Ziad dit ca
Posted by Karl on April 20, 2009
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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.
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Recent love, or not
- Jessie: Karl, 3refet min ana eh? Jessie, x-TOB. Yalla good luck, don’t forget to invite me, like to see a new...
- Jessie: Really !!! Is it true??
You You You are getting married!! Mabrouk 
- maurice dagher: 7abibi Ivan, i miss you too much,i hope everything going well with you,say hi to your dad,mom and...
- Agénor: Rubber ducks rock! side note: they are fat, ugly and stupid. Pick something a bit more controversial, no...
- Georgia: That’s the cleanest image of trash I’ve seen anywhere in Beirut. Usually its a lot more...
- nayla: Yalla wasleen. Didn’t the US just donate 20+ Harleys to our lovely police force? …or was this...
- tasteofbeirut: Wow! You are a good writer! You kept me at the edge of my seat (bed) while reading this story! Good...
- Chirine: Are these names real? Are they? Really? Teenage years man… what WERE we thinking? (and the scarier...
- Joanna: Oh wow, I remember her. When I was a kid I used to say she was my mom. Somehow, I had lots and lots of moms....
- Agénor: Final dot missing. Also, could you translate the top cartoon, please?
- Agénor: Outstanding! Both the style and content. You asked questions and didn’t comment at the start of any...
- Joanna: Can I call you Kaal? I could never master the English “arl” sound, and I have to pronounce it the...
- Agénor: It’s not enemies of the environment that they are, it’s just that they don’t care about it,...
- Ants: I was crying of laughter! Wo Ai Ni ya Helo! hehe
- roupen: Ohhhhhh am bored so bored!
))) - Sukoon: hahaha! Wei ni hao? Oh man, at first, I thought you were just being out of control with your need to break...
- Agénor: How come your number ended in their database? Anyhow, thank you for the emotions swing. I’ve felt the...
- Roubenz: What about a photo by you instead of Holden? I have my doubts too
)) - Joanna: Hm.. WOW is all I can say! If I come visit you, I’ll go for the acupuncture. Just the acupuncture
... - Joanna: Hi Karl! There is a little typo here: “…and the more men I met *then* more I saw that everything...