Twenty-five years ago...
...During the summer of 1982, NPR sent a crew of three to Lebanon to report on the Siege of Beirut. In this reminiscence, the audio engineer for the team reflects on his first foray into covering the...
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Boycott “1000 Places To See Before You Die”!
It has come to my attention recently that the bestselling book “1000 Places To See Before You Die” (which now has a Travel Channel show based on it) has a gaping omission that is simply shameful and...
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Beirut named “World Book Capital 2009”
The Director-General of UNESCO announced the nomination of Beirut as the “World Book Capital 2009” at the conclusion of the selection committee meeting which began on 3 July. Held at UNESCO’s Paris...
View ArticleAnother brave man falls...
MP Antoine Ghanem was just killed.Of course he is one of 14 March, part of Amine Gemayel’s bloc, who are at the opposit side of Aoun.Antoine Ghanem was recently called a “kitty” by the glorious General...
View ArticleDoes this remind you of anything?
A cross-border raid, soldiers killed and captured: Hezbollah-Israel 2006, or PKK-Turkey 2007? And yet, out of great similarities are born great ironies: while the US is now crying out for “restraint”,...
View ArticleMapping Fallacies
This is a letter I wrote to the editors of Now Lebanon in response to their feature titled "Mapping alliances: Where the Arab states stand on Lebanon and...
View ArticleWho needs a President?
Call me a fool (not to my face), but I have this strange "free" feeling ever since the Presidential Post moved under the "Help Wanted" section. When Emile Lahoud left the Presidential Palace last...
View ArticleYo What up?
First, my apologies to my brethren inside and outside of Lebanon. I haven't been able to really do any blogging in the past year or so. What is going on? Seems like things have slowed down quite a bit....
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BREAK THE SILENCE ON GAZA!
DON'T DELAY! TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE!The years-old blockade of Gaza is at crisis point: with the humanitarian crisis growing, the southern border has been breached and 350,000 Palestinians are pouring...
View ArticleI am Beirut
This is a slightly sappy, but touching and heartfelt, chain email that came across my way (I took the liberty to edit it a bit before posting it). You might have already seen it. I have no idea who...
View ArticleJailed Saudi blogger in Solitary Confinement
Seems the Saudi virtue police are done with their female hair chase fixation, now they are on the loose in cyberspace.What would any country that suppresses the slightest form of freedom of expression...
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The Hakawati
I am very proud and happy to present to you the latest masterpiece by my great friend, the sinfully underrated Rabih Alameddine: The Hakawati.But don't take my word for it, check out the amazing blurbs...
View Articleقوم فوت نام ..
قوم فوت نام .. وصير احلمأنو بلدنا صارت بلدقوم فوت نام .. هالأيامحارة بيسكرها ولدهاي بلد ؟؟ لأ .. مش بلدهاي قرطة عالم مجموعينمجموعين ؟؟ .. لأمطروحين ؟؟ .. لأمضروبين ؟؟ .. لأمقسومينقوم فوت نام .. وصير...
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Absolution
To every Lebanese fighting anotherI absolve myself of you.I absolve me of the angerdripping morbidly from turbid eyes;of the hatred, loud and raucous,and stupid;of the ignorance engulfing youlike...
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Chiming in...
Been a long time. Missed you all.Tell me about our beloved Leb'naaaaaaan.I'm horribly out of the loop.Anyhow, I've been around all my old CDs lately, therefore I've been listening to a lot of Led...
View ArticleAhlan wa sahlan
Hi again, looks like it is back to a pretty solitary experience here at LBF. That's cool in a way. We can revamp a bit and think about ways to improve the site. I had to get some kind of header.jpg up...
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