A Separate State of Mind | A Blog by Elie Fares

[...] being optimistic that my generation would be more mature than this. I guess not. Filed under: Lebanon Tagged: Assassination, Bashir Gemayel, hezbollah, Kataeb, Lebanese Forces, USJ [...]

[...] you, but your loved ones have made sure everyone knows that you were very loved. Filed under: Lebanon Tagged: #JusticeForYves, Charbel Georges Khalil, jungle, Lebanon, murder, Yves Nawfal [...]

[...] . Let’s hope those in charge realize the latter, and don’t succumb to the former. Filed under: Lebanon Tagged: Batroun, Economy, high tech, Lebanon, Silicon Valley, Tripoli [...]

[...] go back to what it does best and it will all be “بالصور ” or ” بالفيديو .” Filed under: Lebanon Tagged: Banana song, culture, LBC, Lebanon, media, MTV, politics, TV stations [...]

[...] OMG. Can you believe Samir Geagea’s running for president? The horror. The disgrace. The shame. Let us go turn in our [...]

[...] back home North yesterday, one particular billboard caught my attention: sa7eb mabda2, with Samir Geagea looking pensively at his shoe. You’ll notice the first of those in Dbayyeh with others [...]

[...] whales in all their forms. I don’t mind blank papers. I couldn’t care less about Samir Geagea’s name being cast 48 times. Good for him. It’s not like he will ever win. What I [...]

[...] , strong? - Operator: Out of these four names, then, who do you want as your next president: Samir Geagea, Michel Aoun, Amin Gemayel and Sleiman Frangieh? - Me: Those are your picks for strong [...]

[...] with a body image. Literally. The Lebanese candidate to the skiing segment of the Olympics, Jackie Chamoun, is making the rounds lately due to a nude photo shoot that she underwent last year. The [...]

[...] member representing the city of Tripoli. He’s also offended by the possible impact of Jackie Chamoun’s breasts on the reputation of his country and has asked the Olympic committee to [...]

[...] , data, and numbers, analyzing such input is becoming not only essential, but vital. 7 – Jackie Chamoun It all started when Jackie’s photoshoot for a calendar surfaced through a video that showed [...]

[...] is expression. It is freedom. It is our God-given right. Isn’t this the same as Jackie Chamoun last year? Except it’s not quite the same. Jackie Chamoun wasn’t a porn star. Her [...]

[...] Liban over it broadcasting this year’s World Cup games. Soon after the 2014 World Cup began, Lebanese people found themselves unable to watch the tournament. The government had failed to kiss up to [...]

[...] ’t watch her blind audition as it happened but Twitter was abuzz with her performance. Lebanese people were surprised that she sang a song they all knew, in her mother tongue. French people were [...]

[...] be unfair. I’d be horrified at the way Lebanese media is portraying me, at how other Lebanese people of other sects that aren’t much better – even today – think of me. I’d be appalled [...]

[...] ,” not standing down to that pest at the Justice Palace. Women should know their place. Lebanese people should know their places. In an ideal world, Manale Daou would be able to sue Mr. Fattouch [...]

[...] trivia show there. Life went on. If one wants to plot the effect of explosions on the Lebanese populace over time, you’d get a curve that is somewhat like this: Yesterday’s suicide [...]

[...] . And still his visit is made into the next coming of the apocalypse among some parts of the Lebanese populace. Not minding Raï going to Israel does not mean unequivocal support to the state of [...]

[...] A few hours ago, the name Georges Massad meant nothing to the Lebanese populace. In the coming days, because we have nothing else to do, watch as he becomes the most [...]

[...] again, our government officials have succeeded in procuring this wonderful gift upon the Lebanese populace. No, you won’t have to pay any Liras to watch your favorite team attempt to win that cup. [...]

[...] know what’s sad? The fact that Syria, at war and barely together, managed to do a presidential elections, regardless of it being pointless, and Lebanon – at peace (in theory) – [...]

[...] took, taking pictures inside parliament to share on their instagram account. We also have presidential elections coming up soon, as people scurry to secure as much support as possible to their [...]

[...] I will most likely be attending (but sadly not participating) in the American presidential elections that year, but at least I’ll be able to say that the past 6 years, in which I [...]

[...] year and nor will we have one for the next year, it seems. I can think of the fact that presidential elections are literally in 3 months but we’re still waiting for the savior president’s [...]

[...] step forward somehow. It’s greatly lacking in so many ways, of which is the fact that Lebanese Parliament has (unknowingly?) legalized marital rape by failing to omit the term “spousal [...]

[...] with the enemy, right? 4 – A Recycled Parliament: Never since the Civil War has a Lebanese parliament been a space occupying lesion as this one. They’ve been around for more than 5 years [...]

I don’t care about who ends up president. I don’t care about the presidency to begin with, but I do understand that the seat becoming vac [...]

[...] wouldn’t have it. “I am Nicolas Fattouch,” he said to her, “a member of the Lebanese parliament. I can’t wait.” I guess some people are above the rules. Honestly, at this [...]

[...] for things that should function seamlessly for them to do so? Meanwhile, about 100,000 Lebanese students are falling hostage to the ongoing political bickering taking place in the country, their [...]

[...] that didn’t get as much coverage as AUB because, well, AUB. 3) I can’t believe Lebanese students, who should – in theory – be an example of educated youth wanting to better our [...]

[...] are not voted on, that a quorum is never reached. They worked overtime to make sure that Lebanese students who presented their official exams this year never get results and end up with certificates [...]

[...] A list of Lebanese MPs who tried to pass the domestic abuse law is being circulated around the internet. While those [...]

[...] ; those areas in question are not filled with filth who have guns and who are covered by Lebanese MPs providing them with all kinds of weapons and material and who act on sporadic whims, igniting [...]

[...] 71 Lebanese MPs signed the petition by KAFA to include amendments to the proposed Domestic Abuse bill in [...]