Think you had a rough night?
Try getting some sleep under 1 million watt spot lights, like the workers at this Beirut construction site:…
The Pope meets “MuslimRage”
Here’s a copy of my monthly “Media Uncovered” column: The Pope meets “Muslim Rage” As news of “Muslim…
Reporting “claims”
Photo: The Daily Star By now, everyone has heard about the reported assassination attempt on Free Patriotic Movement…
Remembering Sabra and Shatila
See my latest piece for Al Jazeera English on Lebanon’s most infamous massacre and its ramifications 30 years…
Pope Mania
In anticipation of the Pope’s visit to Lebanon this week, highways across the country have been shrouded in…
A perfect day. In Beirut??
Imagine a Beirut where people spent more time upside down (above). Where the police protected us from cars…
What we’re watching
Like most Lebanese, I’m hungry for answers about the surge in kidnappings, tribal violence deadly “personal disputes” and…
The ubiquitous “personal dispute”
Scene of ‘personal’ shooting in Ouzai. Photo: The Daily Star A wave of mysterious shootings and killings have…
It’s not just hate: Tripoli needs more reporting
Photo: Altertpak Everyday more and more news articles are telling us that Tripoli is engulfed in “a sectarian…
They keep us guessing.
photo: The Daily Star So Interior Minister Marwan Charbel, pictured here, said today security forces were “relentlessly pursuing”…