The changing culture of election campaigns in Lebanon
Even if independent candidates don’t win big on election day, they are already having an impact on Lebanese…
Hacking the Saudi narrative, Lebanese style
Keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer. I’m not a fan of quoting cliches, but in…
Company uses images of abused women to sell apartments
Text above reads roughly: “What are you waiting for? 0 percent downpayment. Now you can be independent” It’s…
Political posters removed except…
There has been much fanfare about the removal of political signs and posters from Beirut, as part of…
Lost in transliteration
In Arabic “جو” (pronounced jao or jaaw) means atmosphere or mood. Somehow it doesn’t convey the same ‘mood’…
Lucky Rima
It’s easy to get the depressed with all the violence in the news these days and the knee-jerk jingoism…
Happy (lawless) birthday
The Lebanese police are celebrating their 153rd anniversary. At a commemoration event, the head of the force pledged…
Celebrating Sleiman
Lebanese president Michel Sleiman left office today, but his presidency will linger a while longer in billboards erected…
Facebook-inspired design
Both establishments pictured here in Hamra. Not sure if a “like” buys you a discount.
Hey ladies…
For those interested, this is actually not a joke. He told me with a straight face that he’d…