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  • Khlosna ba2a

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    While March 8 and March 14 are fighting over what electoral law to adopt in the next elections, and other irrelevant issues to the society’s needs, people are bit by bit starting to hate both parties and willing to support any other independent party who’s ready to address their real needs.

    Such options have already started to emerge. I recently heard about a group of businessmen who have formed an NGO called “The Civic Influence Hub” aiming at bringing a social change to Lebanon without getting involved in politics, and just today, a campaign by the National Dialogue Party headed by Fouad Makhzoumi started to make a buzz around Facebook with its slogan being “Khlosna ba2a”, which I guess speaks what a lot of us think about on the current situation of Lebanon with its corrupt politicians and stagnant economy.

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    This is not the only campaign of its kind we might hear about in the next few weeks, some other similar campaigns might follow and I believe they should be given a chance for at least offering us an alternative to the politicians who have been ruling this country for ever now and have failed miserably at securing our very basic needs.

    I mean warlords have been controlling us for decades now, and I only find it logical to give new people a chance to do things differently and maybe bring us the social change that we all are asking for!

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  • Nathaly Fadlallah to run for the 2013 parliamentary elections

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    Nathaly Fadlallah, owner of a modelling agency in Lebanon, lately announced she’s going to be a candidate in the next Lebanese elections and wants to introduce some “revolutionary” ideas to the parliament.

    One might wonder what accomplishments qualify her to become an MP, but she actually got some Playboy playmates to come to Lebanon back in 2010 which is basically better than whatever was accomplished by our current MPs in the previous 4 years!

  • Cow in a car on the airport road!

    WOW!

    via Mireille Bou Fadel

  • Lebanese hypercar to be unveiled in Qatar this month

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    According to this article in Trade Arabia, a Lebanese hypercar called “LykanHypersport 2013” produced by W Motors will be unveiled at Qatar Motor Show later this month. The car will cost $3,400,000, and only 7 units of it will be built which will make it the world’s most exclusive car.

    The Lykan’s specifications include: a flat 6, twin-turbo, mid-rear positioned 750 horsepower engine delivering 1000 NM of torque takes the vehicle from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour in 2.8 seconds to reach the break neck maximum speed of 390 kilometers per hour.

    For those that enjoy the finer things in life, the lavishness of the LykanHypersport 2013 takes luxury to a whole new level.  Diamond -encrusted LED lights and gold-stitched interior leather guarantee that the passengers travel in style.  Other high-level specifications include a reverse door opening system, a state-of-the-art 3D Virtual Holographic display with tactile interaction, and an innovative ID4Motion interactive dashboard.

    As a gift for buying the most exclusive car in the market, owners will be awarded with a Special Edition Cyrus Klepcys Watch, worth over $200,000.  Like the LykanHypersport 2013, only seven watches will be produced.

    The Lykan looks really cool and I really wish W Motors sell all of their 7 units, but would car enthusiasts be really interested in spending $3.4 million on a Lebanese made car?

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    Photos via Luxurylaunches

  • Lebanon’s first civil marriage not approved

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    Unfortunately the civil marriage I posted about earlier did not get approved after the Interior Ministry referred it to the Justice Ministry, simply due to the fact that civil marriage is not yet allowed in Lebanon, and therefore the workaround that Nidal and Khouloud came up with did not work.

    Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said the Justice Ministry did not approve a Lebanese couple’s request for a civil marriage in the country.

    “The Interior Ministry referred the marriage request to the Justice Ministry’s advisory panel, which studied the request and did not approve on it due to the absence of a law that regulates civil marriage,” Charbel told An-Nahar newspaper in remarks published Monday.

    “Any similar request will not be [approved],” the minister also said, calling for a new law that regulates civil marriage.

    “There must be a [law] to regulate the personal status, marriage and divorce as well inheritance and other similar issues,” Charbel added.

    You can read about the issue in this article by Now Lebanon.

  • More parodies on the Orthodox law video

    These two videos are made by Ali Zaraket, Yehya Jaber, and Hussein Ghourayyeb.

  • Hunters in Bekaa humiliate policemen

    I really hope this is a staged video…

  • Eli Bou Merhy – Arguileh

    Are you fucking serious?

    via Kell Shi

  • Lebanon’s first civil marriage

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    It’s hard to believe given our rules and regulations, but this couple, Khouloud and Nidal, did manage to wed by civil marriage in Lebanon after they got the necessary paperwork, which wasn’t an easy job for them by the way. You can check all about it in this article by Now Lebanon, or just read the below summary by Najib to know how did they accomplish that.

    Step1: Strike out the mention of both Kholoud’s and Nidal’s sects from their respective IDs to prove before the law that they are not affiliated with a sect that forces them to marry before a religious court. They thus acquired the right to hold a civil marriage as per Article 60 L.R.

    Step2: Obtain a form signed by the mayor proving that there are no objections to their marriage and put the marriage announcement up on a billboard 15 days before the wedding date to make sure that there were no objections to it. The announcement was supposed to be published in the Official Gazette or at least two newspapers, but in order to prevent any hindrances, Kholoud and Nidal just posted the announcement on the doors of their parents’ houses and on the door of their own house.

    Step3: Obtain a legal document signed by a notary public after both parties chose the articles included in the marriage contract as well as a financial disclosure that guarantees the rights of each party to the marriage.

    It’s worth noting that Khouloud and Nidal are still waiting for the Ministry of Interior to officially announce their marriage.

  • A beginner’s guide to Lebanon’s oil and gas

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    Check out this nice informative page created by Executive magazine for everything you need to know about Lebanon’s oil and gas.

    The page has information about how much oil does Lebanon have, how did we end up falling behind out neighbors in exploring our fields, who’s holding the negotiations from our side with the oil and gas giants in the world, where will the money go, and what is the dispute with Israel about.