Don’t Believe Alseyassah
Why did a key witness in the Hariri trial call a Kuwaiti tabloid to tell us that he’s safe and sound?
Mustapha Hamoui · Apr 10, 2008
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Blogging Lebanon
since 2005
Blogging Lebanon since 2005
The Iranian Blogosphere
Iranian bloggers are mostly anti-regime secular, pro-western liberals, right? Well, not according to this fascinating harvard study that has “mapped” the Iranian blogosphere. (Via Andrew Sullivan via Zenpundit )
Mustapha Hamoui · Apr 9, 2008
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Will The FPM Crack Up?
The Free Patriotic Movement is facing life-threatening pressures from the inside and from the outside.
Mustapha Hamoui · Apr 9, 2008
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“When there is money to be made, law and order is often ignored”
NowLebanon Weighs in on the Gemmayze episode, scratching the surface to tell us what the episode says about Lebanon and the Lebanese in General:
Mustapha Hamoui · Apr 4, 2008
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Does Sleiman Fanjieh Speak For the Opposition?
The northern Ex-representative plays a very useful role for the opposition. But he’s neither their spokesperson nor their chief negotiator.
Mustapha Hamoui · Apr 4, 2008
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List Of Clubs Banned In Gemmayze
Here is a list of the clubs to be banned in Gemmayzé (source: L’orient Le Jour — H/T Beiruter). If anyone spots an online petition to protect these places, please let me know about it and I’ll publish it.PS: There’s already a Facebook Group (French)PS2: If you have pictures of the places mentioned below, would you be kind enough to help me complete this post by email pictures or links? 1- Downstairs, Ciné Club Social (more photos here)
Mustapha Hamoui · Apr 2, 2008
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Syria’s Diesel Levy Is Fair Play
The latest Syrian border action should not be seen as an act of political bullying
Mustapha Hamoui · Apr 2, 2008
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“modernization of political life in Lebanon”
Mr. Hazem Saghieh observes the political landscape in Lebanon and finds a poster child of modern globalization:
Mustapha Hamoui · Apr 1, 2008
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Getting Tough On Gemmayze
Why would the government, in a particularly difficult time for tourism, shut down 20 pubs in one of Lebanon’s most successful party neighborhoods?
Mustapha Hamoui · Apr 1, 2008
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Does It Matter That Lebanese Nurses Support March 14?
What loud celebratory gunfire and second-order elections have in common in Lebanon.
Mustapha Hamoui · Mar 31, 2008
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