Society
The Gorillaz Play Beirut
Well actually, Beirut plays the Gorillaz “White Flag” song:
“White Flag”, on the album, opens with a lush and hypnotic Arabic orchestra. Recorded over in Beirut, around the end of March 2009. I went over there in disguise … I knew I wanted that part of the [...]
Picketing Starbucks
We’re not the only ones who have a grudge against Starbucks (though our motives are completely different):
…the official site of Korean Starbucks, the world famous coffee brand, puts “Taiwan” under China in its nationality selections, which has aroused an anger among pro-green net users in Taiwan.
In our case, we work along the conspiracy that every [...]
The Hummus Battle May Have Been Won, But the War is Not Over
How many of us could forget this scene:
Or this:
Well, the Israelis cant:
At the risk of whipping up discord with Lebanon, an Arab-Israeli village is planning to make the world’s biggest hummus, a humble chickpea dip that stirs passions across the Middle East.
On Friday, residents of Abu Gosh, near Jerusalem, will mash up 4,000 kilogrammes (8,800 [...]
More Rights for Women, Sort Of
Soon after Lebanese women were allowed to open bank accounts for their sons without their father’s permission, our favorite Minister, Ziyad Baroud, has fired off a letter to the General Security:
Interior Minister Ziyad Baroud asked the General Security office on Wednesday to facilitate the transactions of children and husbands of Lebanese women married to foreigners….
[Baroud's [...]
Give My Sons a Bank Account, She Said
And apparently she got it:
A mother struck a small blow for women’s rights in Lebanon on Thursday by opening a bank account for her children – a right previously reserved only for fathers. “I’ve been trying to open a bank account for my two sons for 10 years now, but I was continuously told that [...]
