The Lebanese, Not Used To Being So Far Away From The Limelight, Resort To Porn
Something tells me that the news about this house party will eclipse that about Egypt.
Mustapha Hamoui · Feb 3, 2011
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Blogging Lebanon
since 2005
Blogging Lebanon since 2005
This Is The Post That Got An Egyptian Blogger Arrested And His Blog Taken Offline [Updated: Blogger Released — Blog restored]
Sandmonkey was arrested and his blog taken down. In solidarity, I’m publishing his latest post, the one that arguably got him caught.
Mustapha Hamoui · Feb 3, 2011
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John Bolton Says Lebanon Is More Important Than Egypt
An article that undermines both the Egyptian revolution and Lebanon’s March 14.
Mustapha Hamoui · Feb 3, 2011
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Sandmonkey On Events In Egypt [Update: He Was Just Arrested]
Sandmonkey is a friend and one of Egypt’s most popular bloggers. As soon as the internet came back, he wrote a lengthy post about the situation from the inside. This is better than any mainstream media report you can read because it comes from an insider who’s also a skilled writer and who cares very deeply about the outcome. I highly recommend you check it out. Here’s one of my favorite parts:
Mustapha Hamoui · Feb 3, 2011
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Al-Ahram Says Millions Came In Support Of Mubarak Yesterday
Look at the picture below. This was the best they could come up with to describe “millions” of people. They are so few you can actually count them. [source]
Mustapha Hamoui · Feb 3, 2011
Perhaps The Revolution Was Greener On Our Side After All
Yesterday I linked to a Lebanese man’s envious view of the Egyptian revolution. It was before things went downhill with the Mubarak Janjaweed coming over and people hurling stones, bombs and blades at each other in droves. I’m afraid I jinxed the Egyptian revolution by saying that “all revolutions look unstoppable” in the early days.. As for the Lebanese, today they’re in a rather grateful mood.
Mustapha Hamoui · Feb 3, 2011
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“The sky was filled with rocks”
Robert Fisk describes the scenes from yesterday:
Mustapha Hamoui · Feb 3, 2011
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The Onion On Mubarak
The following satire is based on real people and real events.
Mustapha Hamoui · Feb 3, 2011
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