A round-up aggregator about Lebanese Blogs, gathering different opinions from different backgrounds, a variety of perspectives and interests; politics, art, photography, paintings and poetry. From Lebanon, to Lebanon and about Lebanon.
Champagne!
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I just want to mark the fact that as of today we have a new cabinet:
http://qifanabki.com/2009/11/09/lebanon-cabinet-lineup/
It only took 5 months *g* Bet...
Government at last formed …
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Prime Minister Hariri announced the new cabinet lineup almost an hour ago
and it goes as follows: (Source: Naharnet) My comments: 1- A government that
does...
Affordable Apartments for Rent in Beirut
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In really near suburbs you can find pretty cheap but still big enough
apartments. Ain el Remmaneh for example is 5 or 10 minutes away from
Ashrafieh, depen...
A Quick Congratulations..
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After almost 4 months of labor, a Lebanese government is finally born. I
hope that as Prime Minister Hariri said, this government would be one of
performa...
wall? what wall?
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I was still a child when the Berlin wall came crashing down, but I clearly
remember the images — some of which are replaying today — when they first
appear...
Hajj Ponzi does the Cabinet
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Elie Beik Skaff is gone.....but he will not be missed.Elie Beik's shoes are hard to fill, but when Saad Hariri and Hassan Nasrallah work hand in hand everyt...
Lebanon’s Cabinet Lineup
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** See below for continuing updates ** At approximately 8PM Beirut time,
President Michel Suleiman signed the following decrees, dissolving the
current cab...
خبر عاجل
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اصدرت حكومة الإتحاد الوطني أول قرار لها، يقضي بإلزام كل المواطنين دون
إستثناء التوجه فوراً إلى الملاجئ، وذلك لتجنب وقوع ضحايا جراء الرصاص
والصواريخ التي ست...
While you were sleeping....
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OK, so maybe you were not sleeping, but I was. I feel it has been a while
since I reviewed ads around town chiefly due to my heavy schedule, but also
due...
Israeli miracle? Thus spoke Dan Senor
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Dan Senor, the former spokesperson of the American occupation apparatus in
Iraq, is now suddenly (with no training in Middle East studies, unless you
count...
Il y a 20 ans…
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Il y a 20 ans, un mur tombait, changeant profondément l’impensable, la
disparition de la menace soviétique sur l’Europe et comme vous le devinez,
il s’ag...
Less destructive & more protective
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My own experience with saving the planet is a mixture of being aware of our
destructive footprint, of wanting more green areas for my kids to breathe
in, o...
Free fall-but where to?
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"The production of groundnuts, Senegal's third-largest export product after
fishing and phosphates, is in freefall. The 2008 harvest fell by over 47
percen...
Arabic and Lebanese Translation
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Arabic = "You fill it up" & " The first self-service station in Lebanon-
Halat Autostrade."
Lebanese- 1.Time to teach your maid to pump gas and get her to ...
week&groove – Lama’s Dead
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Here’s the concept: Every Friday, we will propose a track that will
stimulate your iTunes and other media players. Hip, groovy, folky. Not
particularly rec...
Fairuz, Rose de l'Arabité
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Que celui ou celle qui n'a jamais versé une larme en écoutant la voix de Fairuz s'annonce et se présente, que je l'examine pour m'assurer de son humanité. Pe...
On Sisters and Freedom for Girls
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They want to be sisters, these two. But only temporarily, because whenever
they spent more than 24 hours together, they end up fighting, and then
they’re c...
We have a government again?? No!
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Apparently, the opposition finally approved the national government of unity
which Saad Hariri proposed, later today everything should become official. I
h...
The Falafel war has just begun
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While surfing Naharnet today I came across this dangerous news: Lebanon in
War with Israel but this Time on Falafel Director General of the Lebanese
Indust...
Civil society in Lebanon
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Our PRIO (International Peace Research Institute of Oslo) lecture today
focused on what role civil society can play in peacebuilding, primarily in
post-con...
America, stop sucking up to Israel - Gideon Levy
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Barack Obama has been busy - offering the Jewish People blessings for Rosh
Hashanah, and recording a flattering video for the President's Conference in
Jer...
The truth
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‘On Monday 12 October, Prime Minister Netanyahu opened the Knesset’s winter
session by blasting the Goldstone Report that accuses Israel of committing
war ...
Lebanese Youth for Different Society – LYDS
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LYDS announces the call for Young, Active & Dynamic volunteers (between 18 &
26 years) who wish to cooperate with us in our upcoming regional training
work...
Bomb sniffing wands: magic, placebo or snake oil?
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If you’ve ever lived in a city like Beirut or Baghdad, you’ve probably been
scanned by a bomb sniffing wand at a checkpoint. Here in Beirut, they’re
used a...
Oh I Would Love to Dump You, Syria
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Why oh why, I don’t care about you, Syria. I don’t. I sincerely don’t. About
its men, women, gay or straight people. its submissive or its courageous
peopl...
Thank you for not smoking!
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Wednesday night was an almost smoke-free night on Gemmayzeh Street
in Beirut. Around 35 pubs and restaurants took part in the “Ain’t No Smoking
2nite” camp...
Detachment
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There are days when you're just not in the mood to be happy, not in the mood
to act alive.. Even when you have every reason in the world to rejoice..
Your c...
Dietary Victory!
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Let me be the first to declare Lebanon's "dietary victory" over the
[imperialist] Zionist attempt to invade, occupy and annex the culinary
terrain of the b...
Taffiya wel7a2na 3al Gemmayze on October 28
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"Ain't No Smoking" is a local campaign organized by the Rotaract Clubs of
Sahel Metn, Beirut and Beirut Metropolitan, promoting non-smoking habits and
a ...
The Hezbollah Model Revisited
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Following up on my previous post, here's a piece I co-authored with Mara
Karlin that appeared in the Washington Times today.
I guess it was a fitting coin...
FINALLY
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It's about time!
The US congress has just passed a law that would make it a crime to assault
any person because of his or her sexual orientation! You'd thi...
Priceless quotes
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Every time I come here, I get so supercharged with energy,” she said. “I
truly believe that Israel is the energy center of the world. And I also
believe th...
العمال السوريّون من يحميهم من الاعتداءات؟
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*تعليقي الشخصي: *المقال أدناه يعالج مشكلة الإعتداءات المتكررة التي يتعرض لها
العمال السوريين في لبنان. هذه الآفة الخطيرة التي تنتشر في لبنان تنبع من
استغ...
US Allies in 'rivalry' with Iran
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Vali Nasr, an Iranian-American academic, is serving as senior adviser to
Richard Holbrooke, the US special representative for Afghanistan and
Pakistan.
A ...
