Developer to resume dismantling of Hippodrome
A work cessation order at Beirut’s Roman Hippodrome site has been overruled and the dismantlement of ruins belonging…
Civil (war) engineering
So you want to save on building materials? Fill an old oil barrel with rocks, plop some cement…
Al Jadeed picks up hippodrome story
Leading Lebanese TV station Al Jadeed has just published a piece following up on my article in the…
Plans to dismantle Beirut hippodrome reach BBC front page
That’s a screen shot from BBC’s news site today and you’ll see my latest piece as the second…
Tents collapse, media looks the other way
Yesterday I posted about the dangers posed to thousands of Syrian refugees living in tents across the country…
Why you’re lucky to have walls
Last week I visited a few of the hundreds of thousands of Syrians living in tents across Lebanon…
Ayn el Hilweh: It’s all here
I passed by this shop the other day in Ayn El Hilweh refugee camp, one of Lebanon’s poorest…
Grand Theft Auto for kids
The new game allows players to murder bystanders, hijack cars and pick up prostitutes and is restricted to…
Local prostitution on Facebook
I didn’t expect to see this on my Time Line. If I was an overzealous blogger or desperate…