Posted By
Najib
May 20, 2017 09:22
I remember when Cafe Najjar first featured a surfer in its most recent ads, I got several comments asking me if one can really surf in Lebanon while others laughed at the idea. Well surfing in Lebanon is becoming more and more popular over the past two years, with its community growing up to 200 surfers, as per Paul Abbas who is Lebanon's only surfboard shaper. Abbas became interested in the sport back in 2010…
Posted By
Najib
May 20, 2017 08:16
I've seen the VAPE ads several times now on the road and I'm still not comfortable with the one with the local thug. The ad with the teacher is kinda funny even though professors shouldn't be terrorizing students but the one with the thug is just wrong. What exactly are they trying to say? that it's ok to have thugs disciplining streets in Lebanon? That it's ok to have such people? That the police is…
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