This picture is taken from the Cedars’ ski slope. According to a friend and an email I received, Father Hani Tawk, who’s a good skier, saw that everyone was going skiing on Sundays instead of attending the mass, so he decided to hold the mass on top of the Cedars ski slopes.

He built the altar using two pairs of skis, a snowboard and 2 ski sticks.

Quoting (@ParisHilton):
“Me in Beirut with the Swat team, they made me feel very safe during my stay and were awesome guys”

I wish they’d do their job properly and make all the Lebanese feel safe for a change!

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The yellow traffic light usually means slowing down before the light turns red, however in Lebanon it takes a whole different aspect. Whenever Lebanese drivers see the yellow light, they feel like it’s the end of the world and step on the gas and take out everything in their way!

Whether there’s traffic ahead or not does not concern them. They will step on it, cut you off, yell at you and the policeman and block the road if needed. Just watch the video and you will see for yourselves.

Witnesses told Naharnet that the bare-chested man brought his shorts down on several occasions and showed his buttocks by forming a G-string with his underwear.

I thought I misread the headline at first. We are not used to such things in Lebanon. The article doesn’t say whether he was arrested or not though. [Naharnet]

Found it on 9gag.

Thanks Johny!

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Start listening at Minute 1:01 in the video below.

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The Four Cats Lebanese band redid this song few years back. [YouTube]

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Whomever breaks the law will have to pay a fine of 135,000 Lebanese Liras.

And she doesn’t seem to mind it. “Bitmoun” Souriyya! [Tweet]

That’s a slap in the face for all those accusing Salafists in Syria of being close-minded even though they did chose the most conversative picture of Elissa I’ve ever seen lol!

Thanks Rachel!

Last year, the ski slopes in Faraya were closed because there was not enough snow. This year they are closed because there’s too much snow!

I posted earlier this morning about Fairuz and Nadine Labaki being among the top 15 of the 100 most powerful Arab women of 2012. After checking the full 100 names, I found more Lebanese women worthy mentioning in this list.

15-Christine Sfeir

17-Leila El Solh

41-Elissa

55-Maria Maalouf

63-Nayla Hayek

65-Nancy Ajram

69-Haifa Wehbe

72-Octavia Nasr

77-Hala Jaber

80-Nadine Khanso

81-Mona Bawarshi

96-Mona Abou Hamza

99-Mayada Baydas

PS: Not sure if I can take this list seriously after seeing Haifa Wehbe in Position 69.

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I just found out I had filmed that crazy dude cycling on the highway, and thought I upload it.

Maybe I should upload it to that Crest & Oral-B Arabia Spread the Smile competition and win myself a trip to NY.

Lebanese singer Fairuz and actress/director Nadine Labaki featured in the top 15 of the 100 most powerful Arab women of 2012. Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi, the UAE’s Minister of Foreign, has topped the list, with Yemeni Nobel Peace Prize laureate Tawakkul Karman in second place. [Full List]

Check out Fairuz and Nadine Labaki’s pages [Here] and [Here].

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If you listened lately to Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa’s latest song “Young, Wild and Free” on Radio One, you’d notice it’s censored. (Listen to Video above)

Instead of hearing:
“So What we get drunk, So what we don’t sleep”
You hear:
“So What we get, So what we don’t sleep”

I thought at first it was “high” and not “drunk” but then I checked the lyrics. Added to that, “So what we don’t sleep” was originally “So what we smoke weed”.

I can understand censoring weed even though “Smoke one, roll one” are still there, but can anyone explain to me why aren’t we allowed to hear the term “drunk”?

PS: I assume the song is also censored on NRJ, LightFM & MixFM but I am not sure.

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Notice the name of the movie displayed.

Thanks Roy!

[Only Picture I found of Marwan Charbel wearing a coat]

President Sleiman was on a visit to Romania this week and Interior Minister Marwan Charbel, who was with him, had his coat stolen twice.

The first theft took place during a dinner thrown in Suleiman’s honor by his Romanian counterpart Traian Basescu. The minister had handed his coat over to the coat check upon his arrival to the dinner, but when it was time to leave, the garment was not found. Officials of the Romanian presidential palace were quick to inform Basescu of the incident, who promptly presented the interior minister with a new one.

Charbel was robbed yet again during another dinner, with Basescu’s coat being the new victim.
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He was granted a third coat on the last day. It would be interesting to know what brand that coat was.