One million dollars to make just one law in Lebanon

Lebanon's government only enacted 19 laws last year. Averaging that with the total budget of the MPs and other superflous government spending, the results are shocking; a 3D tour of Jerusalem and an abused Arab speaks out.

The staggering numbers of Lebanese government spending may leave many with nothing to cheer about.

Beirut Spring [2]

Each Lebanese Law Costs 1 Million Dollars to Make

An interesting scorecard reveals what Lebanese MPs have achieved in 2011. The bottom line is revealing: 128 MPs wrote 19 laws in the entire year, resulting in the horrible efficiency of 0.15 law/MP/year . I figured I’ll take this another step and decided to dig up how much each law cost the Lebanese tax payers in 2011. First, a word of warning: This is a very imprecise exercise, so please economics and statistics experts don’t expect super exact figures to come out of it. We’re just aiming for the ball-park.

Cinnamon Zone [3]

3D JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM, THE CAPITAL OF PALESTINE

I’m not going to make any comment about this, as it speaks for itself, except for one where I quote a friend who has been to Palestine for the first time this year, she said: “Ramallah is nice. Not the most beautiful city in the world, although when you’re in it you feel that it is. But Jerusalem is a different story. Jerusalem IS the most beautiful city in the world”

An Arab Survivor of Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) [4]

The beginning

Hide and seek, which is a game between kids, who hide and seek, turned out for me to be a game of crying and pretending. I still remember each single time where an adult has used my body to satisfy their sexual needs, without even thinking of how I would feel, like if I were a doll. That simple game I found joy within turned into a horror movie I had to live.