Archive | Weekly Link Roundup

It’s Tuesday already, but late is better than never, right? 15 links for this roundup.

• Let There Be Light
  Beirut Drive-By
• بس مش غَلَط” .١”
  Mashrou3 Leila
• Coussouma à la plage / at the beach
  Zina Comics
• Loving the Army
  Dexcomics
• I Hate Wedding Season In Lebanon
  Ivy Says
• A Lebanese wedding…
  The modern dictator
• الأبراج – آب ٢٠١٠
  Hummus Nation
• الكواشرة: عقلٌ في لبنان وقلبٌ في تركيا
  خربشات بيروتية
• Massage “Extra”
  Blog Baladi
• SkyBar birthdays..
  This is Beirut
• البلوغوسفير اللبناني (1\4): نظرة عامة على المدونات اللبنانية
  نينار
• The World Follows Emirati and Saudi Logic, Ban Cars That May Potentially Be Used By Terrorists
  Beirut Beauty
• Who’s the daddy here?
  Ginger Beirut
• Girls,girls,girls…
  Shezshe in Beirut
• Worst Diplomatic Website Ever
  Beirut Spring

See you next week!

13 Links for this roundup.

• Amalgam Vol. 2 – Book Launch!
  Maya’s Amalgam
• Some Post-Summit Thoughts
  Qifa Nabki
• Ice Ice Baby
  Beirut Drive-By Shooting
• Sex and the Village
  Lebanese Lantern
• Cinema Vendome (Ashrafieh) Demolished
  Boy breathing Beirut
• Counting Down to Ramadan
  Beirut Beauty
• “A” Sukleen Story
  Snap Shot Scenes
• Sometimes, I’m at odds with myself.
  This is Beirut
• Banks are thieves…
  Blog Baladi
• مذكرة ادارية بدوام شهر رمضان المبارك
  Hummus Nation
• Road Rage-A Growing Epidemic In Lebanon
  Ivy Says
• وقمح
  Zouz
• فيروز ~ وينن؟ وين صواتن؟ وين وجوهن؟ وينن؟
  Life in still motion

See you next week!

16 Links for this week’s roundup.

• لمـام حديـث
  خربشات بيروتية
• الوحي بالطحينة رقم ١
  Hummus Nation
• Do Pretty Girls Have It Easy In Lebanon?
  Ivy Says
• Beirut: life in colors
  هنيبعل.. يتسكّع في الأرجاء
• What is the half life of Uranium
  BAZELLA W RIZ
• Sign Of The Times
  Beirut Drive-by Shooting
• جمعية.. مش “جمعية”
  Trella
• Sporting Club Responds
  Blog Baladi
• فيروز: “أية أمة تلك التي تغتال أصوات البلابل”*؟
  Jou3an
• كمشة مصاري
  Zouz
• The Fairouz Lawsuit. It’s All About Splitting A Pie
  Beirut Spring
• Fairouz
  Life in still motion
• Pierre. His Friends. And those Big-Ass Rocks.
  Boy breathing Beirut
• Gorillaz and Boooooing Syria
  Independence ’05
• THE WORST BACHELOR PARTY (Part 1)
  Ink on the side
• Bloggers Face-OFF: Sareen Akharjalian Vs. Amer Ghalayini
  Chanty

See you next week!

Yet another links roundup to check what Lebanese bloggers were up to during the last week. 14 Links for this round.

• Youmna- A Born-Again Virgin From Beirut
  Ivy Says
• My new Paintbrush buddies!
  The Modern Dictator
• Pictures of body found inside Saudi plane
  The Ouwet Front
• Nia Soul Discusses Penis on Rahaf Abdulla’s Face, Not an Apology
  Beirut Beauty
• No, Picnic fairies that clean after people don’t exist
  Independence ’05
• بيروت العتيقة.. تندثر؟
  هنيبعل.. يتسكّع في الأرجاء
• A falafel sandwich in Sidon’s souk
  Taste of Beirut
• I hate driving in Lebanon
  Blog Baladi
• A Review of Michael Young’s New Book
  Qifa Nabki
• Once Upon A Time…
  Beirut Drive-By Shooting
• ‘Women shaping the economy’
  Maya’s Amalgam
• الدجاجة أم البيضة؟
  Hummus Nation
• Testimony of a LifeGuard: Lebanon, a racist country
  خربشات بيروتية
• Junk Yard Sale in Gemmayze
  Boy Breathing Beirut

See you next week!

