Best Of 2007
With this compliation of the best Beirut Spring posts of the year 2007, I hope you all have a good 2008. Most importantly though, don’t forget to forget Lebanese politics and enjoy the party tonight. Maybe even email me pictures of your celebrations?(Note: This is the year I moved from blogspot and made a redesign, so excuse me if some of the archive articles have missing comments or photos, and sorry for some other little quirks.)January:• Mr. Michel Aoun’s photoshop skills exposed.Februrary:• The Black Panthers of Taree2 el Jdeede• Hezbollah’s Jihad Al Bina’ targeted• The Hariri-Geagea-Jumblat Alliance is here to stayMarch:• Terror at Lebanese campuses• Endorsing Nicolas Sarkozy• Beirut dies but the partying in Batroun lives on.• Is the FPM declining?April:• Can the Lebanese reduce the mobile phone rates?• The killing of Ziad & Ziad• Loans for bosoms• Hezbollah cheating on their exams?May (The Nahrel Bared Month)• Nassrallah warns the Army not to interfere in Nahr el Bared• The Lebanese are turning Aljazeera off •Mr. Jumblat explains why.• Opinion: The Army should be tough in Naher el baled.• Early skepticism. Does the Army have a plan?• Meanwhile, the bombs go on: Verdun , AleyJune • An Intifada against the Lebanese Army• Murr’s embarrassing “Mission accomplished” moment• The Sawsan Darwish Affair• “Lebanese September 11” foiled.July• In Lebanon, sex and security sell. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3• Global warming kills 15 Syrian soldiers, wounds 50• Still fighting in Nahrel Bared• An Israeli blogger in Beirut.• Debate in Canada about Lebanese Canadians• The July war, one year on.• Politics and paranoiaAugust• Insulting the Prophet• Rabih Mroué’s play: Banned, protested, Unbanned• Opinion: The Lebanese should have a strategic armistice • Michel Suleiman: Inevitable candidate?• Tsunami in Lebanon?September• Does the opposition still have traction?• Saad Hariri, the shameless pro-American• Who killed Antoine Ghanem?• Hezbollah’s tent city, now on Google earthOctober• An American military base in Lebanon? • My trip to Washington• The Curious case of Hussein Zurkot• Lebanese and politics. A game of soccer• The incredible Google catch on LebanonNovember• March 14 endorse Michel Suleiman• Mr. Suleiman is popularDecember• The killing of François Hajj• Who did it?After I finished the compilation, I realized: Wow, this was one eventful year. Lebanon is quite the soap opera don’t you think?
Mustapha Hamoui · Dec 31, 2007
