One of the blog's readers sent me a link to an 1988 documentary on the illegal trade of Hashish in the Bekaa valley. The documentary is called The Hashish Connection and is available, not for free though, on and . Hashish is still being grown in the Bekaa valley and the trade is protected by armed groups with the "blessing" of certain political parties of course. There have been several calls to legalize weed in…

I posted about this short film three years ago when they had just released the trailer. Now that the World Cup is back, I just noticed the movie is out. Here's the synopsis: Beirut, on the eve of the 2014 Fifa World Cup, two battle hardened veterans - a Christian and a Muslim - who fought each other in the Lebanese civil war prepare to support their favorite team Brazil. More than just a celebration,…