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Amour [2012] – Review
In an old Parisian apartment, with its yellowing books, rusty sinks and creaky tables, Georges and his wife Anne, two eighty year old former music teachers live. They go about their lives normally,...
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Lebanon Described in 1982
I’m currently reading the book “From Beirut to Jerusalem” by Thomas Friedman, in which he tells parts of his stay in Beirut between 1979 and 1984, as our civil war raged on. While some parts so far are...
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Alternatives To The Viber Ban in Lebanon
In case you didn’t know, Alfa has blocked Viber on its 3G network and MTC will follow suit later on seeing as the demand to stop Viber came from the ministry of telecommunications. I don’t want to go...
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The Sleepless Nights of Lebanon’s Tripoli
If you go by the geography they teach at Lebanese schools, you are taught that Tripoli is the second biggest city of Lebanon and the capital of its Northern governorate. The geography they taught us at...
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Anna Karenina [2012] – Movie Review
Joe Wright, the director who gave us “Atonement” and “Pride and Prejudice” tries his hand at one of Leo Tolstoy’s most popular novels and does so by going bold via a new cinematic vision that’s never...
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Myriam Klink’s “Klink Revolution” Has A Music Video
Do you remember that Myriam Klink who goes by queen Myriam Klink of Klinkistan these days has a new song which was released last week? Well, that song now has a music video to go with it. Lara Kay is...
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What Would Miss Lebanon Rina Chibany Do If The World Ended Tomorrow?
Well, she’s not that ambitious. It seems our Miss Lebanon Rina Chibany enjoys the simple things in life. And they’re way too simple if you ask me. But hey, at least this is not as disastrous as the...
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Paulo Coelho Loves Nadine Labaki’s Where Do We Go Now
I’m not sure if I like the king of cliche making his love for Nadine Labaki’s hit movie, Where Do We Go Now, known but Paulo Coelho took it to twitter just now to let everyone know that he is a fan of...
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The Attack: An Upcoming Lebanese Movie From The Maker of “West Beirut”
Set for release in 2013 is a movie titled The Attack by Ziad Doueiri, the director who brought us “West Beirut,” arguably one of Lebanese cinema’s most critically acclaimed movies yet. The Attack was...
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Today’s Awesome Google Doodle: Bonne Nuit Les Petits
Who remembers this awesome cartoon we used to watch when we were kids? “Bonne Nuit Les Petits” was the last thing my parents let me watch before ordering me off to bed when I was little. Time has...
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey [2012] – Movie Review
Q: What do you, as Hollywood, do to a movie series that has garnered tremendous commercial success and massive critical acclaim? A: You revisit it. Of course. The Hobbit will surely be a massive...
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Lebanese iTunes Store Launches Movies Section
Who doesn’t love Wall-E? Apple seems to be adopting a very aggressive strategy rolling out new iTunes services to international markets. Only days after Lebanon got the music iTunes store added to its...
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Ziad el Rahbani Concert in Lebanon Next Week
For Ziad el Rahbani lovers, he’ll be holding a concert next week on December 20th and 21st. The event was just announced. Nothing was announced regarding where “les artistes” fit into the whole...
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Lille, France
I spent the month of August discovering the gorgeous city of Lille in Northern France. I went there for a clerkship at one of the city’s hospitals and I absolutely fell in love with its culture, its...
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Myriam Achkar’s Murderer Gets The Death Sentence
Syrian Fathi Jabr al-Salatine who brutally murdered Myriam Achkar last year just got the death sentence for his crime. For those who don’t remember, Achkar – a devout Christian girl – was on her way...
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The Heroes of Sandy Hook Elementary
Dawn Hochsprung (up), Victoria Soto (left) and Mary Sherlash (right) Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut was the location of a massacre that took the lives of 26 people, 20 of which...
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Thoughts on the Newtown, Connecticut Shooting
Sandy Hook Elementary Children are dying everywhere around this world. Be it in Syria where they die daily (NSFL pictures) or in any war zone. Those deaths though, however tragic and cruel, are a...
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Mario Bassil’s Gangnam Style
Lebanese comedian Mario Bassil is a participant on LBC’s Celebrity Duets, a show that serves as a fundraiser for a celebrity’s charity of choice while they “sing” for votes. Mario Bassil is still in...
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The Westboro Baptist Church – America’s Main Hate Group: A Dark Mark on...
You’d think that in 2012, a group that champions itself to be a church would also champion acceptance and forgiveness. That might be true to most denominations of Christianity today – except the...
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Lebanon’s New Driving Law
Behold! Lebanon has a new driving law – and it stands at a whopping 197 pages! (check it here). Who knew our driving regulations were that developed? I personally didn’t bother reading it because 1) I...
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