Small acts of resistance
In the picture above, four cars are driving the wrong way on a one way street–as you can…
“Public spaces need vigilant champions”
When designing public spaces, New York’s chief city planner Amanda Burden says there’s a key set of questions…
Journalists and bloggers defy press crackdown
This column was first published in the April issue of Bold Magazine A Thirst For Silence By Habib Battah …
Municipality without a website or public budget
Yes that’s right, Beirut a city with over a million residents and among the most influential in the…
National dialogue: a theater of the absurd
Lebanon’s “national” dialogue began today– a meeting of high level leaders, millionaires, billionaires former warlords that used to…
Media, activists shut out of municipality talks once again
AUB engineering students have arranged a rare question and answer session with the mayor of Beirut over the…
Journalistic dilemmas: cakes, priests and the presidency
In journalism school, there are debates about what a reporter can ethically accept from a source. Gifts and…
Shootings today in Lebanon and the US
By now, much of the world knows there has been a gun battle in Lebanon. The shooting, which…
Dubai creative chill
Dubai’s Creative Chill This column first appeared in the March issue of Bold Magazine THE ARRESTS OF SHEZANNE…
“Beirut-ing” or BS-ing?
The photo above was posted on the site “Beirut-ing,” a very popular local events site. The headline: “Snow…