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Fete de la musique program

By Rami on June 16, 2009 in Events

Fete de la musique will take place this Sunday 21st of June starting 8pm, in Beirut in the following location. You may also check the event’s page on Facebook.

PLACE DES MARTYRS:
20h00 Limelight (Rock)
20h40 Khat Ahmar (Arabic Hip Hop)
21h35 Katibe 5 (Arabic Hip Hop)
22h05 Malikah (Arabic Hip Hop)
22h45 Anne (Rock)
23h30 Arcane (Rock)
00h20 The Kordz (Rock)
01h10 DJ Lethal Skillz (Scratch / Hip hop)

JARDIN SAMIR KASSIR:
21h00 The Narcissist (Dubai / Hip hop)
10h45 Sandmoon (Folk)
23h20 Sylvain Nassar (Rock)
23h55 The Incompetents (Folk / Indie)
00h50 I-Voice (Arabic Hip Hop)

THERMES ROMAINS:
20h00 Bayat (Oriental)
20h40 Champlain (Chanson française)
21h15 Elias Diez (Rock français)
21h50 Karimbo Mixity (Rap)
22h25 The New Government (Rock)
23h15 Mashrou’Leila (Pop rock)
00h00 Fareeq el Utrush (Arabic hip hop)

GEMMAYZE (escalier St Nicolas):
20h00 Toni Bayeh (Oriental)
20h35 Cristobal (Indy-folk)
21h15 Youmna Saba (Lebanese Folk)
21h50 ShaBa wa l Kaylou tafaha (Comic critic)
22h05 Omarz & Grandsunn (Hip hop)
22h35 J-Electric (Funk / Jazz)
23h30 Meen (Lebanese rock)
00h20 Arnab (Live Drum n’bass)

DOME:
21h – TRIX – DJ SET – DEEP HOUSE
22h – CHARLY SHAWLLPORN – LIVE – MINIMAL
22h30 – STEPHANIE MERCHAK – LIVE – ELECTRO TECHNO
23h – TRASH INC. – LIVE – ELECTRO BREAKS
23h30 – ASPRO (FRANCE) – LIVE – DEEP HOUSE
00h – JADE & DIAMOND SETTER – DJ SET – MINIMAL / TECH-HOUSE
01h – AAA – DJ SET – TECH-HOUSE / DUBSTEP
02h – JAY K – DJ SET – TECHNO
03h – FADY ASWAD – DJ SET – TECHNO
04h – E.L.I & RABI-H – DJ SET – TECHNO

Visuals by KAMA (ITALY) – LA MIRZA – MOSIG – LABO & STRONGSKY

HAMRA (Next to Fransabank):
20h00 Nahna El Nas (oriental)
20h40 L’Fahrass (Arabic hip hop)
21h00 7 Ta2at (Arabic hip hop)
20h20 Bicro-phone (Arabic hip hop)
20h45 Plugged (Alternative rock)
21h25 The Crave (Alternative rock)
22h05 José González (Flamenco)
22h55 Sphere (Rock)
23h35 Vibrations (60’s rock)

Via Independence 05 blog.

If you spot a guy with a big cam in his hand at any of these locations, there’s a probability it would be me!

Are you kidding me?!

By Rami on June 15, 2009 in What the fuck!

I was in Zahleh yesterday and I encountered this at the entrance of the Berdawni.

Fi shi bi 3a2el, w shi bala 3a2l, hay masalan bala 3a2el!

Does the chinese make fake balloons? or does the italian make ones that last longer?

Ghada Eid Vs. MP Ibrahim Kanaan

By Rami on June 15, 2009 in Election ’09

Dabke record for the Guinness Book!

By Rami on June 11, 2009 in Lebanon

Wanna contribute in making history? If you live in Montreal, then here’s your chance!

Tollab, a federation that unites all the Lebanese student associations of Montreal, are planning to set a world records on the 20th of June by forming the biggest Dabke chain that will place Montreal in the Guinness Book of records. Their aim is to gather at least 3,500 people at the Marcelin-Wilson Park on the 20th of June to dance the dabke, hand-in-hand, for at least 5 consecutive minutes.

This event will be part of the “Festival Libanais de Montreal” from 19 to 21 of June 2009 at the park located in “11301 Bd de l’Acadie”.

