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Lebanese Observations of the 2012 United States Presidential Election
Many may find this hard to believe but I was much more enthusiastic about the US presidential elections in 2008 than I was about the same event in 2012. It was to the extent that an American friend...
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Ignorant Lebanese “Journalism”
When I was about thirteen, the talk of the nation was about satanism. People used to go on televisions to tell us how these people desecrate the Holy Communion, have sex in graveyards and whatnot. And...
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The Rise of the Middle East’s Atheists
September 2012, Middle East: A low-budget movie titled “The Innocence of Muslims” makes its way to the media of the region. The movie insults the prophet Mohammad and doesn’t pretend to do so...
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Lebanese Saints Are Now On Facebook
I’m sure I’m not the only one who has noticed but the amount of prayers on Facebook has increased dramatically over the past few months. There isn’t a day that passes without my timeline getting...
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Tzipi Livni’s Sex Scandal: True or False?
After news regarding Tzipi Livni’s sexual escapades became the talk of the town, a reader let me know that the story which was originally reported in an Egyptian newspaper is flawed and incorrent. The...
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As my friends sat around me singing happy birthday to you on that cold Saturday night which wasn’t even technically my birthday, I felt happy. The rain glistened off the window in front of me, it was...
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When It Rains in Lebanon
Lebanon gets hit by a modest-strength storm… we get damages equivalent to those of a US hurricane. We just have stellar infrastructure. Where do we begin? Highways that are not even flat so water...
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Argo – Movie Review
Argo, based on a real story, is set in 1979 Iran, after the Islamic revolution at the heart of the American hostage crisis of the Carter era. 6 Americans were able to escape the confines of the...
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Who Won the AUB Elections?
Picture via @WMNader Back when I was an AUB student, I used to get carried away with the politics of it all. Voting for this party or that will help change things on a bigger scale – I was convinced...
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Twilight: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 – Movie Review
When it comes to the Twilight series, both the books and the movies have been, umm, less than stellar. The pages that I read way before the first movie was even released told a redundant story that...
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The Palestinian Hypocrisy
The Arabs. Pray for Gaza… you’ve been praying for Palestine for about 70 years. I’m not sure if it should be considered sad that the only thing you know how to do is pray or it’s just you being...
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Telecom, Mobile TV and LTE 4G in Lebanon
I was recently invited to an event held by the Ministry of Telecommunications in Beirut to discuss the accomplishments of this ministry throughout the past year. Many numbers were unveiled to show...
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The Lebanese University… Of March 8′s Islamization
The Lebanese University in Al-Hadath has become a security zone for March 8′s political parties notably Hezbollah and Amal. The entry to the university is filled with pictures of Hezbollah’s martyrs,...
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Vote for Miss Lebanon Rina Chibany for Miss Universe
Help Miss Lebanon Rina Chibany secure a spot in the semi-finals of the Miss Universe pageant by voting for her. Just click (here) and input your name and email and click vote. It’s that easy. Now I...
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The Lebanese Hypocrisy Towards Those Terrorist Children
A friend posted a picture of a dead child yesterday on his preferred social networking website, along with a slur of swear words at the Zionist regime that he figured had taken the life in question....
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Syrian AUB Students Protesting For Gaza… Silenced and Beaten Up
The students who left their conflict-torn home in Syria to come get the best education in the region at AUB never thought they’d be silenced in a country which sports itself to be the beacon of free...
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Google Celebrates Lebanon’s Independence Day
Google has come up with a special google doodle for Lebanon’s independence day. Google seems to be prouder of our independence day than some Lebanon. For the record, I stand by what I said last year –...
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Happy Thanksgiving My Fellow Lebanese!
We celebrate Halloween. We celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Why not this? I personally believe that Thanksgiving would be an awesome addition to our roster of national holidays. Never mind that we have no...
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Pierre Hachach (El Ma2da7) Arrested
For those who don’t know Pierre Hachach, he’s the man from Batroun behind the “ma2da7” posters in the 2005 parliamentary elections: neyeb l akhdar wel yebes. He has since ventured into many other...
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My Bout With Homophobia at AUB
A couple of days ago, two friends and I decided to participate in a trivia night serving as a fundraiser for the Achrafieh blast victims. 27 teams participated, each made up of three people. A first...
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