Breakfasting in Lebanon

Breakfast advice tailored for Lebanon, but can be manipulated for elsewhere, skyping with Gaza, zooming in on Egypt- revelations and epiphanies in that pre-take-off spell of clarity.

Don't skip breakfast! How many times have you heard these wise words...Wondering what's to miss? Discover the possibilities and what you're missing...

Paty M's Nutrition World [2]

How to Choose Smart and Healthy Breakfasts in Lebanon!

"After 8 to 12 hours overnight without food, your body needs to “break the fast” and refuel its glucose for this new day." (Hardly, more like 4-6 hours some nights- Ed)

Peace for Gaza [3]

Skype with Gaza: A Story of Ahmed Qwaider

Ayman Qwaider April 4th. "After recent bombings in my home state of Gaza Strip, I finally had an opportunity to speak with my brother Ahmed, 23 years old on skype. The focus of our conversation was my brother's job search after "recent" graduation from his university in Gaza—The Islamic University. Below are excerpts from our chat."

Sabbah Report [4]

Perpetual hell of the Palestinian refugee camps

"A delegation of parliamentarians has returned from a tour of the refugee camps in Lebanon and made its report". "It was led by former British government minister Sir Gerald Kaufman MP and included four members of the European Parliament and three of the British Parliament. The delegation's purpose was to assess the humanitarian situation faced by Palestinians living in Lebanon's refugee camps, and it was able to raise issues at the highest level with the Lebanese in a series of meetings."

Susie's Big Adventure [5]

Saudi Woman's Perspective: Going Back in Time

"These past couple of weeks have convinced me that the government has made a huge scientific discovery, the time machine, and is now using it to pull the whole country back into the eighties...." "Since then, it has been made official instead of being just a religious recommendation; women are banned by law from working as cashiers. This was due to a complaint and proposal by sheikh Yusuf Al Ahmed to the Interior Ministry."

Rantings of a Sandmonkey [6]

10 points

If you're interested in the particulars of Egypt since the sensationalized revolution- now a perspective in point form of the real fall-out and test of the revolution: "I have only an hour left before my flight, so this will have to be bullet point style, no verbose exposition. This is nothing but food for thought. Agree or disagree, up to you:"