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Nothing beats a cold Almaza beer even when it’s freezing in Faraya.

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Did they really think we’d forget about Catherine Zeta-Jones’ laser scene in Entrapment?

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Start watching at Minute 2:26

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Top 10 pictures of 2012. Picture taken by Goran Tomasevic. Azaz, Syria. Aug. 15, 2012.

I always enjoy reading Time’s Top 10 lists from year to year. Check out the 55 wide-ranging lists [Here].

The HuffingtonPost has a bigger album of 2012′s best pictures that you can check [Here].

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I have a feeling whomever made this ad contributed to the “SantaExpress” game I posted about yesterday.

Whatever happened to joyful and happy Christmas ads?

I usually enjoy Touch ads but something about their last Christmas Offer radio spot is not right. In the first few seconds of the ad, some guy is bragging that he stopped at all the red lights this year and therefore deserves a gift. I had no clue respecting traffic lights is considered an achievement in Lebanon. Listen to it [Here].

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Funnily enough, ignoring traffic lights was the first cause of injuries in car accidents in 2012 according to Yasa. I honestly think Touch should remove that part of the ad specially that they’ve been working with YASA on raising awareness among drivers in Lebanon.

Chateau Ksara

Chateau KA

Chateau Musar

I think Chateau Ksara has the best ad. I wonder what will Chateau Kefraya come up with.

Green Party of Lebanon TVC

ABAAD is a non-profit, non-politically affiliated, non-religious civil association that aims to achieve gender equality as an essential condition to sustainable social and economic development in the MENA region. ABAAD seeks to promote women’s equality and participation through policy development, legal reform, gender mainstreaming, engaging men, eliminating discrimination, and advancing and empowering women to participate effectively and fully in their communities. ABAAD also seeks to support and collaborate with civil society organizations that are involved in gender equality programs and advocacy campaigns. [Link]

I am all for promoting gender equality and ending violence against women but I don’t see how letting Muslim & Christian leaders endorse the “International 16 Days Campaign of Activism to End Violence Against Women (VAW) and Girls” is going to help in anyway.

Back in January 2012, a law that criminalizes violence perpetrated against women by family members was not passed due to pressure from religious leaders. Here’s what some of them had to say:

“The supreme Sunni Muslim authority in Lebanon, Dar El Fatwa, last summer issued a statement in response to a new draft law addressing domestic violence, claiming the proposal was intended to “break up the family similar to Western ways, which are foreign to our society and values.” Dar El Fatwa, as well as leading Shia religious figures in Lebanon, fear that putting the power to prosecute men for spousal abuse into the hands of the government would undermine the authority of Sharia courts in dealing with family matters. And in a country that is constitutionally divided along sectarian lines, such declarations directly affect the political process.” [Link]

So if religions truly prohibit violence against women, and religious leaders are agreeing with that, why isn’t the law passed once and for all? Wouldn’t it be better if the organization in question made them pressure the government to pass the law?

An Almaza & YASA partnership: Ma techrab w tsou2, swe2atak betsou2

Despite all the awareness campaigns, accidents are still on the rise in Lebanon. Speed radars stopped working for some reason and the road conditions are not improving.

I loved them and there’s apparently more to come!

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I had no clue we still have Abu Jumbo Pepsi bottles in Lebanon.

Thanks Sophie!

I am not sure if CityMall are sending the right message by putting Lebanon’s flag on a price tag.