New Signs To Be Deployed in Tripoli

Via @MhdDankar The heads of the armed groups in Tripoli held a meeting earlier this morning and agreed to install new signs across Tripoli to keep civilians away from the dangerous zones. This agreement was praised by all militiamen and specially snipers who won't be responsible anymore for shooting innocent civilians if these civilians were trespassing on sniper property. One of the militiamen expressed his joy by donating a huge banner to alert the citizens…

Censorship In Lebanon: Ekhirta ra7 to2ta3 … (Eventually it will pass)

The article below was my contribution to MARCH's monthly newsletter that was distributed all across Lebanon few weeks back. MARCH has been pulling an amazing job in raising awareness on the importance of freedom of expression as a catalyst for tolerance and acceptance of the other and in fighting all sorts of cultural terrorism. I strongly believe we should be given the right to choose what to watch, read and listen to and I am…

So I Watched Bébé

I didn't like the trailer and I wasn't planning to watch the movie but I ended up going after I read that over 20,000 have seen the movie in its first 4 days. I also went through the movie's Facebook page and saw that a lot of Lebanese actors gave the movie a positive feedback. However from the moment the movie started till the last minute, I couldn't understand what the hell I was watching…

TransFocus: Lebanon’s First Transgender Festival

Picture from NowLebanon According to the Lebanese Law now, you are either male or female. TransFocus is the first festival in Lebanon that explores the sub-culture, the challenges, and the hopes of the transgender community of the country. Yesterday at Minus 1, a new art space perched right in the middle of Ashrafieh, two movies – TransAmerica and Tomboy – were screened and a series of heated debates and workshops were organized with AUB’s Faysal…
Art

The Gebran Khalil Gebran 100,000 Lebanese Lira Bill

12 years ago
Awesome Graffiti by Yazan. via Ginos ...
Humor

FAIL: Dead People Asked To Show Up To Lebanese Court

12 years ago
[High-Res] via Sanaa Maybe they turned into zombies. ...
Information

Origins of the Lebanese Dabké

12 years ago
Picture from Kadmous Here’s a nice post by Kadmous.org on the similarities between the traditional Lebanese Dabké and old Phoenician Dance rituals based on Sir Gardener Wilkison’s studies on The Historic Illustrations of Dancing from ...
Critiques

Open Letter From Lebanese Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud To British Ambassador Tom Fletcher

12 years ago
Drawing By Sareen It seems Karl wasn’t the only one who replied back to British Ambassador Tom Fletcher’s Open Letter to Lebanon as Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud posted a letter on his Facebook Page after ...
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