A Guide to Surviving Your Boyfriend’s Lebanese Parents

Not outliving them, but just impressing them or at least not mortifying or offending them: How to cut a fine image before you boyfriend's Lebanese parents. Avoiding the pitfalls of this sometimes awkward situation that can go critically wrong.

"1) When visiting his home, do not go into your boyfriend’s room unaccompanied and DO NOT shut the door while your both in there alone. There is nothing Lebanese parents find more horrifying than a lady with no “respect”. "

When I started fasting, and the significance of this milestone:
"This year brings a kind of special anniversary for me. It’s exactly 10 years ago since I started fasting during Ramadan. Now, even the not so wise reader should be able to figure out that that means I began fasting in 2001. And the slightly wiser reader will be able to figure out that Ramadan in 2001 came after September. Or perhaps more precisely: After 11. September."

Interested voiced opinions on the divergent agendas of the two 'sister' or 'cousin' news broadcasting stations, both based in Doha:

"The different between two Al jazeera news channel is one of them is
hypocrite !!you know there are aljazeera Arabic news and
Aljazeera English/ international news in Bahrain protists the Arabic one
didn't give us THE TRUTH due to as we all know the Arabian gulf governments really LOVE each others and won't allowed any Arabic news channel to separate what really happened.the time of the situation in Libya they ignored the Bahraini people who they killed by the Saudi/Bahraini force."(Sic-Ed)

It seems Egyptians are now regarded as old hands at protests or riots- and are held up as role-model or civilized activists.

"Well a small tweet I wrote to express my thoughts about London riots yesterday gained a little reaction from NY Times, CNN , Daily Dish.Of course it is not my tweet only but the tweets of my follow Egyptian bloggers and tweeps , we are now proud revolution/protesting experts worldwide ."

""In her new book titled "Stop the Islamization of America: A Practical Guide to the Resistance," self-proclaimed human rights activist Pamela Geller discusses what she says are ways in which the United States is under attack by "Islamic supremacists" and "Shari'ah". "

Chronicling Ramadan around the world in pictures: A look at Lahore.