Tag: Lebanon
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Dabke record for the Guinness Book!
Wanna contribute in making history? If you live in Montreal, then here’s your chance!
Tollab, a federation that unites all the Lebanese student associations of Montreal, are planning to set a world records on the 20th of June by forming the biggest Dabke chain that will place Montreal in the Guinness Book of records. Their aim is to gather at least 3,500 people at the Marcelin-Wilson Park on the 20th of June to dance the dabke, hand-in-hand, for at least 5 consecutive minutes.
This event will be part of the “Festival Libanais de Montreal” from 19 to 21 of June 2009 at the park located in “11301 Bd de l’Acadie”.
Keep in mind that this event is not exclusively for the Lebanese living in Montreal, so regardless of your nationality you can participate in setting the world record, as the main purpose of the event is to unite all Lebanese and Montrealers of all colors, religions, names or cultures, who are willing to participate.
Forming the chain will start at 7:30PM on June 20th, so make sure to show up beforehand if you’re willing to participate in otder to organize things well.
For more information, you can refer to the even’t page on Facebook, or Tollab’s website.
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Sharek 961
Haven’t you heard about Sharek 961 yet?
Sharek 961 is a project where the Lebanese people make the news by sending in reports through several mediums to the website. So wherever you are, you can report to them an electoral incident for example and the news will be displayed on their homepage under “User Feed Stream” along with the geographical location of where the incident has ocurred.
From their About page:
Sharek961 empowers Lebanese citizens to promote transparency by sending in eyewitness reports on all election-related incidents or issues. People across Lebanon can send in reports through SMS, email, and the web.
Sharek961 is intended to improve transparency and accountability through civic participation. Information you send in is made available to all citizens, media outlets, and organizations to view publicly online.
Reaching them to submit a report is so easy, and you can do it via any of the following channels:
- Send an e-mail to sharek@sharek961.org
- Send an SMS to 71-189118
- Send a message on twitter to @sharek961
- Fill out this form
I’ll be trying to send them some photos from Beirut on the elections day! How about you?
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Lebanese Forces TV ads
A friend sent me 4 videos from the Lebanese Forces for their 2009 Lebanese electoral campaign. And I liked how they were executed so much. They have finally released a match to the Free Patriotic Movement ads campaign, though the FPM’s campaign was mainly on billboards, but I’m talking about quality here.
I still don’t know why they still have not made it to any Lebanese TV channel yet…!
I loved this one the most, and I liked how the camera is zooming out in a 3D style. The video begins by showing a destroyed bus, probably the bus of Ain El-Rimmeineh which marked the start of the Lebanese civil war, then focuses on Bachir Gemayel one of the most important Christian figures and the former leader for the Lebanese Forces (unfortunately he was assassinated in 1982 by I don’t know who), then shows a snapshot from the war of Zahleh, followed by images of the Syrian troops on the Lebanese territories, and finally a photo of the Lebanese youth in March 14 2005 followed by the message “10452 (The area of Lebanon) You did not give them your land, don’t give them your vote”. Impressive eh?
The following 3 videos show how life would be if the FPM and his allies (mainly Hizbullah) won the elections.
Update (06/02/2009):
I just noticed the first video on TV tonight. Seem they were hiding their best for the last week of the elections! -
Lebanon – A smoker’s paradise
I came across this article by AFP describing Lebanon as a smoker’s paradise, where you can work, dine and have your hair styled in a cloud of smoke. Too bad for us, the non-smokers.
Even teenagers can afford the average one dollar per pack, compared to an average seven dollars (five euros) in France or nearly nine dollars in Britain.
“The minute you land in this country you start huffing and puffing,” said Ghazi Zaatari, a physician and chairman of the department of pathology at the American University of Beirut as well as head of a WHO study group on tobacco regulation.
“As far as tobacco is concerned, Lebanon is a health disaster.”
You can read the full article here.
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Virgin & UFA buildings in Beirut
Expecting some elections billboards? Sorry to disappoint you, today I’m sharing with you 2 photos I have taken in downtown Beirut showing Virgin and UFA buildings in the martyr’s square.
Eikhir injeizeiteh!
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Mashrou’ Leila
I haven’t heard any of Mashrou’ Leila’s songs yet, but I have read many articles about their music being very nice.
Below is an article by Hanadi Dairi from Nahar Alshabab about them.
Click to Enlarge and read full articleIf you know where they perform, plz let me know the place, I am interested in watching them live.
The scan is via Lubnanabad
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FPM’s newest billboards
Just when I thought the Free Patriotic Movement have reached the peak of their advertising campaign with the last post, I was surprised to see more NICE billboards today on the way to work. I am starting to think I’m lucky that my workplace is in Metn!
The Free Patriotic Movement used antonyms here not only to describe in one word their plan for the next 4 years, but also to explain March 14’s agenda if they took the majority once again in the upcoming elections (from FPM’s point of view).
Chapeaux bas once again. I think there’s no way for March 14 to catch up with FPM’s campaign… unless they were hiding some surprises!
Photos via Beirut/NTSC.
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Carlos striking back!
Passing by Jounieh Saturday morning, on my way to Tripoli, I encountered this sign.
As you can see, Carlos Edde used the Free Patriotic Movement’s language to strike back at them. Although it is an imitation, but not bad as a start…!
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Happy Lebanese Labor Day!
I was in Hamra last night when I noticed few guys sticking some papers on the walls. It turned out they were greeting us on the Labor day, but in their own way.
Here is a sample of their greetings.
Happy labor day to those who are ma3moul fiyon il 3ameiyil! (including myself)
