10 tips for surviving on the roads in Lebanon

Ignore being bumped by another car? This is only one crazy way to get by on the roads of Beirut; the arrest of ex Lebanese minister Michel Samaha bring many questions; and what really happened with Gretta Taslakian?

Driving in Beirut is no walk in the park.

Blog +961 [2]

10 Tips to driving in Beirut

Don’t panic if you feel your car caressing another. Many a vehicle in Beirut looks like it’s suffered multiple collisions – but this is an illusion. These cars just had the misfortune to be subject to the ‘Oops, let’s carry on’ philosophy of making contact with parked cars.*

Caledoniyya [3]

And so God Laughed

A little humor from God's perspective.... from the blogger's perceptive.

Social Slave [4]

Full moon photographed with Olympic Rings on London Bridge

Reuters photographer Luke MacGregor spent two evenings trying to photograph the full moon rising up into the Olympic Rings on London Bridge. He finally got it on the third day.

Beirut Spring [5]

One Arrest, Many Questions

The arrest of ex minister Michel Samaha brings intrigue and many questions to the Lebanese political scene.

Blog Baladi [6]

What really happened with Gretta Taslakian?

I thought the story is very weird and did some research and asked some friends around and the truth is I was shocked to hear what really happened, or at least what I was told from some presumably reliable sources and read in an article.