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• Spin out: Local favorite and internationally acclaimed Clint Maximus gives me a peak into the life of a DJ.
• Sugar, spice and hair removal: Lebanese producer and silver screen heroine Nadine Labaki is pleasantly surprised by her success, and grateful for the learning experience.
• His bar, your bar: Along with his brother, Haytham is the co-owner of Juniper. Like many Lebanese, he moved back to Lebanon after having lived abroad for many years. He'...
• 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...
• Covet the violin: Vanessa Nassar threatens to take the violin, and us with it, to new heights. After watching her carry it, I'm a believer.
• Plucking women: With peacocks, size may very well matter. Peahens – like our own females – are fantastically confused creatures, and as a result have driven th...
• How do you like your Eggs?: Lebanese punk band Scrambled Eggs talk about music and the industry, over whiskey and local beer at the iconic Torino, on Beirut's Gemmayzeh Street.
• 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 ...
• First class beef: The pleasure of first class flights, and first class cows. Yes, cows can fly too.
• Why thank you too, sir: Some 2 million years ago (give or take ten minutes) in a somewhat cheerier cave in central Africa, an ancestor of ours paused in an unprecedented mome...
• Hit the brakes: Frem's F1 prototype, his first step towards a life-long dream, is set to open the doors for the Lebanese car-making industry and prove that we too can...
• Alcoholic angels: The pub was crowded and loud, and there was chocolate involved. I know this because cake forced its way into my mouth before I had a chance to sit dow...
• 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 ...
• Apologize: Something crashes, something smashes, and something meows in excruciating pain. Two minutes later he walks out victorious, but visibly shaken. He glar...
• The other side of the mic: Having conducted interviews with everyone from presidents to the Dalai Lama, Ricardo Karam has got under the skin of some of the biggest names around.