Look Mom, I’m Famous!
February 2010
I was contacted by a BBC journalist, Elizabeth Diffin, as she came across my website while researching the phrase, “It’s Like Beirut”. After an email and phone interview shortly later, the article was published as part of the BBC Online Service. And here it is for you all to read:
BBC News - Why is Beirut still a byword for chaos?
February 2009
…Finally, and amusingly, UAE based Lebanese blogger Jad (jadaoun.com) tells us of some new developments in the Middle East.
The Israeli Army has added an arsenal of Eland antelopes on the border with Lebanon, he writes. The latest in animal warfare: a weed cutter. I wonder if the Israeli Army studied the ecological aspect of bringing in a new creature to the local eco-system.
Nevertheless, I hope the Israelis take care of these animals better than they took care of the animals at the Gaza Zoo.
Jad kindly provides a link to Gulf News video editor Ashraf Helmis’ piece about the animals who were killed in Gaza Zoo during the recent war.
Both the blog, and GulF News’ videos from inside Gaza are well worth checking out.
April 2005
Newsclipping from the Lebanese Newspaper "The Daily Star"
“The Korean cars were cheap and competitive. It provided a great profit margin for traders in Lebanon,” said Jad Aoun, assistant manager at Korea Trade Center in Beirut. “They see Lebanon as an entrance to the Middle East market.”
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“While the market in Lebanon is relatively small, Koreans believe that Lebanese are good traders and can sell their products outside Lebanon,” Aoun said.
January 1988
Spider Jad
Jad Aoun, son of Mr. Aoun Aoun and his wife Mrs. Zoya, daughter of our colleague Sadik Botrous, celebrated his 5th birthday. Our colleague Botrous and his wife Yvette celebrated from afar, as their grandson is with his parents in New York, by cutting a cake in a “loving” atmosphere with the family in their house in Zalka and blew out five candles with best wishes sent by phone to his father Aoun and mother Zoya.
January 1983
January 1983 - Al Bayrak
Translation: Mr. Aoun Hanna Aoun and his wife Mrs. Zoya, daughter of our colleague Sadik Botrous, were blessed with boy named Jad, born at St. Georges Hospital under the supervision of Dr. Fayez Bitar. Congratulations to the mother and father.
