Faulty Cereals “Can’t Be Recalled” From Lebanese Market
Guess where the ‘trick’ is in this statement:
Mustapha Hamoui · Jun 29, 2010
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The International Committee to Protect Journalists Calls Lebanese Tech Law Bill “Repressive”
From the CPJ’s press release:
Mustapha Hamoui · Jun 29, 2010
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* Hijacking The Greatness Of Others
Have you ever asked yourself why the Lebanese celebrate so much the victory of others?They dance on the streets and set up fireworks at midnight if the Brazilian team wins, and they publish glowing obituaries of Swiss billionaires on their newspapers’ first pages.In both cases the associations are dodgy: Hanging the Brazilian flag on your window for the the last month doesn’t make make you a native of Copacabana, the same way that being born in Lebanon almost ninety years ago and leaving for better pastures only make you “technically” Lebanese.In fact, both examples are testimonies to Lebanese failures: The failure to get our national team to the world cup and the failure to retain our best and brightest.But we don’t care, we take pride nonetheless. I’m sure there’s a psychological explanation out there; what is it about our nagging need for greatness? Our itching desire to tell everyone how cool Lebanon is, how good our Hummus is, how gorgeous our women are, how skilled our doctors, how breathtaking our nature, how rich and successful our billionaires and how fancy our parties are. Why do we do that?..And when we think we’re not great at something? Easy, we just appropriate the greatness of others...
Mustapha Hamoui · Jun 29, 2010
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The White Plastic Chair As a Lebanese Object
Great observation from Ginger Beirut:
Mustapha Hamoui · Jun 28, 2010
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New Official Effort To Combat Second-Hand Smoking In Lebanon
The way the government is going about this is interesting. They’re basically asking you to ask them to ban smoking in public places.
Mustapha Hamoui · Jun 28, 2010
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My Bet With Now Lebanon — Ghana Won
Of course you know that already. But perhaps you haven’t read about our bet on the Ghana-USA game. To tell you the truth, during the game i was so nervous that I had prepared a post with The Star Spangled Banner. As it turned out, I didn’t have to post it, but NowLebanon held up their end of the deal :)
Mustapha Hamoui · Jun 28, 2010
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“Do The Right Thing” On Palestinian Rights
Today’s Daily Star editorial simultaneously urges the Lebanese to make life easier for the Palestinians and blames the outside world for their misery.
Mustapha Hamoui · Jun 28, 2010
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Worst Country In The World Produces Too Many Saints
With so many devils around, a few saints are in order, aren’t they? .
Mustapha Hamoui · Jun 28, 2010
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