Blogging Lebanon
since 2005
Blogging Lebanon since 2005
From his inevitable analysis of the Bellemare’s interview, Young is worried about the prosecutor’s reliance on circumstantial evidence:
Mustapha Hamoui · Sep 3, 2010
Nour will take one picture every day of her Iftar table, which is a great simple idea.
Mustapha Hamoui · Sep 2, 2010
No one doubts that the Syrian president supports the “resistance” and its weapons. But the fact that he reached out to Hezbollah’s newspaper and told them that no one should dare touch the resistance or its arms (English) smacks of overcompensation in my eyes.
Mustapha Hamoui · Sep 2, 2010
As many of you know, I’m a big Apple fanboy. So it’s no big surprise that I jumped straight into their new music social network service Ping.
Mustapha Hamoui · Sep 2, 2010
We talked about this before but Now Lebanon’s Paige Kollock actually did some research. She went to restaurants and talked with people on the street. My takeaway is that restaurant/hotel owners have all the discretion, things are getting a bit more strict than before and Christians are resentful.
Mustapha Hamoui · Sep 2, 2010
I took the picture above when I was visiting Tripoli’s traditional soapmakers with a group of friends who came from Beirut. It shows one of the colorful bundles of organic soap in their glorious display. They look really good, but the ones I’ve tried weren’t as impressive as they look. Still, apparently because the world is now more interested in natural, organic products, they’re making a comeback.
Mustapha Hamoui · Sep 2, 2010
AFP on extravagant spending in Ramadan:
Mustapha Hamoui · Sep 2, 2010
August wasn’t so cool. The Lebanese hated it. Louisa Ajami told August “See you in hell”, and Michael Karam used its passing to look back — with humor of course — at a very bad summer season:
Mustapha Hamoui · Sep 1, 2010
The funny people at The Onion introduce us to “Scott Gentries”, a man who Already Knows Everything He Needs To Know About Muslims:
Mustapha Hamoui · Sep 1, 2010
The Voice Of America interviews “Taha” who lives in the Shatila refugee camp
Mustapha Hamoui · Sep 1, 2010