by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jun 9, 2009 | Lebanese Abroard
I had blogged about the Lebanese-Australian relations down under previously, and if you haven’t recently heard, Indians living in Australia have been experiencing what seemed to be racial violence towards them, but it appears that our fellow Lebanese have also...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | May 20, 2009 | Security
Never heard of this group, but I just had to blog about it: Videos of an obscure armed group are circulating on the net. The “Islamic Arab Resistance” present themselves as the Shia rival to Hezbollah in Lebanon. Watching their training footage however, it...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Apr 14, 2009 | Looks Like Beirut
And I’m not talking about escaping the repercussions of war: AquaCars aims to shift 65 jobs from Somers Road to a new headquarters at the Pompey Centre in Rodney Road by Christmas. Staff refer to their current base as ‘Beirut’, and complain that...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Mar 25, 2009 | Lebanese Abroard
Every neighborhood in Lebanon has one: the local moped ‘gang’ that rides around the city, whistling at any girl they pass by. Well, apparently our counterparts in Australia have upgraded the ‘gang’ with devastating consequences: The Australian...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Mar 1, 2009 | Lebanese Abroard
Some irony from down under: A film about Lebanese Australian gangs set amid race riots that rocked Sydney four years ago has been pulled from cinemas in the city after brawls broke out at screenings, its distributor said on Sunday. Apparently the distributor has...