Roundup time! Here’s a summary of what has been going on in the Lebanese blogosphere in 17 links for this week.

• About Octavia Nasr’s leaving CNN
  Independence ’05
• Paul the Octopus and his Enemies
  Ink On The Side
• So they found a dead guy stuck to the tire of a plane…
  Blog Baladi
• طوباوي جديد من جمهورية الحمص
  Hummus Nation
• عن القانون المقترح لـ«تنظيم المعاملات الإلكترونيّة»: مواد «مشبوهة» تهدد حريّة التعبير وتسمح بتعقّب بيانات «الرقميّين» الشخصية
  خربشات بيروتية
• 10 things to spot a lady geek
  Incoglilo
• Choosing Miss Lebanon 2010
  Dexcomics
• Social Media Dilemma: CNN lets brand champion take the blow. Are you watching your brand champion’s back?
  Identity Chef
• The Octavia Nasr Affair Proves That America Can’t Handle Nuance
  Beirut Spring
• Very happy birthday!
  Maya’s Amalgam
• لكم جسدكم ولي جسدي
  Maya El Helou
• How To Prevent the Next Israel-Lebanon War: A Conversation with Nicholas Noe
  Qifa Nabki
• Rahaf Abdulla… Cute or Fug?
  Beirut Beauty
• Bloggers Face-OFF: Cynthia Merhej Vs. Krikor Ohanessian
  Chanty
• Spiced popsicles (Meghli popsicles)
  Taste of Beirut
• Café Beirut قهوة بيروت
  Suraj Music سُراج على سِراج
• GiB#2 | Oh Jimmy Come On
  Gay in Beirut

See you next week!

I keep on discovering new blogs every week, and it’s becoming hard to keep the number of link below 10 or so, should I continue including all the posts I like or just include the best of the best?

Anyway, I’ve got 16 links for this round!

• 15-year old Lebanese selling ecstasy
  Blog Baladi
• اعتقال شبان «ذمّوا» الرئيس: تمهيد لقانون يراقب حريّتنا «الرقمية»؟
  خربشات بيروتية
• Lebanese World Cup Supporter Fights for German Flag
  Lebanon News: Under Rug Swept
• كي لا تكون انت التالي!! تحرّك!
  هنيبعل.. يتسكّع في الأرجاء
• Diaries of a World Cup Non-Fan [ep.1]
  Maya Zankoul
• National Tabouleh Day
  Taste of Beirut
• Internal Tourism
  Letting Lose
• Nia Soul’s First Ever Video Blog!
  Beirut Beauty
• Fireworks, Firing Arms and Stupidity… to be banned please
  Independence ’05
• Bloggers Face-Off: Salim Al-Lawzi Vs. Roba Assi
  Chanty
• حدث في طزستان
  مواطن جوعان
• Sights, sounds, smells! A day at Souk el Ahad..the Sunday Market.
  This is Beirut
• From a Lebanese sitting room
  Ginger Beirut
• Baalbek … where time stopped before 9000 years from now
  Spot Light On Life
• Behind the Scenes with Lara Zankoul
  Thread of desire
• Lebanese Policeman Slaps Female Protestor In The Face
  Beirut Spring

See you next week!

This week was somehow special on the Lebanese blogosphere since it witnessed an initiative by the Lebanese bloggers to write in Arabic in support to “نحن لغتنا” campaign aiming to revive the use of the Arabic language. You can refer to this post on Lebanon Aggregator for a round up of all the blogs that participated in that initiative.

And now let’s check what else were the Lebanese bloggers up to. 14 Links for this round.

