Showing posts with label Sociology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sociology. Show all posts
Sunday, April 18, 2021

In Lebanon: A redefinition of what is middle class is due.

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Fa - artwork by Tarek Chemaly Middle class, a term frequently used but seldom understood here in Lebanon. I bet no Lebanese has a solid unde...
Monday, September 14, 2020

Second hand: Is there a paradigm shift in Lebanese shopping?

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Artwork by Tarek Chemaly Are the Lebanese finally changing their consumption habits? Signs are exposing cracks in that picture perfect way t...
Friday, August 14, 2020

Beirut explosion: The great socio-economic equalizer

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Artwork by Tarek Chemaly The area in the port is divided socio-economically. First there are the low income neighborhoods, the old renters, ...
Saturday, August 8, 2020

And what if it is not ONLY the government's fault?

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Photo credit unknown Dan Azzi (a friend, full disclosure) put it best : "Unpopular Opinion: Blaming our problems entirely on the politi...
Thursday, August 6, 2020

How an advertising billboard tells the story of a post-explosion Beirut

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Credit: Hasan Jaber You can always count in advertising to tell you the story. Always. Lately there was a campaign spreading, for better or ...
Thursday, July 30, 2020

With regards to that article about Lebanon being fourth most prosperous nation in 1963

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Recently many people were sharing an article about Lebanon that dates back to 1963 which qualifies it as the fourth most prosperous nation i...
Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Advertising revenue is down 90% in Lebanon

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At the beginning of the year, trusted media and advertising personality Naji Boulos forecasted that the 2020 expenditure in Lebanon was goin...
Tuesday, June 23, 2020

SKeyes explores censorship with "freedom is not a number"

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SKeyes (SK stands for slain journalist Samur Kassir) gets director Roy  Dib to speak of censorship in Lebanon. Dib whose work was exhibited ...
Saturday, June 20, 2020

Carrefour - pledges that the consumers need

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When times are a tough as they are today in Lebanon - economically, socially, politically - any small bit helps. The other day when shopping...
Sunday, June 14, 2020

Common sense would be popular in Lebanon - if it was imported

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Artwork by Tarek Chemaly from the series "History of Lebanon" Next to our house in Beirut (Achrafieh) in the 80s there was somethi...
Saturday, May 9, 2020

Is it so wrong for the Lebanese to live within their means?

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Before anyone jumps the gun and says I am insensitive to other people's plight, I am not. Actually one of the resolutions I did latel...