A Strategic Armistice

A strategic political ceasefire among the Lebanese parties is not an act of appeasement. It is an option that March 14 should consider seriously.
Many of us who were inspired by the Ideals of that glorious March 14 day (Rule of Law, A strong state, sovereignty and Independence) are disheartened by the prospect of a Michel [...]

Washington Opening Up To Suleiman?

The US is cautiously reciprocating Suleiman’s expression of goodwill.
Suleiman The Hedger
A few days ago, the head of the Armed forces publicly thanked the Americans for their help with ammunitions at the start of the Albared assault and declared that he is fighting “Alqaeda”. Today it seems, the US is returning the gesture.
Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, the director [...]

Charmed By Caramel

Since we’re in the subject of Lebanese artistic production of international fame, let’s prepare ourselves for an upcoming success: Caramel, a movie by Nadine Labaki.

Links:- Movie Trailer- Official Website Of Movie- IMDB page- Facebook Fan Club (Join for support!)- Picture Gallery- Interview With Nadine Labaki (French)

Scandal: Lebanese Interior Ministry Bans Theater Performance

Rabih Mroue’s work will show in France, Italy, Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt, but not in his home country Lebanon. Another shameful episode for our philistines in charge.
A Threat?
The entire fuss is about his last play “Nancy”. According to the New York Times:

“Nancy” presents an episodic history of Lebanon’s 15-year civil war through the experiences [...]

Video: Hezbollah’s Videogame

I found a video of the Hezbollah game I spoke about in a previous post. Check it out here..

March 8’s Aoun Problem

Sleimen Franjieh, head of the Marada gives an insight of the kind of rut the opposition is in.
This is the size of the hole you’ll fall into
Albalad, citing knowledgeable sources, reported today that Franjieh advised Nabih Berri not to accept a compromise candidate or the opposition will lose Aoun and what he termed “Christian political [...]

Fancy A Digital Massacre?

Hezbollah’s engineers have released a computer game that re-creates last year’s “victory”.
The first incarnation..
It’s official, “Special Force 2: Tale of the Truthful Pledge” will be launched in Hezbollah’s spider web museum.
Apparently Kids get to shoot at digital versions of Israeli soldiers and tanks:
Children living in the district, like Ali and Hassan Hammiyeh, have
long been [...]

On Michel Suleiman

A reader made a comment on a previous post about the Lebanese Army’s head that I think deserves a bit more exposure. Here’s a personal story from Ralf, a reader:

Michel Sleiman came to a restaurant one Sunday in his civilian cloth with a couple of people, I was having lunch there with my family and [...]