Perfect way to spoil a Mediterranean day
Moments ago it was a peaceful day on the Mediterranean; a cool breeze with barely a cloud in…
We once made trains
Did you know Lebanon has over 100 years of locomotive history? Neither did I and that’s why I’m…
80 families: 2 bathrooms
I visited Ayn El Hilwe today, one of Lebanon’s most violent and densely populated Palestinian refugee camps. The…
Watch your step
Small piece of advice if you are visiting Beirut’s latest, greatest mega-mall “Beirut City Center” If you use…
For the record…
Congratulations! Lebanon recorded the slowest upload speed in the world today: At least according to my speed test.…
“No more beds” at Lebanese public hospitals
Photo: Daily Star “The bed capacity of all government hospitals in Lebanon is exhausted,” UNHCR Communications Officer Roberta…
There is “a problem” with night time internet
There is slow internet and then there is internet so slow you can’t even tell how slow it…
Calm before the storm?
In the hours leading up to a Congressional vote that may send missiles over our heads, many in…
A history of US intervention in Syria
Most Americans probably think what’s being discussed today is the first major US intervention in Syria. But nothing…
If these walls could talk
Oops, looks like they already do. This is a screenshot from a recent OTV interview with former security…