Getting a “Sejel 3adle” (Judicial record)

I hate getting papers from the government, I hate standing in line like cattle waiting for some uneducated idiot to hand me a document I need for a certain procedure and I hate the worn down government buildings where the there are no elevators, where they take your signature in giant notebooks, where everyone smokes, where it looks like the last time they were maintained was in the 70s. I travel to Saudi a lot…

Stupid Lebanese Driving Laws

When you read this piece of news, you'd think the driver who hit the 59 year old person and left him to die is immoral and an asshole, but the truth is you might want to do the same thing if you ever hit a person with your car in Lebanon. Why is that? Because of our rotten and archaic laws that blame the driver under any circumstances, even if one throws himself/herself in front…
Lebanon

Trip to Kobayat (Day1)

14 years ago
As I’ve posted two weeks ago [Link], I headed during Easter to Kobayat, one of the biggest villages in Akkar District North of Lebanon. The village has over 15,000 inhabitants, most of them being Christian ...
Critiques

Beware of fake Darak Officers

14 years ago
Picture from Plus961 The video Mark posted on the “Dancing Darak” made me ask around to see whether this guy is for real an ISF officer or not, and reminded me of the incident I ...
Critiques

No knives or guns allowed at ABC Mall

14 years ago
That’s great but how are they planning on keeping them out without metal detectors or even security guards checking you anymore? ...
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My Tissot on billboards

14 years ago
The Tissot Couturier I got for my birthday [Link] is being displayed on a billboard on the Dbayye highway. It looks though as if it’s the newer version as there’s a fourth circle inside of ...
Critiques

The Daily Star is spamming me!

14 years ago
I was surprised to find an email from The Daily Star today, it seems somehow I got added to their mailing list and they sent the email above to everyone on their mailing asking them ...
Critiques

Karaoke nights in Lebanon

14 years ago
I was invited to dinner on Saturday night at a place called “Le Pacha” in Amchit. It’s a seafood place right next to the famous (yet highly overrated and overpriced in my opinion) “Chez Zakhia”. ...
Lebanon

Heading to Kobayat

14 years ago
I am heading in 2 hours or so to Kobayyat, a town in the district of Akkar in the North. It’s a town almost at the borders with Syria and takes a 2 hours or ...
Critiques

Update on the 7 Kidnapped Estonians

14 years ago
It’s been almost a month since the Lebanese security forces announced that they located the seven kidnapped Estonian tourists and that their release should be very soon [Link]. My first reaction to this news was ...
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