by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Aug 23, 2011 | Media
The New Kerala mixed up Lebanon with Libya back in February but now it seems that CNN has mixed up the Tripolis:
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jun 14, 2011 | Media
After having her album banned and then 24 hours later, “un-banned”, Lady Gaga used her appearance at Europride to hit out at oppressive governments around the world: Thanks to Ayman Mhanna from The Support Group for the translation from Italian: I ask the...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Apr 11, 2011 | Media, Society
I actually first heard of Star Academy’s Ave Maria/Athan duet from Elie Fares but really didn’t give much interest to it. But apparently, the UAE’s 7Days newspaper believes its front-page news: Prayer song on LBC hits bad note A pair of wannabe pop...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Feb 23, 2011 | Media
The writers at New Kerala seem very occupied with events in Libya that they’ve got them mixed-up with us and got me really confused. Here’s a headline from their website: Libya: Prime Minister-designate brief UN on new government PM designate? When did...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Dec 9, 2010 | Media
EchoBeirut.com is reporting that the website of Al-Akhbar newspaper has been hacked. Tried it myself and I can confirm that when you try accessing it, you are redirected to what appears to be a Saudi website: Rough Translation of EchoBeirut.com report: The...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Nov 24, 2010 | Media
OK, we all had our laughs over Naharnet’s elaborate use of Google Translate but now it’s getting really pathetic. Check out these titles (in the screenshots): Point #1: Turkish PM has nothing against singers At first I couldn’t understand the title;...
