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• Mind the nose: 'Hi, is this Karl?' 'With a sandwich in his mouth, who's this?' 'I know you don't recognize the voice, but we were very close friends.' ...
• Got money, and you know it: I've never been much of a rapper, and this is something I now deeply regret. At first glance rap may seem to be something of a grammatical blen...
• Against all odds: Who would have thought that a Lebanese would bring back an Olympic medal? Well, Edward Maalouf knew it all along; he only wishes his home government a...
• Manic Manicure: I’ve been living under a rock; there’s an entire world of socialites who operate above the beer and bar system.
• Lock 'em up: Somewhere in the 19th century, a New Zealander drove the final nail into the patriarchal hierarchy coffin and gave women the right to vote. This was w...
• Of boards and broads: It is my belief that anything of any given value, can be improved upon by adding a woman. A snowboard is a beautiful thing, but a woman on a board is ...
• Ford in the morning: Local DJ Gavin Ford has kept us company many a bleak morning with his hit show on Radio One; 'and one last thing, what's the radio station that loves ...
• Function's form: Rabih Kayrouz lets Beirut speak through his designs. He believes that good clothes, like good homes, should be as comfortable to live in as they are b...
• Chinese dumplings: Imagine a world where your pleasure is of singular importance, where everyone eagerly caters to your every whim and defines the quality of their very ...
• Old hogs: Summertime, and the living is, well, strange. Beirut goes through a cotton shortage in the summer, and our poor, underprivileged women have to ...
• Love me online: I get the need for social networking; we live in a world larger than our egos and understandably want to shrink it into pocket-sized packets.
• Cultural blender: Writer and cultural editor of Al Safir, Abbas Beydoun talks about the effect of war on literature and on the Lebanese.
• Silicone Valley: So, three fat women walk into a government office; did that sound like the front end of a bad joke? Let me try again. One tired, miserable writ...
• Meen meen?: Meen are the definitive Lebanese anti-band, and while their lyrics are obscure and sometimes outright silly, you can't help but be moved by their musi...
• Baz's buzz: Nagi Baz's Buzz Productions has been bringing in the biggest names in music for years, but the man would give up all the recognition in the world to c...