Showing posts with label Thawra. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thawra. Show all posts
Friday, October 23, 2020

Lebanon, deja vu, and reloading the matrix

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Artwork by Tarek Chemaly Oh you know the drill. When you experience deja vu, it means they are reloading the matrix. Well, here we are a ful...
Saturday, October 17, 2020

A year ago... Seriously?

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"A year ago" artwork by Tarek Chemaly Oh spare me! I know everyone and their mother is writing about "a year ago".... Yo...
Saturday, September 26, 2020

Annahar subverts women's stereotypes

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 Annahar is subverting stereotypes about women. Boldly and smartly. "Girls should not stay out late", "Women talk too much...
Tuesday, September 8, 2020

History, Karl Marx, Thawra, Sulta, and Abou Saada

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Artwork by Tarek Chemaly History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce - Karl Marx I wonder at what stage Lebanon is. The trage...
Sunday, September 6, 2020

C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien a dire (Qu'il faut fermer sa gueule)

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Artwork by Tarek Chemaly On January 31st, 2007 I wrote a blog post with the same name which is actually the name of a French movie  (actuall...
Saturday, August 29, 2020

In Lebanon, the squeaky wheel gets all the media attention.

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Artwork by Tarek Chemaly International media are gloating. The time has come. People in Lebanon are turning their backs on their leaders, an...
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...
Wednesday, July 8, 2020

On optimism and the one-handed economist in Lebanon.

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Artwork by Tarek Chemaly based on Albrecht Durer Lately, I have been accused of being an optimist - specifically due to this piece . Trust m...
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 ...
Thursday, June 11, 2020

There are much fewer corny ads in town.

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Artwork by the talented Jad Chidiac For a blog whose main material is talking about ads, the fact that there are no ads to talk about should...
Sunday, February 2, 2020

City Mall capitalizes on the revolution

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Well, many other brands did it, so why not City Mall? No, I am not a big fan of such ads. Riding the wave of the revolution and popular a...