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This is just sad
I just watched the most aweful thing about the clashes taking place in Tripoli right now, child fighters. The below video from LBC shows a 12 years old kid holding an AK-47 and admitting he’s participating in the fights to “protect” his neighborhood. Disguting!
One of the kids told LBCI that he is fighting to defend his region, adding that he knows how to use a weapon and shoot. The kid said that he will not go to school tomorrow unless things get back to normal in Tripoli.
The collapse of Safra building caught on video
The below video from LBCI shows part of the carpet factory in Safra collapsing because of the huge fire it caught today morning.
Luckily no one was hurt as all employees were able to escape from the building shortly after the fire erupted. You may also check here for photos taken by Joe of the factory while the fire was raging in it.
Lebanon 2012 summer festivals
The programs of Baalbeck, Beiteddine, and Byblos festivals has been announced over the last few day, and it looks like Byblos has the most interesting one so far. Below are the three programs as announced.
Beiteddine:
- Caracalla Dance Theatre on June 28th, 29th & 30th
- Sylvie Guillem & Russel Maliphant on July 7th
- A night of Tarab, Muwashahat & Qudud on July 12th
- The Cranberries on July 14th 2012
- The Dizzy Gillespie on July 17th
- La Bohème on July 26th 2012
More information here: Beiteddine.org
Byblos:
- Slash on June 25th
- Julien Clerc on July 4thB.B. King on July 5th
- Ute Lemper on July 11th
- Kadim Al Sahir on July 14th
- Snow Patrol on July 17th
- Tinariwen on July 25th
More information here: ByblosFestival.org
Baalbeck:
- Chico and the Gypsies on June 29th
- Zucchero – Chocabeck World Tour 2012 on July 5th
- Saber Rabai on July 7th
- Jessy Normal on July 13th
- Mashrou’ Leila on July 15th
More information here: Baalbeck.org.lb
Free night traffic decree posted in official gazette
The decree stating that internet night traffic from 12AM to 7AM should be free has be published in the official gazette last Thursday. But it looks like it is currently exclusive to Ogero subscribers only as I’m subscribed to IDM and still get the following message each time I log in to my account:
Note that your telephone line is NOT Unlimited nights enabled since your line did not pass the feasibility test done to support such service enhancement.
We would like to assure you that we intend to offer this service for all our subscribers and will be working on enabling your line with Unlimited night traffic , and whenever such change will take place we will inform you accordingly.
Almost all IDM subscriber in Beirut get double the speed and unlimited traffic at night, while others outside Beirut get the message above. If a subscriber’s phone line cannot handle more than 1mbps, why can’t they just enable the unlimited night traffic alone for them while keeping their speed as it is?!
Anyway, you may click here to read the full text of decree as shared by minister Nicolas Sehnaoui on twitter. I hope it doesn’t take too long until all ISPs abide by it!
Supermoon over Lebanon
As you may have read around the web in the last couple of days, the world witnessed the biggest and brightest full moon in 2012, also known as a Supermoon, which is the name used when referring to a full moon that occurs when the moon is at its closest distance to earth, and usually happens once every 412 days.
Below is a cool shot taken by Beirut Drive-By of the Supermoon over the Lebanese mountains last night.
Tannoura Maxi – Heels of War
Tannoura Maxi is a new Lebanese movie that debuted in theaters yesterday, and tells the story of a priest about to be ordained but falls in love of a high-heeled girl.
Regardless how good this movie might be, it is yet another Lebanese movie with a story taking place during the war, and I guess people are fed up with this repetitive pattern in Lebanese movies. I mean we’ve enjoyed the first few ones like West Beirut, but the topic has been used and abused! Wouldn’t you prefer to watch Lebanese movies of other genre?
New Cadillac SRX ad shot in Lebanon?
The new Cadillac SRX ad looks ad if it was shot in Lebanon, especially with the “Faraya-Mzaar” sign that appears in the middle of it. But where exactly do we have such nice road here?
Update:
Amer just confirmed the ad was shot in Faraya. Ok, the ad was NOT shot in Lebanon.
Patching Beirut’s walls with Lego bricks
I just came across this cool project “Dispatch Beirut” aiming to patch the old walls around the city using Lego bricks which we all grew up on.
As mentioned on the website, the idea has originally been started a few years ago by a German artist who started patching old walls with Lego bricks during a contemporary art festival in Italy, and the project then started to spread worldwide.
It looks pretty cool to me, but I wonder if curious people will leave these patches intact!
Please tell me this is a joke
Some Lebanese chick who’s half silicon half human is doing her own reality show on YouTube using a point and shoot camera, and the result is a complete disaster so far. I can’t believe she could be serious about it!