Keep in mind that this event is not exclusively for the Lebanese living in Montreal, so regardless of your nationality you can participate in setting the world record, as the main purpose of the event is to unite all Lebanese and Montrealers of all colors, religions, names or cultures, who are willing to participate.

Forming the chain will start at 7:30PM on June 20th, so make sure to show up beforehand if you’re willing to participate in otder to organize things well.

For more information, you can refer to the even’t page on Facebook, or Tollab’s website.

Michael El-Murr threatening a priest

By Rami on June 10, 2009 in Election ’09

After Jounblat and Arslan’s videos, it’s Michael El-Murr’s turn! In the below video you can hear Michael El-Murr threatening a priest in Metn and admitting that he paid bribery, in addition to illegally using the authority of his son Elias El-Murr in the ministry of defense.

Honest comment on the Elections

By Rami on June 8, 2009 in Election ’09

I stumbled upon this photo few minutes ago on Facebook.

khara-3laykon

The paper says:

Shit upon you and this elections, “Banana Republic”
Signature: A good citizen

And who rule the Banana Republic? Monkeyyys! 😀

Photos from the elections day

By Rami on June 7, 2009 in Election ’09

So it’s June 7th, the elections day! I went to two areas in the morning, Tarik Al-Jadida and Karantina.

Tarik Al-Jadida was a living hell, people were everywhere around the polling stations, and it took the lady with me around 1 hour and 30 minutes to cast her ballot. On the other hand, it took me 5 minutes to get in and out at the Karantina polling station, and I got back with these photos (You can click to enlarge)

Hizbullah supporter at Ras El-Nabeh

Khaled Bin Al-Walid polling station at Kaskas

The Lebanese army on the way from Kaskas to Tarik Al-Jadida

People gathering outside one of the Future Movement stations in Tarik Al-Jadida

One of the Future Movement ladies giving me a bottle of water while saying

These two boys thought I’m a journalist (due to my big size cam!) they told me they will be waiting for their image to appear on TV tonight! I said OK!

Yet another Future Movement station

This is a polling station at Karantina, no traffic jam there.

On the way back, Charles Helou road was almost empty

Chales Helou road again

I wish I was able to take more photos but I was driving at the same time! Not to mention that it is somehow difficult to take photos while army, bodyguards, and internal security forces are all around you!

Anyway, in addition to these photos, I also filmed the whole voting process using my cell phone!! (Illegal??) And I will try to upload it as soon as I can.

Je suis belle et je vote orange

By Rami on June 7, 2009 in Election ’09

I couldn’t but post this photo! “Je suis belle et je vote orange”, mish ghalat 😛

je-suis-belle

The last sunset

By Rami on June 7, 2009 in Election ’09

No, I’m not dying tomorrow, but I thought of marking the day before June 7th with a photo, the last sunset before the 2009 elections.

It is the end. The end of the stressful discussions between the colleagues at work, the end of the expensive advertisement campaigns, the end of Marcel Ghanem’s daily talk show “Parliament 2009”, the end of the ping pong games between Aoun and Murr, the end of the irritating convoys, w heik…

Anyway, careful to whom you will be voting tomorrow, and remember that you can vote a white paper if none of the candidates meet your standards.

Sharek 961

By Rami on June 5, 2009 in Election ’09

sharek-ya-shrik

Haven’t you heard about Sharek 961 yet?

Sharek 961 is a project where the Lebanese people make the news by sending in reports through several mediums to the website. So wherever you are, you can report to them an electoral incident for example and the news will be displayed on their homepage under “User Feed Stream” along with the geographical location of where the incident has ocurred.

From their About page:

Sharek961 empowers Lebanese citizens to promote transparency by sending in eyewitness reports on all election-related incidents or issues. People across Lebanon can send in reports through SMS, email, and the web.

Sharek961 is intended to improve transparency and accountability through civic participation. Information you send in is made available to all citizens, media outlets, and organizations to view publicly online.

Reaching them to submit a report is so easy, and you can do it via any of the following channels:

Send an e-mail to sharek@sharek961.org
Send an SMS to 71-189118
Send a message on twitter to @sharek961
Fill out this form

I’ll be trying to send them some photos from Beirut on the elections day! How about you?

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