by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Nov 13, 2011 | Media
@najib_mikati was hacked this morning with an ad for diet pills as well as a link to what Mikati’s social media team is describing as an ‘indecent photo’: PM Mikati’s Twitter feed was hacked at 4:25am Bei time on Sun Nov.13, 2011. The...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Nov 2, 2011 | Media
I have no idea which Lebanon she’s taking about but according to Jane Kinninmont, a senior research fellow for the Middle East and North Africa at Chatham House research institute in London, headscarves and no skin is a must for advertisement in Lebanon:...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Oct 12, 2011 | Media
CNN and Gulf News both thought that Qaddafi’s Tripoli was in Lebanon. Not to be outdone, the free daily, AM New York, has taken it one step further: I can sort of understand the confusion between Tripoli, Lebanon and Tripoli, Libya but Beirut? Thanks to...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Oct 12, 2011 | Media
In an interview with the Bangkok Post, Tyler Brûlé, founder of Monocle magazine, was asked to name the magazine’s favorite city. Here’s his response: A favourite city is very different from a liveable city. We named Helsinki the most liveable city for...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Oct 2, 2011 | Media
Gulf News has pulled a CNN. They have uploaded an AFP article titled “Tensions rise as Tripoli residents urge fighters out” and have filed it under Lebanon:
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Sep 4, 2011 | Media
Illusionist Moein Al Bastaki says his craft has been shunned by media in his home country and is hoping a “more open-minded society” would accommodate his tricks: A daredevil escapologist eager to bust his way out of a makeshift grave has vowed to take his...