Is Tripoli’s Huge Allah Sign A Political Or Religious Sign?

The Tripoli Nour Square with a sign saying "Allah, Tripoli the Muslims fortress" and a Merry Christmas banner underneath it I woke up today and noticed that some of my friends had replaced their Facebook profile picture with Yassou3 el Malak in Keserwan, and one of them was cursing and bashing MP Khaled el Daher. I looked up what MP Daher had said in the news and found the below video where he's opposing the…

#CharlieHebdo: Is It Wrong To Mock Religions?

Masked gunmen killed yesterday at least 12 people at the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. The magazine is widely known for mocking all religions and religious figures such as the Prophet Mohammed and has received threats on several occasions. As a result of the attack, Charlie Hebdo's editor Mr Charbonnier was killed along with renowned cartoonist Cabu, Wolinski and Tignous. Personally speaking, I strongly condemn the terrorist attack as I believe freedom of speech is…
Food

Galette Des Rois, Zlebyé, Armenian Christmas And A Tradition To Waste Electricity

9 years ago
The majority of Christians in Lebanon and around the world celebrate Epiphany tonight and the tradition is to eat the Galette des Rois and some zlebyé. The traditional Galette is filled with frangipane, an almond-based ...
Critiques

Should Lebanese Muslims Celebrate Christmas?

9 years ago
Every year, I hear about a pamphlet or a message inciting Lebanese Muslims not to celebrate Christmas and calling it a holiday for the “Kuffar”. I never knew who’s behind these campaigns but they definitely ...
Critiques

Dhour Choueir Celebrating Christmas

9 years ago
Bringing Muslims to sing inside a Church or vice versa is probably the cheesiest thing to do but it works every time in Lebanon. I have nothing against it of course and I appreciate such ...
Food

Barbara Sweets

9 years ago
It was Saint Barbara yesterday in Lebanon and I always look forward to this day for two things: – The Atayef (قطايف) that my mum prepares. – Other Barbara sweets like the Macaron and Ouwaymet ...
Information

Lebanese Red Cross Workers Denied Entrance To A Beirut Mosque

9 years ago
This was posted earlier today by Abdel Rahman Ali who works for the Lebanese Red Cross. His co-workers came to present their condolences but apparently weren’t allowed inside the mosque because they were wearing the ...
Lebanon

A Picture That Sums Up What’s Happening In Tripoli

10 years ago
Picture via Kareem Shaheen What’s been made clear in the past few days in Tripoli is that no one wants these faux-believers and everyone is behind the Lebanese Army. Tripoli is not like Mossul or ...
Critiques

The Latest Updates On Civil Marriage In Lebanon

10 years ago
I was reading Dalal Mawad’s post earlier today and unfortunately the latest updates on civil marriage is that there are no updates, and the civil marriages that took place in Lebanon are still not approved ...
Religion

Eid Adha Moubarak

10 years ago
Happy Eid everyone! ...
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