So we don’t have a new president but we have new music, and a new video. // We asked people from all walks of life to recall a time they were betrayed, deceived, lied to. This is their raw reaction. // a glimpse of my latest single LIES // Full version on YouTube 🌑🐐🖤
In 1974, Ramesses II’s mummy was sent to Paris for preservation and maintenance work. Since French law required every person, living or dead, fly with a valid passport, the Egyptian government had to issue a passport to Pharaoh 3000 years after his death. But no Schengen for you
- عسكري: وين واصل؟
- أنا: واصل على بيتي بدي احكي مع بيّي.
- عسكري: هذه طريق القصر الجمهوري.
- أنا: على أساس صار بيت الشعب؟
- عسكري: عم تتفلسف علي؟
- أنا: شوي. هيك انت بتعمل شغلك و أنا بعمل شغلي.
- عسكري: شو بتشتغل حضرتك؟
- أنا: بعلّم فلسفة.
#لبنان_ينتفض
You want to
#TalkAboutLebanon
? Last night my brother and boxing hero Nadim Salloum dominated the ring in his 5th professional fight in Atlanta and lifted our flag victoriously in front of the whole the world. // This is how we talk about Lebanon. Now go do it! ❤️🥊🇱🇧
Gebran Bassil - a guy whose whole existence in the political landscape is only due to being the son-in-law of a political party leader who then became president of the country - just said: “where is the meritocracy?” on live television.
This is the best summary of Lebanon ever.
Lebanese people want to make zaatar croissants, achta éclairs the size of a baby elephant, overcook their steaks, put ketchup on a pizza, taouk in a fajita, fries in a burger but God forbid some Brit dips their carrot in hummus. Get over yourselves العمى ما اسألكن
Mustapha Adib just arrived to the palace by car. Less than 2 minutes after the official announcement. Was he waiting at McDonald’s Hazmieh this whole time? Is he going to pretend he was surprised by the result? 😂
30 years ago at the end of summer of 1991, Guns N’ Roses’ Use Your Illusion, Nirvana’s Nevermind, Metallica’s Black album, Pearl Jam’s Ten, Soundgarden’s Badmotorfinger, and Red Hot Chilli Peppers’ Blood Sugar Sex Magic were all released within a 6-week period. Mon fuckin’ Dieu.
You guys do realise that it’s possible to be against Irani meddling with Lebanon AND ALSO AGAINST Israeli violation of our airspace yeah? It’s very simple. No need to turn it into a “EnTa Ma3 AlMaNiA aw BrAzIL BiL WoRlD CuP?” you cheering primates.
Whenever I try to explain to foreigners what they’re doing to us here, there’s a voice in my head that says: “they probably think i’m exaggerating or being dramatic.” Because it’s that surreal. And it’s happening. We’re on board of a plane that’s hijacked by murderers. Period.
A random woman on the street started talking to me in Lebanese-French. I answered her in Parisian-French, speaking fast and using slang on purpose. She was very confused. “Sorry bet faddleh e7ke 3arabe yemkin?” I said.
“Yiiii? Walaaw?”she gasped, turned around and left. 😂
Confession: for the past 2 years I’ve been spending the end of year holidays on a hospital couch next to one of the most important people in my life. Anything festive about this period has forever vanished from my heart and memories. Cancer is a bitch. Take care of one another 🖤
I just saw a picture of friends at a brunch in Paris and it weirded the hell out of me. That’s how alien any semblance of normalcy feels right now. And I’m not a demanding person. All I wanted was to be left in peace to write books and play rock n’ roll. What a waste of life.
انا كتير مبسوط ان في كم اوادم من المستقلّين عم بيخرقوا ، بس لو فينا نبطّل نهتفلن "نحنا معك حتى الموت" و نهتفلن "نحنا معك طالما بتمثلنا و ما بتكذب و لا بتغلط" بيكون افضل. جرصتونا قدّام الاجانب ولوووه
This is a genocide by the Lebanese state against its own people. This is a genocide by the Lebanese state against its own people. This is a genocide by the Lebanese state against its own people. This is a genocide by the Lebanese state against its own people. This is a genocide b
Mother turns 62 today. She spent the last 3 years fighting the biggest battle of her life. I don’t know where she finds the unreal strength and determination she embodies everyday, but I still feel like a tiny helpless boy looking at his mother like she’s an otherworldly giant 🖤
Aoun’s own men from the 80s, army officials and soldiers who lost blood and friends and family fighting alongside him under his command, are one by one turning their backs on him. Why is 20 year old dentistry student at USJ Makram still insisting on defending him is beyond me.
I’m tired of pseudo-intellectuals going: “you’re oversimplifying the situation, Lebanon has more than one problem” whenever you criticise HA. If you have a twisted ankle, a toothache, and indigestion, and a stage 4 cancer, you have many problems. But you address the cancer first.
Remember when you used to lecture foreigners about the fact that Lebanon is NoT a DeSeRt WiTh No CaRs aNd nO eLeCtRiCiTy?
Yeah, call those guys back and apologise. Now.
“We will do to Beirut the same thing we are doing to Gaza.”
Wait a minute what do you mean! Haven’t you been saying for over a month that you’re just “defending yourself” in Gaza? 😂
The main problem I have with anti-vaxxers is not health related, it’s that they won’t shut up about it. Motherfuckers turned out to be worse than the vegan, crossfit and yoga people combined.
