So what do you expect when a water pipe bursts causing a fountain in Downtown Beirut? People started slowing down causing a slight traffic jam to wash their cars!
This actually happened right across the street Paul Gemmayze.
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Zein Shaker – Tel3et Rejjal
I can’t believe this song and music video were produced in 2012! Even 3antar sounds awesome now…
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You don’t mess with Lebanese expats!
Check out this video showing Nicholas Dawoud, a Lebanese expatriate in Massachusetts, putting up a fight against a couple of burglars at his mini market when they tried to rob him on Friday.
According to this article, Nicholas Dawoud was robbed of $1,800 a few days earlier and so he decided to fight back with a baseball this time and eventually succeeded in holding the man with the help of his neighbors until the police arrived. Hat-tip to the man!
Thank you Kheireddine
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Car crashes into Wardieh pharmacy in Hamra
That pharmacist must be so lucky!
This was shot off the monitor of the security cameras of Al-Wardieh Pharmacy in Beirut Lebanon on 12 July 2011.
After midnight, while my buddy mahmoud K. (pharmacist) was walking out the door of the pharmacy, this car slid off the main road after getting into an accident and then hit the pharmacy’s main entrance and display, barely missing Mahmoud(you can see him jump away once he sees the car coming straight to him).. Nice reflex buddy 🙂
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Just Falafel coming to Lebanon
I was passing by Bechara El-Khoury a few days ago when I noticed Just Falafel will soon be opening there close to Falafel Sahyoun.
I recall hearing about Just Falafel from some of my friends living in Dubai, and what basically makes it special is that it offers various Falafel mixes which are Lebanese, Indian, Greek, Egyptian, Emirati, Italian, Mexican, and Japanese.
Let’s see how will it taste compared to our local Falafel joints such as Sahyoun or Khalife for example…
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“Ma2too3a!” – Stay updated on road blocks
Now that road blocking with burning tires is becoming more like a habit for some of us here in Lebanon, someone came up with a new iPhone application called “Ma2too3a!” to let people update each other on any kind of road blocks, protests, or armed combats happening around the country.
You may download “Ma2too3a!” from the App Store, but don’t take it for granted since everyone can post updates to the app and it’s possible that you would see some fake events on it.
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Lebanese filmmaker Niam Itani at the Venice film Festival
Lebanese filmmaker Niam Itani will be competing at the Venice film festival with her short film “Super.Full.” in a competition announced by YouTube earlier this year.
The prize, aside from a trip to Italy, is a $500,000 grant to work with Ridley Scott’s production company Scott Free.
Below is Niam’s short film “Super.Full”, and you may check the other finalists she will be competing with here.
via Nasri Atallah
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Power of the tire in Lebanon
Awesome work!
Power of the tire is a satirical piece depicting the current political and economical situation in Lebanon. It is meant to be satirical and does not reflect a real situation, but a personal interpretation.
Regarding this piece, it all started after watching Buck’s Take part / waiting for superman trailer, which seemed to have the exact tone for what we wanted. Some of the copy was so good and served our message that we had to use it.
Regarding the visuals, buck’s piece (Jr Canest’s style) is a huge inspiration for experimenting and learning motion graphics. So the intro which is almost identical started as an exercise/study in smooth keyframing, and as the piece took shape, we decided to keep it and give a credit to Jr Canest’s inspiring work. You can also find below a list for our inspiration for this piece. Hope you enjoy it.Inspiration:
Buck / Jr Canest : Take Part :: vimeo.com/12677264
Marcus Eckert : vimeo.com/rpgamer2003
Ron Gervais : Japan PSA Help :: vimeo.com/23179249
Water Changed Everything :: vimeo.com/22566556/ Credits
// Production / Caustik
/// Art Direction / Amine Alameddine
/// Animation / Amine Alameddine
/// Character Animation / Rachel Mouawad
/// Additional Character Animation / Omar LabbadPower of the tire also has a page on Facebook to share what else we can do with tires!
via Samer Nakfour
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Mount Lebanon time lapse video
I spent some time searching for time lapse videos shot in Lebanon but only found this one worth sharing, even though we have some really cool scenes around the country to experiment with. I actually thought I would find more with the number of photographers I have on my twitter and facebook timelines… If you’re interested to make your own time lapse video, you can download one of the available applications to your mobile device and start experimenting with it. An application I’m currently toying with on my iPad is this one called Time Lapse Camera HD.
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Updated list of group buying websites in Lebanon
I already published a list of group buying websites a year ago, but I thought of compiling a new list now since several new websites have been launching lately, and you can find some pretty nice deals on them sometimes. So here you go:
Living SocialOut of business.- Makhsoom
- goSawa
- ScoopCity
- Grofferon
- Living Lebanese
- Awfar
- Deal
- Deal Booking
- MarkaVIP
- Sukar
- Cobone (They’re currently posting travel deals only)
- Waffeer
- Go For Low
Did I miss any other website?
