Arabic soup

Filed under Interviews by on July 24, 2009 at 12:01 am {3 comments}
Arabic Writing

Writer and cultural editor of Al Safir, Abbas Beydoun talks about the effect of war on literature and the Lebanese. I think.

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Seed of Zicco

Filed under Interviews by on June 26, 2009 at 12:00 am {one comment}
Zicco house

Zicco House is much more than just the poetry readings and concerts at the Samra Bar: it’s a launch-pad for the country’s most prominent movements, and has become a hub for thinkers and dissidents who dream of change.

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My Bin Laden

Filed under Interviews by on May 11, 2009 at 12:01 am {no comments}
Puppet strings

Charbel Khalil made his name by finding Bin Laden, straightening out politicians and comically dismissing the country’s leaders; something he still doesn’t regret, even if it almost started a war.

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Lira for president!

Filed under Slice of Life by on April 17, 2009 at 12:01 am {11 comments}
Money Flower

If voting is the cornerstone of freedom then votes can’t be priced, because freedom would then have a price. It would no longer be free to be free – see what I did there?

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