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All the Haters: In Lebanon, it's cool to hate Valentine's Day

Published February 14th, 2013 - 12:43 GMT

Many in Lebanon today are having a counter-cultural moment against Valentine’s day but the anger and hate are misdirected; Arab Television reacts to Obama’s speech; The Rock is back on film; and a new design for traffic lights.
Hey Lebanese people--don't be hatin' Valentine's Day! (image courtesy of cinema.theiapolis.com)
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Snitch Trailer [2]
Beirut Spring [3]
Don’t Hate Valentine’s Day
Based on a completely unscientific sample of my internet friends and real friends, I have concluded that it’s becoming cool to hate Valentine’s day in Lebanon.
Informed Comment [4]
Arab Television Reacts to Obama’s State of the Union Address, on Afghanistan, Iran (OSC)
The USG Open Source Center reported on the reaction to President Obama’s State of the Union speech on two major Arabic-language satellite news channels, Aljazeera Arabic and Alarabiya.
Z District [5]
Snitch Trailer
In the fast-paced action thriller Snitch, Dwayne Johnson stars as a father whose teenage son is wrongly accused of a drug distribution crime and is looking at a mandatory minimum prison sentence of 10 years.
The JR Express [6]
Sand Glass: A New Design For Traffic Lights
Thanva Tivawong, a Thai designer, created a new LED hourglass design for traffic lights.
Syria Comment [7]
Obama’s State of the Union – Reactions; Battle for Damascus Promises to be Long
Barack Obama’s State of the Union address makes one thing clear: The world is no longer America’s problem.
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[2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rieI5g9fgRc
[3] http://beirutspring.com/blog/2013/02/13/dont-hate-valentines-day/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+beirutspring%2Ffb_feed+%28Beirut+Spring%29
[4] http://www.juancole.com/2013/02/television-address-afghanistan.html
[5] http://www.zdistrict.com/2013/02/14/sntich-trailer/
[6] http://thejrexpress.com/2013/02/12/sand-glass-a-new-design-for-traffic-lights/
[7] http://www.joshualandis.com/blog/?p=17738&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Syriacomment+%28Syria+Comment%29