Tripoli residents: ‘It’s poverty, stupid’
Local channel LBC ran this brilliant five minute interview with an unidentified man on the street in Tripoli.…
Panic on the radio
In a country where FM radio stations often play pop music as gun battles or massive protests rage…
Abdullah everywhere
That’s Saudia Arabia’s King Abdullah in Hamra traffic tonight. Ever since the monarch pledged $3 billion to arm…
The changing Israeli media narrative
Photo: China Weekly It has barely been 24 hours since the exchange of fire on the Lebanon-Israel border.…
Pick a flag, any flag
Tyre, yesterday. Supposedly there is a 1945 law which states no flag other than the Lebanese one should…
Bombs or boobs?
Yes Lebanese viewer, the choice is yours. As gun battles raged through the streets of Saida, some channels…
What we should be talking about
Mohammed Zaatari/AP You’ve probably seen this on Facbook dozens of times today. And thank God for AP photojournalist…
Salim Slem squeeze
The Army had blocked off all roads leading to Salim Slem this afternoon, following clashes after a rally by…
Keeping the peace?
Last weekend, I witnessed some of the sporadic street fighting that has been going on in Beirut for…