Blogging Lebanon
since 2005
Blogging Lebanon since 2005
Kafa — a Lebanese pressure group which has done some remarkable work on many issues — has set its sight on fighting marital rape in Lebanon, an abhorable yet common practice in which a husband forces himself onto his wife.
Mustapha Hamoui · Jan 3, 2012
“rewarding services to hilarity and general greatness amidst the Arab Spring.” , hilarious and unmissable..
Mustapha Hamoui · Jan 1, 2012
The year 2011 started with a bang. Literally. The very first post in Beirut Spring in 2011 was about the new year eve’s explosion in Alexandria Egypt. At the time we didn’t realize it, but that explosion set the tone for a year that turned out to be explosive and tumultuous in many ways.
Mustapha Hamoui · Dec 30, 2011
This post by Habib (and the photos in it) paint a depressing tale of bad priorities, bad management and waste in Lebanon..
Mustapha Hamoui · Dec 28, 2011
That Sudanese official heading the Arab League delegation to Syria is himself a dangerous human rights offender.
Mustapha Hamoui · Dec 28, 2011
Today in his Christmas sermon, Pope Benedict XVI asked the Catholic flock to turn away from the “superficial glitter” of Christmas and return to the simple religious roots of this occasion. A few days before, a wacko who calls himself an Islamic scholar said that “Saying Merry Christmas is worse than killing someone”.
Mustapha Hamoui · Dec 25, 2011
One is rumored to be a closet communist and the other is a capitalist industrialist par excellence. Yet they are both tagging along in the same political party.
Mustapha Hamoui · Dec 24, 2011
A big part of me is convinced that Syrian regime is behind the dual explosions that took place today in Damascus and killed dozens of people. About an hour ago I tweeted the following:“Let’s see if the Syrian regime can pull off a more convincing ‘Abu 3adas’ video this time..”
Mustapha Hamoui · Dec 23, 2011
There are some, like me, who oppose the minimum wage on principle. But there are others who support the idea but who find the proposal to hike the minimum wage to 560$ pretty extreme.
Mustapha Hamoui · Dec 23, 2011
A fascinating and uncanny analogy between the now famous Egyptian female demonstrator and Pharaonic Egypt’s Hypatia:
Mustapha Hamoui · Dec 22, 2011
