New Hezbollah demonstration strategy?
Tonight many Lebanese fear that Hezbollah’s resignation from cabinet last week will be a case of history repeating…
The Fairuz scandal
Listen to my interview with Claire Bolderson from the BBC World Service on the career of Lebanese diva,…
War or Tennis?
As the Lebanese Army faces an air attack from Israel, killing three of its soldiers in the most…
Sex sells… washing machines?
Yet another example of how much the Lebanese advertising industry loves to push the envelope. This Whirlpool campaign…
Hidden Villas of Beirut
One of the great things about walking the streets of Beirut is discovering the capital’s hidden and often…
‘New’ government, same owners
(photo credit: tayyar.org) Lebanon is under new management this week, but the country is still largely owned by…
Digging up Beirut
Solidere, the company rebuilding downtown Beirut, has taken a lot of flack for transforming the most ruinous part…
Talking Sex in Saudi Arabia
This weekend I did an interview with the BBC World Service about the infamous case of Mazen Abdul…
Lost Beirut: Long Beach Plage
Beaches are a sort of institution in Lebanon. For many, they symbolize the country’s relatively liberal social norms…
Nasralla Lingerie
This photo was taken in South Beirut–an area known in the Western media as a “Hezbollah stronghold”. But…