Boiling Neighborhood

The News from the region are getting worse every day. Have we reached a slippery slope?
“The situation in the broader Middle East is more complex, fragile and dangerous today than it has been for a long time [..] Several of the multiple conflicts in the region are reaching a boiling point.” Terje Roed-Larsen (March 11, [...]

Le Chef

Let’s see what kind of “fatty” decisions our leaders will make today…

Unexpected Extension

The leaders will now have to deal with this

A Samba In the Dark

Rana Kolailat’s capture smells of backroom dealing

So Rana Kolailat, the heroin of the Al-madina Bank scandal was caught in Brazil. Hariri-owned Almustaqbal newspaper wants us to believe that the Lebanese Secret Services tipped off the Brazilian Secret Services about Rana’s whereabout in Sao Paolo.
That’s quite the feat by our spies don’t you think? They [...]

Last Week On The Lebanese Blogosphere

Most of you know that I write a weekly post on Global Voices Online that summarizes what’s happening in the Lebanese Blogosphere. You can read yesterday’s piece here. If any of the authors mentioned objects to what I wrote please let me know. Also, please feel free to make any comment on the piece.
For [...]

Lock’em Up

What should we do to guarantee success in the next round of the National Dialogue? The Beirut Spring suggests a wild idea: Lock up the leaders until they come out with a solution

We have a problem: We all want the people in the national dialogue to reach an agreement, but as the latest squabbles have [...]

Ouch!

Micheal Young unleashes a very harsh criticism onto Michel Aoun…

The Last Supper?

There is no question that Walid Jumblat put an abrupt halt to the National dialogue. The question is: did he betray his allies and supporters?

We never had great expectations from the dialogue. But we were all enjoying the smiley faces and upbeat statements. When I saw Saad Hariri and Hassan Nassrallah visiting Hariri’s grave, hand [...]