“Beirut’s combination of first-world capital and third-world governance make its redevelopment unusually destructive”
The Financial Times on Lebanon’s property boom and how it’s destroying old cultural sites.
Mustapha Hamoui · Sep 20, 2010
Blogging Lebanon
since 2005
Blogging Lebanon since 2005
The Financial Times on Lebanon’s property boom and how it’s destroying old cultural sites.
Mustapha Hamoui · Sep 20, 2010
A Washington think tank released a scenario analysis of what a future Hezbollah-Israel war could look like(PDF):
Mustapha Hamoui · Sep 20, 2010
Hey, as many of you have noticed, Beirut Spring has been going up and down while my hosting providers fix a malicious hack on their servers.
Mustapha Hamoui · Sep 19, 2010
Sometimes I only have 5 minutes to have a quick glance at Lebanese news and blogs. At these times even my Google Reader feels overwhelming. So I created a one page site for my personal use that aggregates stuff from all around the Lebanese news web and made it as minimal, clear and up-to-date as possible.
Mustapha Hamoui · Sep 19, 2010
According to Annahar (which cites security sources), Hezbollah vehicles with armed men drove in the runway straight to the plane, then escorted Jamil-el-Sayyed to the VIP lounge defying all protocole:
Mustapha Hamoui · Sep 19, 2010
From Ghana’s main newspaper (The Graphic):
Mustapha Hamoui · Sep 18, 2010
So this blog was hacked by a turkish hacker this morning. At first I assumed it was something I said about Turkey or about Islam that pissed him off.
Mustapha Hamoui · Sep 18, 2010
Jamile Mroue on “shaking off his skepticism” with regards to the peace talks:
Mustapha Hamoui · Sep 17, 2010