The Trouble With Nadim Shehadi’s Lebanon
Note: This post was supposed to be a tweet. It’s not meant as an academic critique, just a quick opinion casually stated in writing.
Mustapha Hamoui · Apr 30, 2023
Blogging Lebanon
since 2005
Blogging Lebanon since 2005
Was it Fair to Chant “Hezbollah is a Terrorist” at the Victims’ Families Gathering?
Hezbollah deserved to get an earful, but the wrong chant was chosen.
Mustapha Hamoui · Sep 30, 2021
How I’m Planning to Vote In The Lebanese Elections
There is only one correct way to vote, and it’s to vote against the entire ruling class
Mustapha Hamoui · Sep 29, 2021
The Trouble With Nadim Shehadi’s Lebanon
Note: This post was supposed to be a tweet. It’s not meant as an academic critique, just a quick opinion casually stated in writing.
April 30, 2023 · Mustapha Hamoui
Was it Fair to Chant “Hezbollah is a Terrorist” at the Victims’ Families Gathering?
Hezbollah deserved to get an earful, but the wrong chant was chosen.
September 30, 2021 · Mustapha Hamoui
How I’m Planning to Vote In The Lebanese Elections
There is only one correct way to vote, and it’s to vote against the entire ruling class
September 29, 2021 · Mustapha Hamoui
Tripoli’s Oscar Niemeyer Christmas Tree
Elie says it’s the best Christmas tree in Lebanon this year. I say it’s a smart use of a piece of architecture by a master architect:
Mustapha Hamoui · Dec 16, 2016
About That Bogus Pollution Chart the Lebanese Are Sharing
There is so much sloppiness around the internet and Facebook nowadays that one doesn’t bother debunking bogus statistics and “facts”… but when people start sharing and writing about things like the table below, as if it were some scientific research, it is worth doing some digging, because apparently people are too lazy making a political point to care about the truth.
Mustapha Hamoui · Sep 5, 2016
In Praise of Exploiting the Army to Make Money
I’ve been reading complaints about the ads that are using Lebanon’s love of its army to sell products. Let it be known that I find nothing offensive in the idea of selling to people using symbols that they look up to. It’s how advertising has always worked. (I don’t see verbal pitchforks railing against actors pretending to be dentists on TV to sell toothpaste)
Mustapha Hamoui · Aug 2, 2016
About Beirut Spring
Beirut Spring is an alternative, casual and opinionated take on Lebanese (and regional) news from the perspective of a Lebanese who lives abroad.
Mustapha Hamoui · Jul 28, 2016
Deus Ex Machina
I want to write a quick few words on the (deserved) victory of Ashraf Rifi in Tripoli’s municipal elections
Mustapha Hamoui · May 30, 2016
