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I fell asleep 2 minutes into this video… [YouTube]

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Nicholas Dawoud, a Lebanese expatriate in Massachusetts, putting up a fights against a couple of burglars at his mini market when they tried to rob him on Friday.

I love how he called his mini-market St.Elias. Typical Lebanese!

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Richest city in the world. A poor disabled couple. A dream. And a heartbreak.

Lebanese Niam Itani is a finalist this year in the Your Film Festival, YouTube’s movie competition in partnership with iconic US über director Ridley Scott and the Venice Film Festival. Her film “Super.Full.” has already been screened at several international competitions and won at Forster Film Festival in Australia earlier this year. [Link]

The film is shot in Doha, Qatar.

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Update: The whole thing was a prank. Thank you Gilbert for the [Story]

Update2: LBC are saying it’s not a prank. Lol! [Link]

I saw this post earlier today in AlBaladOnline and on Plus961.com but I didn’t give it much importance at first. However I checked again tonight and I was surprised to see the video has been seen over 21,000 hits already even though it has been up for one day only.

I looked up the scandal in the news and Ward Al Khal has not yet commented on the incident and is refusing to talk to the press apparently. [ListenArabic.com] [ElNashraFan]

While looking for more info about her online, I found this interview with Mona Abou Hamze on MTV’s Talk of the Town show. The interview is labeled for adults only and forbidden for children under the age of 16 but I couldn’t understand why though. [YouTube]

For those of you who don’t know, Ward Al Khal is a famous Lebanese Actress and the sister of another famous Lebanese actor Youssef Al Khal. [Ward Al Khal's Website]

When I saw his picture on billboards in Adonis and Jeita, I really thought he was a young talent. He can play the ’3oud’ which is great at his age but his singing is terrible.

Maybe he should start with easier songs like Myriam Klink’s Antar [YouTube].

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Kalam Ennas’ episode yesterday was one of the best I’ve seen so far this year and the three reports they did during the show, covering the internet outage, the current events and the poverty in Lebanon were brilliant.

The “Wein el Dawoule” documentary was my favorite and sums up the chaotic situation we are currently living in. You can check it out [Here].

PS: Not to be confused with MafiMetlo’s Wayniye el Dawoule funny sketches.

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Pierre Chalach, the teacher accused of sexually assaulting and harassing students in his care, was found guilty of sexually harassing young girls and will be jailed from 6 to 10 years. However, he was found innocent of rape charges for lack of evidence.

Based on what he said in his testimony, this guy has a serious problem and should not be released anytime soon.

Jordanian MP pulls a gun on his critic during live TV debate

If you thought the Alloush vs. Chaker fight was too much, think again. I can’t believe they let the guy in with a gun to the show. Unfreakinbelievable! [YouTube]

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Lol!

Thank you Elie!

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Almost two weeks ago, I posted on how Lebanese are always slow to react and basically wait for bad things to happen to realize something has to be done. This is what happened in Dlebta where the municipality has been trying for the past few days to take back the 7700 square meters land that was sold to a Saudi Prince almost a month after the deal was done and the decree approved and signed by the Prime Minister Najib Mikati and President Michel Suleiman.

If the government approves their proposal, the Saudi Prince who bought the land for 300$ the meter will lose the land and get paid back 38$ per meter, meaning that he will lose 2,310,000$ minus 292,600, which is approximately 2 million dollars. Even though I am against selling our lands to any foreigners, this doesn’t seem like a fair deal.

Isn’t it a better solution if the guy who originally sold the land gives back all the money to the Saudi Prince and takes back his land? Can’t the government come up with some decree to annul the whole thing? I am sure they can.

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I can’t believe he kept on going and didn’t stop instantly. [YouTube]

Warning: Video may not suitable for sensitive viewers or children!

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I was told by a friend who just graduated from AUB that there was a brief protest during the commencement against giving a certain Donna Shalala, whose from Lebanese descent, a honorary degree. I found the video this morning and looked up Donna Shalala to see what this is all about.

From what I read, Donna is a highly respected Lebanese-American who has “four dozen honorary degrees and a host of other honors, including the 1992 National Public Service Award, the 1994 Glamour magazine Woman of the Year Award; in 1992, Business Week named her one of the top five managers in higher education; in 2005, she was named one of “America’s Best Leaders” by U.S. News & World Report” [Miami University]. Added to that, “President Bush presented her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award; and in 2010 she received the Nelson Mandela Award for Health and Human Rights, which recognizes individuals for outstanding dedication to improving the health and life chances of disadvantaged populations in South Africa and internationally. In 2011, she was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York.”

She’s one of America’s best leaders, President of Miami University and a member of three corporate boards. She’s the first Arab-American to serve in a Cabinet position and the USA’s longest serving Health & Human Services Secretary and we are labeling her as a Zionist because she visited “Israel” and has honorary degrees from there??

I don’t get it.

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Misleading video as Lebanese swimmer Wassim Nasser failed to break the national record for the longest swim

Rami has been following up on Wissam Nasser’s attempt to break the 47 KM distance Lebanese Abdel-Latif Abu al-Hauf set in the 1960s. Nasser trained for over 8 months, however failed at breaking the national record as the weather was bad and he was swimming against the wind.

Despite that, I am glad some Lebanese are actually attempting to break some decent records that don’t involve making the biggest Tabboule in the world or the largest Shish Kebab sandwich.

Good luck to you Wissam Nasser on your next attempt!