Taken last Sunday April 18th 2010. Ain El-Mrayseh is one of my favorite areas in Beirut, but definitely not on a Sunday afternoon!
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Destroying Beirut’s architectural heritage
I saw this caricature by Armand Homsi in Annahar Newpaper on Sunday April 18th.
Illustrating what is happening in Beirut and various areas of Lebanon, this caricature is worth a thousand words. We don’t need skyscrapers with apartments that we cannot afford, just keep our beautiful Beirut as it is!
Lebanese blogosphere weekly link roundup (2010/04/18)
Preparing for the weekly roundup is getting more exciting week after week as I’m getting introduced to new blogs every time. For this round I gathered 15 links for you.
If you think your blog is worth adding to the list, don’t hesitate to drop me an e-mail.
- Of Jasad, Body and Soul
The purple rose of Beirut - Souk el Tayeb
This is Beirut - Unwrapping the iPad!
Ux|Soup - COPYCHICKEN!!!!!!
Joe’s Box - “كلنا فريق واحد”.. ضد الشعب!!
Arab Post Blog - فايسبوك والمجتمع
خربشات بيروتية - بيان رياضي
Hummus Nation - Virginity and hypocrisy
Incoglilo - “Bady Jawsik Ibny” When Lebanese Mothers Play Cupid
Ivy Says - Lebanese people tend to follow, and follow blindly. Even Online.
Independence ’05 - It’s not about the traffic…
Maya’s Amalgam - Sticky Lips
Beirut Drive-By Shooting - viola’ postcards
Viola’ - Clement Tannouri – Lebanon seen from the sky
Beirut/NTSC - Sunday = Picnic Day
Sietske in Beiroet
See you next week!
On Lebanese parliament members and their purchasing power
I was on my way to work this morning when I saw this Porsche Panamera with a parliamentary plate number.
While members of the Lebanese parliament can afford such luxury car (priced at around $150,000?) from the salary that they work “really hard” to earn at the end of each month from the taxes we pay for (especially on gas and phone bills), the average employee in Lebanon can hardly afford a Kia Pianto, and of course cries his heart out when visiting Lebanon Motor Show.
Kroush El Wajeiha
I found this photo on Facebook last night.
The bellies you see are not “Kroush El Wajeiha”, they’re just there to protect them from landing directly on their faces if they fall down in the field.
Oh and Nadim Gemayel is owned in the photo by the way! 😀
Lebanon Motor Show 2010 – The Photos
Few days ago I posted about the Lebanon Motor Show which is held at BIEL, downtown Beirut. So today is time to publish some photos from my visit!
I went there on Sunday evening, and there was a huge traffic on the entrance! So I advice you to go on weekdays, just don’t wait till the weekend (it ends on April 18th) because I’m sure it will be very crowded.
The show has 4 halls, 2 for showing cars, 1 for banks (where you can get good deal until the show ends), and 1 for car accessories. Overall it was nice and I recommend that you go check it out.
I leave you now with the photos I got, be careful if you’re a faint-hearted!
Browsing +961 on the iPad
The new hot thing is to display your blog on the iPad! So here you go, +961 on the iPad! 😀
Thanks to TheRealKaled for providing the photo.
Lebanese blogosphere weekly link roundup (2010/04/11)
Yet another roundup for the interesting posts on the Lebanese blogosphere, and I’ve got 15 links this time.
- a bold move
Mireille Raad - I got my head shaved!
rtakml - 1,2,3,4,5! (Happy fifth anniversary Delirious!)
Welcome to my Delirium - Some great [Lebanese] news!
BabaGannouj et La Zaytouni - On Tyre & Roman Roads
Sietske in Beiroet - If You Know What I Mean
Beirut Drive-By Shooting - What would you do If you won the millions ?
Live In Leb - A day in Hasbaya
Maya’s Amalgam - The Top 8 Items In A Typical Lebanese Woman’s Wardrobe
Ivy Says - إتسيتيغا!
Hummus Nation - التأثير الإيجابي والتشهير في الإعلام الإلكتروني: انطوان صحناوي مثالاً
خربشات بيروتية - Driving Green
Lorena’s Epiphany - Bloggers Face-OFF: Delirious Vs. Khalil Pfaff
chanty - Episode 07 – The Quiminboos
The Banadoura Podcast - On survival and living
Zouz
See you next week!
Lebanon Motor Show 2010
Photo via Exoleb
Make sure not to miss Lebanon Motor Show 2010 from the 8th till the 18th of April at Biel Downtown Beirut.
According to Promofair the organizer of this event, the number of visitors will be around 150,000 and exhibitors will vary from car importers to banks, insurance companies, and car accessories.
I’m definitely going there in the next few days and will hopefully get back to you with some cool photos.
UPDATE (04/13/2010):
I just posted photos from the show on this link.
A walk in Hamra
While walking in Hamra, the graffiti and what people post on the walls can’t but grab your attention! I took the photos below in a less than a 15 minutes walk there.
I think this one is drawn by this blogger.
Yep, Palestine is that way!
No idea why these ones were posted…
She was my best friend when I was a kid! It turned out she made a comeback in December 2009.
Lebanon, the land of Lebsians!
Gives a new meaning to being preganant…
As if something is going to change… Anyway you can check their website here.
I saw this one on the wall of Walimat Warde’s old location (the new location is few meters away)
… still someone is missing Warde, or probably the coziness of the old location.
… unfortunately Walimat Warde’s old building is going to be destroyed and a new building will replace it.
Another old building being demolished in Hamra’s main street.