Egg-Throwing Kids In Hamra

This translates to "The neighbors' kids are throwing eggs from the balcony" Yesterday was the first time I visit Hamra in the past 4 months and I enjoyed walking around and taking pictures of funny and creative writings and drawings like the one above, but I was saddened by the substantial number of beggars, specially children and even babies playing on the sidewalks and sleeping on the floor. I walked for around 15 minutes and…

Marcel Ghanem’s Storming Intro and His Take On Charles Aznavour

It seems Marcel Ghanem managed to anger a lot of people during his last show including Charles Aznavour fans. In fact, towards the end of his 8 minutes long intro, He bashed Aznavour's suggestion to put Iraqi refugees in French deserted villages. I have to say his Aznavour comment was a bit harsh, but what the French singer was proposing is also unacceptable. After all, Aznavour is an Armenian and what happened to his community…
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#Tripoli_Loves_Beer: 10 Things Tripoli’s Mayor Should Worry About Before Banning Beer Ads

11 years ago
Removing the beer ads in Tripoli may be legally correct, but I think Tripoli’s mayor should have other priorities on his agenda that are way more important than removing alcohol billboards. Here are some of ...
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What Is Wrong With The Lebanese Basketball Teams? Why Are They So Determined To Kill The Game?

11 years ago
[YouTube] I am really surprised that basketball players in Lebanon are still quiet over what’s happening recently. The Lebanese Federation may be obliged to take a decision soon that will literally kill basketball in Lebanon ...
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#Tripoli_Loves_Beer: Does It?

11 years ago
People have been saying that Tripoli’s mayor has banned all kinds of beer and alcohol publicity in the city, and some have started an online campaign using the hashtag #Tripoli_Loves_Beer to condemn this decision. Honestly ...
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Huffington Post On How Lebanese Journalists Handle Rumors

11 years ago
Journalists all over the world, not just in Lebanon, are handling rumors in a much worse fashion than 10 or 20 years ago. Speaking of Lebanon, there isn’t one single source I can follow blindly, ...
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How To Get More Hits To Your Story: Add صورة في الداخل or بالصورة or فيديو

11 years ago
I usually add Video or In Pictures to my title when I actually have something to show the readers, but I’ve been noticing that a lot of Lebanese news portals are adding randomly these terms ...
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Names Of The 10 Lebanese Army Martyrs From The Arsal Fighting

11 years ago
The Lebanese Army has unfortunately lost 10 of its brave soldiers while fighting Islamists in Arsal. The names as published on the Lebanese Army’s official website are as shown below. You can find a resume ...
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Can We Stop The Cheesy Army Songs And Cheesy Support?

11 years ago
I am all for supporting the Lebanese Army, but someone needs to stop these cheesy and lame Lebanese Army songs being played on TVs. Moreover, Al Jadeed’s TV anchor wore the army uniform yesterday as ...
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Killing Children Is Wrong: Randomly Sharing Gruesome Pictures Of Dead Children On Facebook And Twitter Is Also Wrong

11 years ago
Gaza Children – Picture via NJBRepository There’s no arguing that killing children is wrong and that Israel is committing horrendous war crimes against the Palestinian people in Gaza, but I don’t understand how sharing pictures ...
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