by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Feb 9, 2011 | Society
I completely love knefe but going around calling it a Lebanese cheeseburger is a complete turnoff. Take it away Samantha Day of Australia’s Advertiser: SeaSweet Patisserie on Church St has been serving up Lebanese cheeseburgers, or knefe, alongside other...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Feb 8, 2011 | Society
Back in 2009, I had blogged about the mushrooming Lebanese food joints across the Indian capital, thanks, in part to Indians working in Lebanese restaurants in the Arabian Gulf. And it seems the trend is still continuing strong: You can sit on a sofa of ice sipping...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jan 29, 2011 | Society
Beirut is “unorganized chaos”: Beirut is what I call unorganised chaos. But it works. I don’t know how, but it works. The only thing is we have a major problem with urban planning. Never knew chaos could be organized? Also, is that really the only thing we...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jan 9, 2011 | Society
Well, apparently Lebanese designer, Marc Dibeh, has a solution – introducing Love the Bird lamp: From Dezeen: It looks innocent right? Not quite: Called Love the Bird, a bird perched on a vibrator doubles up as a sex toy and a switch for the lamp, determining...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jan 5, 2011 | Society
An interesting tidbit, Syria has inaugurated a new casino: A casino opened without fanfare near the Syrian capital on Christmas Eve, in a bending of the rules in a secular country seeking to lure tourists but where gambling is banned out of respect for Islam....
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Dec 20, 2010 | Society
They can agree but they sure can’t implement: Steven Spielberg was blacklisted by the Arab League’s Central Boycott Office after making a $1m (£645m) donation to Isreal during the 2006 conflict in Lebanon. A US embassy memo released by WikiLeaks reveals...