No Water in Jounieh

We woke up today to find out that we have no water, not even a single drop and it's been raining heavily all day! The whole day passed and it kept raining and there's still no water available. I mean one would expected water shortage during summer time, but in winter time? Moreover, the mountains are very close to the coastal cities and there were no storms that could have damaged the pipes or whatever…

Lebanese Taxi drivers don’t like coins?

I was walking towards Gemmayze the other day when it started raining, so I took a cab and had an interesting talk with the cab driver: Me: Wasselne 3al SNA 3mol ma3rouf. Cab Driver: Tekram 3aynak. Me: Tfaddal cause i had only 100$ bill. Cab Driver: Haydol mich massare! ma 3andak frata? Me: Le mannoun massare? chou behoun? Cab Driver: bidee3o ma3na haydol ne7na el chaufferriye, ma mnekhidoun. Me: Chou badna na3mil? hayda el mawjoud.…
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It is Master Najib from now on

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Stop burning tyres!

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