by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Mar 7, 2010 | Society
Well actually, Beirut plays the Gorillaz “White Flag” song: “White Flag”, on the album, opens with a lush and hypnotic Arabic orchestra. Recorded over in Beirut, around the end of March 2009. I went over there in disguise … I knew I...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Feb 26, 2010 | Society
We’re not the only ones who have a grudge against Starbucks (though our motives are completely different): …the official site of Korean Starbucks, the world famous coffee brand, puts “Taiwan” under China in its nationality selections, which has aroused an...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jan 5, 2010 | Society
How many of us could forget this scene: Or this: Well, the Israelis cant: At the risk of whipping up discord with Lebanon, an Arab-Israeli village is planning to make the world’s biggest hummus, a humble chickpea dip that stirs passions across the Middle East....
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Dec 24, 2009 | Society
Soon after Lebanese women were allowed to open bank accounts for their sons without their father’s permission, our favorite Minister, Ziyad Baroud, has fired off a letter to the General Security: Interior Minister Ziyad Baroud asked the General Security office...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Dec 18, 2009 | Society
Alexander from Fake Plastic Souks has the news: Yesterday we committed to running GeekFest in Beirut, Lebanon. The plan is to hold the first event at the end of January 2010 – Saadia and I will be working with the amazing (to steal a catchphrase) Alexandra...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Dec 18, 2009 | Society
And apparently she got it: A mother struck a small blow for women’s rights in Lebanon on Thursday by opening a bank account for her children – a right previously reserved only for fathers. “I’ve been trying to open a bank account for my two...
