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• Spin out: Local favorite and internationally acclaimed Clint Maximus gives me a peak into the life of a DJ.
• Ziad dit ca: Creator of West Beirut and Lila Dit Ca, Ziad Doueiri is one of the founders of modern Lebanese film. Just don't use that term around him.
• Behind the blush: The makeup artist behind all the pretty faces from your neighbor's wedding to Elie Saab's fashion shows, the beautiful Hala Ajam gives me a look behin...
• 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...
• Dirty Diana: In my early teens I was taught to handle a few weapons. This had no direct relation to the war, it’s only customary here that boys learn how to...
• 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'...
• Arabia under the sheets: Creator of the first Middle Eastern erotic magazine Joumana Haddad flirts with danger; and danger flirts right back.
• In the name of the author...: Literary scholar Archbishop Georges Khodr hopes to change the Lebanese youth through example and published lectures.
• Manic Manicure: I’ve been living under a rock; there’s an entire world of socialites who operate above the beer and bar system.
• First class beef: The pleasure of first class flights, and first class cows. Yes, cows can fly too.
• 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...
• 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.' ...
• 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.
• Emperor Elefteriades speaks: Michel Elefteriades - guerilla fighter, artist, musician - doesn't even consider himself Lebanese, rather the Emperor of Nowhereistan, a state with no...
• Tone deaf: My name is Karl, and there’s no music in my head. I realize it may not seem like a problem, but see that tune you were humming in the bathroom ...