Day 3 //
Still no resignation, no apology, no explanation, no initiatives to fix anything. Only the army beating and arresting angry protesters.
If someone had pitched this as a scenario for a movie, it would’ve been deemed poor for not being credible enough.
@franakviacorka
And in 1937 they probably said: “This feels like 1881 not 1937.” This unfounded belief in a linear progress of human ethics is a naïveté of the enlightenment. It’s endearing but we need to get over it.
Her past 14 months were made of hospital beds, ICU stays, brain surgery, lung surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, targeted therapy, covid and all sorts of scans and procedures, and she still apologises every time I go see her if she isn’t fit enough to make food. 🖤
You know what the most tragic part is? It’s that in spite of all the jokes about having 2 time zones, we’re going to make it work. We’re actually going to spend a month adapting to 2 time zones. They’ll call us ReSiLiEnT and resourceful and “ya allah ma fi metel el lebnenyyé!” 🤢
Nothing enrages me more than the thought that as a human being, my everyday life, my well-being and the well-being of my loved ones are actually dependent on decisions made by a bunch of dumb, incompetent, dishonest people I want nothing to do with. Like leave me the fuck alone.
You know what’s surreal? Listening to a podcast about crypto, NFTs, Blockchain and the world of the future while living in a country with Gebran Bassil and no electricity or fuel.
Anticipating a second blast during the minutes that followed the explosion, when no one knew what was happening, whether there were airstrikes or many bombs around the city, unaware of when or where it was going to hit will forever remain the most terrifying moment of our lives.
Ballachna. Those lecturing about not going out to party on august 4, others preaching about what to post and what not to post, others telling us what’s insensitive and what’s permissible. Take it easy on each other, people. We’re lucky to be alive. Take care of one another. 🖤
Having tequila shots while shouting “wooo” at Bar du Port is not a crime, Jessica. So unless you and your bestie Alain actually murder a family of five in cold blood with a chainsaw in broad daylight, stop calling yourselves “PaRtNeRs iN CrImE” thank you.
You’re wasting time with your 2 cents about a potential Israeli hit.
The real question is: what were 2700 tons of dangerous chemicals and/or explosives doing in the middle of our city with the knowledge of government officials and directors and militia?
Clean your house first.
Before making fun of the people asking for France to take control, contemplate the depth of the despair a population must reach before they’d rather be occupied by a foreign power than be “independently” ruled by their own people. That’s a more interesting question.
It’s kind of funny that Karen Wazen released a video a few days ago telling us to EmBrAcE OuR FLaWs because EvEryOne iS BeAuTiFul and now she’s a judge on
#MissLebanon2022
basically ranking girls based on which one is prettier lol
Lebanese sweets are such a scam. They don’t taste like anything unless you drown them in that sugar syrup “ater” thing, and once you do that, they all start tasting exactly the same: like sugar syrup!
Another (rare) beautiful night for Lebanon! My brother and boxing hero Nadim Salloum raises our flag high after a brilliant performance and 2nd round knockout in Atlanta! The massive support was heartwarming. This is how we want to talk about Lebanon. Always. I’m so proud! 🖤🇱🇧🥊
In "felt cute, might delete later," what does the "might deleter later" imply exactly?
Is it a threat? An invitation for whoever cares to save the photo while they can? A display of relatable vulnerability and insecurity underneath a seemingly overconfident vanity? I'm confused.
You’d think the currency exchange guys are the only crooks playing that old vs new dollar bill scam but no, even hospitals are now demanding “new” dollars bills only. This country needs to be burned to the ground with every existing life form on it down to the smallest amoeba.
يا ريت كان موجود هذا النقيب لمّا حضرتك كنت تبعت هول الدرك نفسن على تجمعات "عبّادين شيطان و مثليين و مدمنين على المخدرات."
مش كلنا نسينا، و مش بس بعض الأحزاب هي التي تحاول ركوب موجة الثورة. في كثير "صحافيين" كمان.
#لبنان_ينتفض
I have a thing for hotel, mall and restaurant employees when they lose their mandatory smile and hang out outside the back door smoking a cigarette and bitching about their day.
That Nirvana baby even recreated the image himself as an adult. Twice. He now says he’s upset about being “famous for nothing.” What fame? Who recognises a baby 30 years later? 😂 Okay dude’s broke and wants easy money, just give it to him already and put this bullshit to rest.
Rest in peace, Chef Ramzi 💔 Remembering his passion, talent, humour, patience, kindness and playfulness. We lost a wonderful human being and a rare, genuine class act in Lebanese popular culture. I wish his family and friends all the strength in the world going through grief.
When you study and work in humanities you find it impossible to blame people for who they are; because you know they’re just the product of their environment and they’re not responsible for any of it. Still, I sometimes like to make exceptions so:
ايري بالحوش
I feel uneasy about the gradual return to normalcy, because it seems like it’s based on nothing other than people getting antsy. There’s still no cure, no vaccine, our healthcare system didn’t magically turn into Denmark’s. I’m worried about that 2nd wave. And I hope I’m wrong.
Always address your Druze friend with the pronoun “They.” Not because they’re non-binary, but because they’re the living reincarnation of a bunch of other people at once.