How can you eat this?!

September 2nd, 2010 Rami 3 comments

I saw this pack of “Fesikh” (Dry fish preserved in salt) at TSC Plus Jnah. The second I held it in my hand I felt a shitty smell invading my nose even though the fish were still enclosed in nylon!

To my knowledge, Fesikh is very popular in Egypt especially during Sham El-Nessim, I wonder how the hell can Egyptians eat such thing!

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Lebanese blogosphere weekly link roundup (2010/08/29)

August 30th, 2010 Rami 5 comments

Can Miss Lebanon Rahaf Abdallah speak any worse than this?

August 29th, 2010 Rami 11 comments

The video below was part of the Miss Universe 2010 contest to get the audience to know more about the contestants. This is where Miss Lebanon Rahaf Abdallah claimed that Lebanese men are immature and that she was never out on real date before! (inno seriously?!)

Sounds more like a teenager speaking, no wonder she didn’t get the title.

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53 Photos + 1 video from Bourj Abi Haidar clashes

August 26th, 2010 Rami 3 comments

No need for introductions here… you’ve all heard and watched about the clashes that erupted in Burj Ab Haidar 2 days ago between Hizbullah & Jamiyyat Al-Masharii’ Al-Khayriyya Al-Islamiyya (The Association of Islamic Charitable Projects). Yes, an islamic charitable association that possesses machine guns and RPG’s! Kif, leish w min? No one knows. What I know though is that what they did is everything but Islamic, and horrifying people in their houses is certainly not an act of charity!

The craziness that we witnessed was of course not over a parking space as the two parties officials claimed in the media, and it will remain a mystery until someone comes clear about what happened. Let’s see what is awaiting our beautiful city from these ignorants!

Anyway I leave you now with the below video and photos that I found on the web for the clashes and the aftermath.

All photos ar from www.daylife.com

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Ramadan in Tripoli

August 25th, 2010 Rami 11 comments

Tripoli is one of the cities that I personally can never get bored of. I was there last Sunday and about to come back to Beirut at around 3:00PM when I decided to waste some additional time at any random souk since there was still plenty of time till Iftar.

And so I went to Al Tall souk (the same one I previously visited) to see how does it look like now in Ramadan. Needless to say, I was encountering sweets and juice vendors everywhere in the small souk, in addition to huge stocks of vegetables in the small stores since everyone gets crazy about buying them in Ramadan, and of course the place was much crowded than last time.


The guy in the left image is selling Kharroub, a sour juice that I disliked a LOT! While on the right image the guy is selling Moghrabiyyeh platters for 3,000 L.L only!

My next stop was at Abdel Sattar Al Tom sweets in Al Zahriyyeh.


Maamoul bi ashta, Kneifeh bi ashta, and Mafroukeh! *Yummy*

Across the street from Al Tom, there’s anther shop that sells almost all kind of kaak and bread. My favorite is the kaak that can be grilled with cheese stuffed inside (it’s called Alleeta there) which can be the best souhour in Ramadan!

I might be going to Tripoli again next week and probably the week after, what other places do you recommend that I go visit?

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Lebanese blogosphere weekly link roundup (2010/08/22)

August 23rd, 2010 Rami No comments

JF Kennedy assassination mystery revealed

August 20th, 2010 Rami 2 comments

46 years after his death, the assassination mystery of John F. Kennedy has been finally revealed! And guess what, Pierre Hashash who usually run for the parliamentary elections with sarcastic slogans had something to do with it!

Watch him telling the truth in this video.

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Tnein bi 15

August 18th, 2010 Rami 6 comments

Tnein bi 15? Yalla!! Ahh tnein subscriptions…

This is a new billboard advertisement for CableVision that is all over the streets now.

Joe has already pointed out that it’s a copycat, but I would like to add that the use of a hot girl in such ad is VERY cheap!

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Old man and his Oud at Hamra

August 17th, 2010 Rami 5 comments

I had to go to the American University Hospital several times during the past weeks, and I was spotting this old man on almost every visit playing on his Oud and singing nice old Arabic songs.

Although he claims he doesn’t have a job, but I guess he’s got the perfect one! 1. He’s self employed, 2. He seems happy with what he does! Don’t you agree?

… and yes I just forgot to ask him about his name, anyone knows it?

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Lebanese blogosphere weekly link roundup (2010/08/15)

August 16th, 2010 Rami 3 comments