Posted by Mark
You might be a syrian in lebanon if
10. you spent the last two months hiding in ‘jall mowz ‘ on the outskirts of saida
9. you hang out at the termoss unemployment line with 5000 other guys like you
8. the market for skekeen matbakh in dbayyeh burst like the internet bubble in 2001
7. the syrian you were watching who was watching a lebnese was sent back home
6. you’ve spent the last couple of months training to say “keefak “and “mish heyk?”
5. the last time you remember being so scared, you were still in syria
4. you painted your yellow chevrolet 1956 taxi “cedar green”
3. you get free bus rides from homs to beirut if you agree to carry a lebanese flag
2. the big wasta you had from your sisters husband from korda7a who is a colonel in the syrian airforce is only good to get you a seat on a bus back to sham
1. the last time you earned money was when you showed up at Hizballahs PROSYRIA demonstration in beirut
By Naycola
Posted by Mark
I love watching The Daily Show. Here is a video from the recent show where John Stewart talks about Terry Schaivo. [Link] [mirror]
Posted by Nat
Today I went down to Kaslik in the morning to the bombing site to try taking pictures. Security forces had closed down the shopping street and no cars were allowed to go in. I have never seen Kaslik street deserted like this, except for a medium size group of people gathered in front of the Altavista Tower watching other people trying to clear up the mess. I was able to go inside and grab some shots. The whole thing was depressing, it felt so unreal. My vacation here is nearly over and I’m sad to see how Lebanon for the moment is a total mess. Nevertheless I’m also happy to see how most people are dealing with it. Here’s a small selection of the shots I took today.
Posted by Mark
Don’t shoot the messenger! I was listening to the radio today morning while taking a shower and Linda from the breakfast show was talking about how woman should stay at home with the kids and how that would help the economy by freeing up work for the men on welfare. She couldn’t have chosen a better day for her personal opinions. While today everyone is out in-front of the parliament demonstrating for more rights for woman, Linda wants all the woman to leave their jobs and stay home with the kid. I hope she gets a lot of hate mail and even fired for her stupid opinion. PLUS, she has kids yet she is working so that makes hers a hypocrite. On my way to work today I passed by the demonstration, I snapped a few pictures and I just put them online. Nibaq is there now and taking pictures so his should come out better.
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Update: Here are nibaqs pictures
