Lebanon cracks down or picks on Bad Drivers- spoilt for choice!

A campaign to out awful drivers on the Lebanon streets, while some take to peddling those fraught streets for Danish inspired Bike Day in Beirut; an imagined occupation on a different landscape- from Jerusalem to London, Nakba Day protests were fixed by Israel? The relevance now of Sectarian strife in Syria; and while one Arab former leader is being protected from assassination, a diabetic man is not safe from amputation.

Bad-drivers or as Lebanon's popular LBC campaign calls them 'Douche-bag' drivers: driving while text-messaging on cell phone.

Plus 961 [3]

Cheyef 7alak – Honoring Lebanese douchebag drivers

"LBC International started a cool new website called “Cheyef 7alak” aimed to track irresponsible drivers. The idea behind the initiative is very simple, whenever you spot some bad driver/biker/pedestrian, take a photo of him/her and upload it to their website or Facebook page, and leave it to them to publish it and give those douchebags the attention they’re seeking!"

Land and People [4]

If London was occupied by Israel

Tikun Olam-תיקון עולם: Make the World a Better Place [5]

Israeli Intelligence Leaks Alleged Syrian Memo Claiming Government Support for Nakba Day Protests

Oh dear. Well we've been hearing much talk and 'conspiracy' about Syrian troubles being more instigated and stirred up by outside opportunistic elements than any other Arab Spring-ing nation. But now this from a horse's mouth: "A former high ranking Israeli government source revealed to me that Israeli intelligence leaked to a pro-Israel British tabloid blogger an alleged Syrian government document claiming that the Syrian government organized the bus convoys which brought demonstrators to the Syria-Israel armistice line on Nakba Day. Demonstrations on that day were met with murderous IDF fire killing 14 individuals."

Jadaliyya [6]

BBC Interview With Bassam Haddad On The Question of "Sectarianism" in Syria

"This is an interview conducted by the BBC with Jadaliyya Co-Editor Bassam Haddad on the question of "sectarianism" in Syria. It was recorded a few weeks prior, but we have decided to publish it because of the magnitude that this topic has occupied in the past days."

Beirut Public Space [7]

Bike Day in Beirut

I you brave enough to bike in Beirut- safety in numbers at least... "A Bike Day was held today in Beirut as part of The Danish Cultural Week. Via Facebook, Green Wheels encouraged their fans to bike to work, and bicycles were even made available for free at Beirut by Bike and Bike Generation. Later in the day, the association led a symbolic ride from Gemmayze to BIEL (downtown), where cyclists gathered at the Beirut by Bike checkpoint."

Beirut Spring [8]

A “Refugee” In Paris

"Do not go back to Lebanon. This is the warning given by Washington and Riad to Saad Hariri, the Ex-PM of Lebanon, who has been living as a refugee between Paris (where he has been for a week) and the Saudi capital. The reason for this assignment? "

Hearing Myself Speak [9]

No Regrets

"He was undergoing a metatarsal amputation of the right foot, which means they were chopping off all his toes at the same time. They had already taken his left leg just below the knew. Diabetes tends to do that to you if you don't treat it with the respect and care it deserves."