Nightmarish Traffic on Dahr al Baydar Road

If there's one thing that keeps me from heading to the Beqaa or visiting friends in Zahle, it's the Dahr el Baydar - Bhamdoun traffic on the way back. Last weekend, people got stuck for over 3 hours on their way back to Beirut and in the absence of police officers, scouts ended up organizing traffic. If there's any road that symbolizes the state of lawlessness and the big car jungle that we live in,…

7ello 3an el Yoga!

Yoga is the work of the devil, Yoga can lead to satanic possession, Yoga is evil. If you do yoga, you’re headed for the “Kingdom of Darkness”. Every few months, I see a new article being shared by a local paper about the dangers of Yoga and how there's some conspiracy theory led by Hindus and sponsored by Satan to spread it worldwide. To begin with, not all people are religious and most people practicing…

Chaos at Beirut’s Airport

I had a flight today at 8:30AM so I got to the airport at 5:10AM to be on the safe side, especially after seeing what happened last week. Unfortunately, it was chaotic to say the least and we only got to the boarding gate at 8:35AM! It's a good thing the flight got delayed otherwise we wouldn't have made it. Starting with the traffic, there was the usual traffic at the army's checkpoint before the…

Wissam Kamal The First Lebanese Comedian on Comedy Central Arabia

Wissam Kamal is making his debut tonight on Comedy Central Arabia as he is taking part in the channel's latest show "Ridiculousness Arabia - Season 2". For those who are not familiar with Comedy Central, it is the world's largest TV network dedicated for Comedy and has witnessed the debuts of great comedy legends such as: The Colbert Report with Stephen Colbert, The Daily Show with John Stewart, Chapelle's Show with David Chappelle, The Sarah…
Events

A 5-Minute Standing Ovation for “The Insult” at Venice’74

8 years ago
Ziad Doueiri’s “The Insult” was showing at the 2017 Venice Film Festival and received an honorable 5-minute standing ovation from the public. The movie made its debut at the Venice film festival last week and ...
Fun

Ragheb Alameh Tries to Moon Walk, Slips on Stage

8 years ago
Was he trying to moon-walk? Or is this a new move by the Super Star? This reminded me for some reason of his epic butterfly dance back when he was still young. In all cases, ...
Art

One of The World’s Finest Pieces of Crystallized Gold is in Beirut

8 years ago
I just finished reading a really intriguing story regarding one of the world’s finest pieces of crystallised gold, which was acquired for the Australian Museum in Sydney, got stolen in the late 1940s and somehow ...
Lebanon

Movie Review: “The Insult” by Ziad Doueiri

8 years ago
The Insult is about a verbal dispute between Toni Hanna (Adel Karam), a Lebanese Christian mechanic and survivor of the 1976 Damour Massacre and Yasser (Kamel El Basha), a Palestinian refugee living in camps and ...
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