Huffington Post Interview with Lebanese Director Hadi Tabbal on His Upcoming Production, ‘After,’

Posted By Najib
Mar 16, 2013 06:24
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Hadi Tabbal is a well know director/actor who holds an M.F.A in acting from The New School for Drama and is a recipient of a Fulbright Award. Despite residing in New York, Hadi has shared his expertise and talent through workshops at Theater Al-Medina in Beirut in an attempt to encourage aspiring Lebanese actors. The Plot: Set in a family-owned bookstore in modern-day Brooklyn, AFTER follows high school student Tariq, who struggles to find his…

Fi Shi Ghalat Campaign

Posted By Najib
Mar 16, 2013 02:20
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FiShiGhalat is a campaign aimed at highlighting the current regulations related to sponsorship that permit the exploitation of the Migrant Domestic Workers . It is supported by the Lebanese Ministry of Social Affairs. Since the Lebanese Ministry of Social Affairs is supportive of such campaigns, let the minister in question work on abolishing the so-called "Kafala" system and propose a standard contract of work. Until then, let us all take the initiative of hiring part-time…

I’m reading “Superman is an Arab” by Joumana Haddad

Posted By Najib
Mar 16, 2013 07:52
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I only became aware of Joumana Haddad in 2010 after the controversy her first book 'I Killed Scheherazade: Confessions of an Angry Arab Woman' caused in Lebanon, a book in which she challenges "prevalent notions of Arab womanhood and, in the process, shatters the centuries-old stereotype of Scheherazade, the virgin heroine of The Arabian Nights who won the king’s affections." I haven't had time to read the book yet but I've been following up on…
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Fatmagul Sultan causing a lot of pollution

13 years ago
FatmaGul causing more pollution in Zouk area and covering the area with low black smokes I’ve been hearing from few friends and reading in the news that the Turkish power ship is polluting the Zouk ...
Critiques

Spanish-Lebanese Energy Consortium Abener-Butec might file a lawsuit against the Lebanese Government

13 years ago
Picture taken from Zawya.com I’ve heard news of a lawsuit being prepared against the Energy Ministry and Lebanese government before but I wasn’t sure about it up until now. Here’s a small brief on what ...
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FAIL: Boycott Guns N’ Roses

13 years ago
Here’s how the boycott logic works in Lebanon: – We love Armin Van Buuren (among others), it’s ok if he played in “Israel” (see below video). We will barely mention it on our page. – ...
Critiques

No Alcohol or Pork at Zaatar w Zeit Hamra

13 years ago
Picture taken from ZWZ Facebook Page I was surprised to read on Gino’s blog yesterday that the newly open Zaatar wou Zeit in Hamra does not service pork or alcohol. The reason was not explained ...
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