by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Nov 4, 2012 | Looks Like Beirut
Received an email from Ellen with a link to an online store that sells bath soaps called Little Beirut Baths: Here’s a description of the products available on the site: You want firepower? We got firepower!!! From Little Beirut Bath Comes an arsenal of weapons...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Nov 4, 2012 | Looks Like Beirut
Christchurch, New Zealand The head of the Anglican church, Dr. Rowan Williams, had a first-hand visit to Christchurch which is still reeling from over 12,000 aftershocks since the major earthquake last year and here’s what he had to say about the destruction:...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Oct 27, 2012 | Looks Like Beirut
The “Looks Like Beirut” campaign faced a setback this week with the Ashrafieh bombing just as the Homeland saga was getting its publicity. MSNBC in the US picked up on the irony of the Lebanese government suing Homeland for depicting Beirut as a war zone...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Oct 24, 2012 | Looks Like Beirut
I received a link to an editorial from Peter Kharma. It was published over a month ago but it had a very condescending tone towards Lebanon. As Peter mentioned in his email, “it’s not about Beirut, but Lebanon as a whole”. The articles title? If...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Sep 30, 2012 | Looks Like Beirut
Indiana, USA A quiet fall evening in the home of Troy and Jerri Tucker is broken by the sounds of Beirut, uh I mean gunshots. “It sounded like Beirut,” Troy Tucker said. “Bullets came through the walls, shattered windows and pictures, doors, a dog crate and a chair....
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Sep 16, 2012 | Looks Like Beirut
I would have never in a million years expected to find a “looks like Beirut” reference on a website dedicated to children and mothers. A mother that goes by the username Vickytoria28 on the BabyCentre.co.uk’s discussion board has opened this thread:...