Almaza - expats ahoy!

So expats came and went (much earlier than expected for many), and expats never ended up coming due to the very entangled political situation. And Almaza is riffing rightfully on those who still are here. Heck, maybe it is even talking about those of us stuck here! "He who is still here raise your hand" - OK I admit it reminded me of the teaser revealer long long ago (Raise your head - raise your head and the revealer: Almaza raises the head (a double entendre in Arabic because you need to raise your head to drink and the Arabic equivalent of "makes you proud" - ارفع راسك - ارفع راسك - الماسة بترفع الراس) Small note all this happened sometime in the mid 90s so it's very old stuff.

Ahla Bhal Talleh: A baffling campaign to encourage tourism in Lebanon

All right, call me baffled. Apparently there is a new campaign to encourage tourism in Lebanon - but it is plastered on Lebanese highways. What does that mean? It means - as the bumper sticker used to say - "if you read this you're too close". In other words, if you see this campaign... Then you already are in Lebanon and there's no need to seduce you to come! Tada!

Not that difficult. Now, if the aim is seduce Lebanese people to go sightseeing, please factor the price of the fuel, the price of food, the price of this, that - and if you aim for a family of four that's already like burning the budget for a full month. 

Again, call me skeptical and unrealistic. But am serious, to whom is this campaign addressed? It seems they are aiming for the expats, but as I said, if they see this - they're already here (I am trying not to mention the chaos at the airport where everyone is passing through the metal barriers to greet loved ones and where people are on top of one another it seems at the arrival section). 

As I said, I am baffled.