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Annahar Resilience

Ghassan Tueini, the slain Gebran’s father, pledged ‘no tears’ for his son’s death and vowed to continue to pursue Annahar’s uncompromising vision.

Mustapha Hamoui · Dec 13, 2005

Gebran Tueni, R.I.P

Gebran Tueni, Prominent Lebanese Journalist and vehement anti-Syrian critic died on December 12, 2005, Aged 48.

Mustapha Hamoui · Dec 12, 2005

Good Big Brother

Psst..The government has just made a brave decision on a very divisive issue.

Mustapha Hamoui · Dec 6, 2005

The Lost Moral Compass

An increasingly bleak view is clouding the Lebanese outlook, and as our honorable Lebanese tradition dictates, this is the time we start playing the blame-game.

Mustapha Hamoui · Dec 3, 2005

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Stating the Obvious?

It might be stating the obvious, it might be too gimmicky, but Hayya Bina’s “Km square vs. Km sovereignty” project is forcing onto mainstream Lebanese political discourse what has been so far the exclusive domain of intellectuals and the Blogosphere.

Mustapha Hamoui · Dec 1, 2005

Shifting Attitudes

I found this Table on The Economist’s website. It’s part of an interesting article about how the idea of “resistance” is slowly losing grounds among Moslems everywhere. The graph shows the attitude changes in selected countries, but I was particularly impressed by how Lebanon has fared in the last three years.

Mustapha Hamoui · Nov 29, 2005

Lebanon Bloggers

Below is the introduction to the Lebanese Blogosphere that I’m planning to post in the Global Voices website. Your feedback is much appreciated.

Mustapha Hamoui · Nov 28, 2005

Drama Deficit

Some copycat Syrian “Images”

Mustapha Hamoui · Nov 25, 2005