Medicine”…...
When I graduated from medical school about two years ago, part of the Hyppocratic Oath that we took – and its most important – was: Do no harm. It’s our moral and legal obligation as doctors to do the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
From Halaweh Tarts To Achta & Honey Eclairs: The New Fusion Ramadan Sweets...
Over the weekend, I ventured out to Akkar’s Ammou3a area for the first time ever with two friends tagging along. After a super long and arduous drive – those roads are horrendous – it only felt...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Justice for Roy: When Lebanon Is A Full Blown Jungle, Not A Country
Welcome to the jungle, where you can die because some brainless goon, empowered by his wasta and the guns he has around his waist and in the trunk of his can, will shoot you for upsetting him or for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Roy Hamouche’s Murder Is Horrific, But Calling For The Death Penalty Isn’t...
The barbaric murder, at the hands of Mohammad Ahmar and this two friends, of Roy Hamouch, a 24 year old architect, has quickly trumped all other discussions taking place in the country as the entire...
View ArticleClik here to view.
In Lebanon, You Can Get Away With Murder, But Naming A Doctor Is Rare &...
It’s beautiful, isn’t it, to be so influential and connected that you can get the judiciary branch in Lebanon to limit everyone’s freedom of speech in order to make sure whatever’s left of one’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Day I Immigrated: There Are Homes Better Than A Home in Lebanon, Which Is...
Today is the day I become a Lebanese expat and my country of residence, in all those forms that we have to fill, becomes something else than the home I’ve known for all of the 27 years I’ve existed so...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Day I Lost My Grandfather
It never crossed my mind, as I kissed you goodbye on the forehead in that ER room on that last day I was home, that that would be the last time I touched your skin, that my promise of seeing you again...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Justin Trudeau’s Government Rejects Request For Direct Flights Between...
Remember that Trudeau fellow whose PR-smart maneuvers have made him one of the world’s, if not the world’s most loved politician? From his quirky socks, to his cheeky videos that celebrate everyone,...
View Article