Lebanon
Arabs Get Creative About Development
A group of young Arab students in Montreal are working on an international development conference for this upcoming fall.
Nasrallah Dropped the Ball
Not even the most cunning Zionist plan could have come up with a way to discredit Nasrallah the way he did to himself!
The Blazing Arab Summer of Entertainment
It seems that nothing can stop Arabic entertainers from making new material in the hopes of generating revenue and profits.
A Shakira Shitstorm in Beirut
You may think that Shakira’s show in Lebanon will be loaded with BS identity marketing, Orientalism and corporate pop globalism. You are so wrong! Shakira’s changing it up big-time.
Gender liberation and the Arab Spring
Reflections on the Arab Spring and its impact on gender equality in the Arab world.
NATO in Libya: The Syrian Script
Maybe what is happening in Libya is a check-mate situation. Libyans have no moves to make except the ones they are making.
Hariri’s Striptease
Don’t you wish your girlfriend was hot like Saad?
New in Arabic Entertainment
While they are figuring out the bugs of democracy in Tunisia and Egypt, and while they people of Yemen, Libyan and some pockets of Syria continue in their struggle for freedom and justice, the Arab entertainers continue to make the news for better or worse. Lebanese singer Meryam Faris defies the violence in Iraq, throws a dazzling concert for her Fans (Link) [...]
How to Free Palestine
Neither Fatah nor Hamas will end the Zionist Occupation of Palestine. And neither current nor upcoming Palestinian faction (violent and nonviolent alike) can end the Israeli Occupation of Palestine. These facts are based on the following causes: 1 – Israel is in full control of the occupied territories from the Jordan river and border in [...]
Bay-root
lebanon is where my roots are. it’s where my mother grew up, where she gracefully dodged shrapnel in her sleep, and where she drank homemade arak. lebanon is where she wept, where she laughed, where she loved, where she learned how to roll grape leaves and learned how to read. lebanon is where my mother dreamt of a different life, without militias, half-assed thugs, and religious fanaticism. lebanon is where she hated.
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