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Lebanon’s Upcoming New 3G Plans
Minister of telecommunications Nicolas Sehnaoui alluded to a possible upgrade of Lebanon’s current mobile data bundles on Twitter last week. As a result, this is how Lebanon’s 3G plans will be: I asked...
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Zero Dark Thirty [2012] – Movie Review
Here it is. Arguably the most challenged American movie of the year (a recipe for those little golden statuettes): Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty. U.S. Senators of both parties came out against...
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Ebrine’s Municipality Building & Library Get Flooded Due To Lebanon “Bride”...
My hometown in the Batroun district woke up today to find its municipality building and public library completely flooded because of the overnight rain of the recent blizzard that’s been named “Bride”...
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When AUB Students Mourn Their Homeless Ali Abdallah
R.I.P. Ali, 7aram Ali, di3anak ya Ali, I gave him a banana once – these are all things that I saw AUB students now that their seemingly favorite homeless person passed away. Ali Abdallah was...
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Batroun’s Politicians – Antoine Zahra, Boutros Harb, Gebran Bassil – Are A...
It is customary for Lebanese politicians to pay their condolences when someone who has affiliations with their party passes away. That was the case a few weeks ago when a relative of mine died. Don’t...
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Django Unchained [2012] – Movie Review
It seems 2012 is the year for Hollywood slavery movies. Quentin Tarantino’s foray into the Western movie genre with Django Unchained is the polar opposite of Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln, both movies...
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Lebanon Has The World’s Oldest Living Olive Trees
It seems our Cedars have another tree that’s giving them a run for their money. According to this article (link) that a friend sent me, Lebanon houses the world’s oldest living olive trees in the...
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The Bravest Person I Know
As she ran her fingers through her hair on that cold December night and was sad to see that the chemicals had started to sink in, she knew it wouldn’t be long before she would have to make a decision...
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Lebanon’s January 2013 Storm In Pictures
Lebanon’s weather was all over the place this past week. The “Bride” storm (Or Georgette or Olga as some have called it – we sure can’t agree on a storm name as well) is ending and it was one of the...
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Five TV Series You Should Start Watching
It may be hard to believe given this blog’s content but I actually watch more series than movies. I always try to start new ones although with the frequency that new shows start in the U.S. that isn’t...
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Let’s Talk About Lebanon’s 2013 Elections: The Orthodox Gathering Law
One can argue that the French mandate was the root of Lebanon’s sectarian system. Its goal was to make a country that serves as a safe-haven for Maronites, with an edge in parliament seats and in...
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The Most Sectarian Ad On Lebanese Television
OTV is currently running this Election Law promo ad in support of the “Orthodox Gathering Law” championed by the political party running OTV, the Free Patriotic Movement. Here’s the ad: I know...
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Let’s Talk About The Rights of Lebanese Christians
Lebanese Christians are worried nowadays about their constitutional also known as God-given rights of having a firm grasp on political power again. They want to vote for their half of parliament, they...
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Islamophobia and Racism in an American Movie Theatre
Fresh off the news of a New Yorker throwing a brown-skinned man in front of a train for thinking he was Muslim (click here), the following tweets were brought to my attention of Americans who decided...
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Lebanon’s First Ever Civil Marriage
Amid ongoing discussion about the Orthodox Law, Christian rights and naseauting political ads, there’s a piece of news which makes you hopeful about this country we live in. No, they didn’t go to...
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Putting Lebanon’s First Civil Marriage in Perspective
We sure are all thrilled that a Lebanese couple defied all odds in having Lebanon’s first ever civil marriage happen on our soil (click here). They are courageous and should be commended, as we’ve all...
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What’s The Legal Limit of Cyber Lebanese-Israeli Contact?
In the age of the internet, we, as a Lebanese, are bound to stumble on Israelis who are just like us – browsing around – and many of them actually reading the blogs we write, the pages we share,...
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Saad Hariri To Be On Kalam Ennas on January 31st
Lebanon’s most famous invisible/disappeared man is preparing a comeback. And it starts in 10 days. Marcel Ghanem’s TV show on LBC will be the first political talk show in months (maybe even a year) to...
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Lebanon’s 2013 Elections Campaigns: Khlosna Ba2a
While politicians from Lebanon’s two main political camps bicker over an electoral law they can’t wait to disagree upon, the campaigns to kick off the 2013 election season have begun with “Khlosna...
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The Christian Extremism of Kfardebian
I don’t like Ahmad el Assir. I’m sure this goes to at least 90% of the Lebanese population as well. We all know he’s an extremist. We all know his mentality is rotten. We all know his ideology is...
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