A “Hezbollah neighborhood,” the latest New York Times fiction
You won’t find the headline above on the New York Times website. It has been deleted. But thanks…
“Not even an ant could pass without having his ID checked”
Those were the words of this survivor interviewed by Al Jadeed TV in the hospital this evening. The…
Hezbollah TV’s special Christmas coverage
Hezbollah’s Al Manar TV usually covers church services today, but this Christmas seems to be one of the…
That annoying Christmas song you hear in Beirut
Here’s a post for all the expats that could not make it home for Christmas. This song–now playing…
ABC: Christmas charity or profit?
There are few places more beautifully decorated this season than ABC Ashrafieh, one of Lebanon’s fanciest malls, whose…
Home to party? Why not help out too.
It’s that time of year again and the bars and pubs of Mar Mikhael, Gemmayze and Hamra are…
Parasite fashion?
Ain El Remmaneh
That time I got threatened by a government official
This column was originally published in this month’s issue of Bold Magazine. Detained And RestrainedREPORTING IN LEBANON CAN…
Disaster Advertising
As the country braces for a massive storm that will probably flood streets and homes and collapse the…
Spies you can trust
Don’t you love American television? Particularly entertaining from Beirut.