• Summer in Beirut
  Thread of Desire
• Now Everyone And Their Mothers Are Criticizing Lebanon’s Treatment Of Palestinians
  Beirut Spring
• مهرجان الموسيقى: بيروت غنت.. بيروت جنت
  خربشات بيروتية
• Rikky’z Faqra
  Blog Baladi
• The things I learn while stuck in Beirut traffic..
  This is Beirut
• Ep 3 – Beirut Cosmopolitan
  Amethyste
• A Night Out in Acid
  Boy breathing Beirut
• NORTH KOREA’S REACTION TO SOCCER TEAM AFTER LOSS
  Ink On The Side
• Streets of Beirut I
  Ginger Beirut
• Bloggers Face-OFF: Ghassan Deeb Vs. Mom’s Kitchen
  Chanty
• (RE)Archewallogy and Masmou7 lasek al e3lanat from 7UPstairs publishing
  Beirut/NTSC
• Officials Call New Israeli Spy Satellite “Game Changer”
  Qifa Nabki
• Versace’s Damac Tower Soon in DT Beirut
  Lebanon News: Under Rug Swept
• أهلاً بكم إلى الجحيم
  Hummus Nation

See you next week!

It’s Monday again! And I’ve got 15 links for this week’s roundup

• Beirut Airport Adds Free internet Wi-Fi!
  Armigatus
• Alternatives to Skype in Lebanon
  Maya’s Amalgam
• Will The Real Lebanese Lady Please Stand Up
  Ivy Says
• Is Replacing Old Lebanese Houses With High Rise Buildings Really Such A Bad Thing?
  Beirut Spring
• Coussouma world cup Emergency Room!
  Zina’s ups & downs
• Mission Accomplished!
  Saso’s World
• Unseen Lives
  Lorena’s Epiphany
• Lebanese Electronic Laws
  Ink On The Side
• Beirut Dog Show
  Sietske in Beiroet
• ضحكتني وأنا عيان
  Hummus Nation
• Fête de la Musique 2010
  Independence ’05
• Bloggers Face-Off: Taste-Buds
  Chanty
• “HONEY BABY” … THE MOVIE
  Shezshe in Beirut and everywhere…
• Summer in Beirut
  RB
• Have Mercy on Beirut
  Boy Breathing Beirut

See you next week!

It’s Monday, the time for our weekly dosage of blog posts! Today’s roundup consists of 12 links.

• StarTrek lover in love…
  Shezshe in Beirut and everywhere…
• Surviving the world cup
  Thread of desire
• GiB#2 | It’s Getting Warm in Here
  Gay in Beirut
• Bloggers Face-OFF: Anissa Helou Vs. Julia Tohmé
  Chanty
• Take it back!
  This is Beirut
• What got you into blogging – Video
  Independence ’05
• Road works
  Blog Baladi
• لغة الضاد
  Letting Loose
• Will The Real Lebanese Lady Please Stand Up
  Ivy Says
• لعبة ألماسة وكأس العالم
  خربشات بيروتية
• قواعد عامة لمشاهدة المونديال
  Hummus Nation
• La Vache qui Flotte
  Sitske in Beiroet
• Dark interval (Maya is one of the sweetest Lebanese bloggers, and I hope she’s feeling better by now)
  Maya’s Amalgam

See you next week!

Between the elections, the freedom flotilla, and the world cup 2010, the Lebanese blogosphere had a lot to talk about! And so I’ve got you 16 links for this week’s roundup (overdose?).

• Enjoy your green space
  Look around you
• A History of Beirut’s Newspapers
  Beirut Pursuit
• Episode 10 – GeekFest 2.0
  The Banadoura Podcast
• One eventful weekend!
  This is Beirut
• مشروب الطاقة “إنصهار”
  Hummus Nation
• زعتر وزيت: لائحة المونديال
  خربشات بيروتية
• Bring Your Woman Along
  Lorena’s Epiphany
• The day I participated in the municipal elections
  Worried Lebanese
• georgia – berry lover
  A La Julia
• The Rise and Rise of Property Prices In Lebanon
  Beirut Spring
• GeekFest Beirut 2 – Geek Overdose anyone?
  The Maniachis
• When Hashem met Salwa Part II (Or the general’s son and the farmer’s daughter)
  Sietske in Beiroet
• Flotillusion
  Maya’s Amalgam
• We’re Back!
  Mashrou3 Leila
• Five Thoughts on Turkey and the Flotilla Crisis
  Qifa Nabki
• Philippe
  The purple rose of Beirut

See you next week!