I am a Lebanese blogger that lives and works outside of Lebanon. I keep my identity half-hidden for security reasons, but I hope this will change soon. I come from both Graphic Arts and Business backgrounds, and I write regualrly in The Beirut Spring
Latest posts by Mustapha
The Lebanese Bloggers Last Week: looking outside and building bridges
Although last week witnessed the seventh Lebanese “National Dialogue” session, Lebanese Bloggers didn’t seem to care. Apparently, many of them are resigned to the sessions being just talk shops. Raja wrote in The Lebanese Bloggers: I can't even fathom the number of times our “leaders” have decided to leave things...
The Lebanese Bloggers last week: Remembering The War, Plus Some Kisses
April 13 marked the day of remembrance of the Lebanese Civil War. Lebanese Bloggers have pitched in to give their personal accounts of that terrible war. But before reading their takes, we must remember that the Lebanese have learned to kiss and make up. Just ask Jamal who wrote a...
The Lebanese Bloggers This Week: Less Politics, More Diversity
This week has seen a flurry of varied and interesting posts in the Lebanese Blogosphere. It seems a month of observing the dull and disappointing national dialogue has left the Lebanese bloggers wanting to break away into the realm of more exciting material. So if you want to know more...
This week on the Lebanese Blogosphere: Mom, Dad and God.
While the squabbling in the National Dialogue continues, the English side of the Lebanese Blogosphere went on about the various intricacies involved. Ur Shalim observed the similarity between the Lebanese Civil war and the nascent Iraqi one, while Across The Bay and Beirut To the Beltway delved into the various...
The Lebanese Bloggers this week. Pessimism and a sense of foreboding, but life goes on.
Last week, I wrote about how the Lebanese bloggers were not optimistic about the outcome from the National dialogue. As if they were sensing trouble, it happened: One of the top politicians in the meeting left the dialogue in mid session and flew to Washington, were he made statements perceived...
The Lebanese Bloggers On the National Dialogue: Cynicism, skepticism, and a ray of hope
The most important event in Lebanon this week was the long-awaited “National Dialogue” taking place between various Lebanese group leaders. The meeting is important because the country was becoming dangerously divided. On one side, an alliance largely between the Sunnis, Christians and Druze, is vehemently opposed to Syrian influence and...
Lebanese Bloggers Outraged at Journalist Slaying
(Artwork, Beirut Spring) Today, a prominent anti-Syrian politician and Journalist was killed in a car-bomb explosion in Beirut. The Lebanese bloggers were quick to show their disgust, shock and fury. Rampurple explains what Gebran Tueni meant to her: Gebran Tueni was the person who gave me hope through his editorials,...
The Lebanese Bloggers on Husam and Hezbollah + Miscellaneous
Last week started with a press conference by a Syrian witness who withdrew his testimony from the Mehlis investigation. The witness, Husam Husam, announced that he was forced, coaxed and cajoled by Mehlis, The Hariri Family and others into saying what he had said, but he changed his mind because...
Welcome To The Lebanese Blogosphere
Yesterday, Anton Efendi from Across the Bay, posted this picture: It shows the Prime Minister planting a fatherly kiss on May Chidiac's forehead. May Chidiac is the Journalist who lost a foot and an arm in a terrorist car bomb. To Anton, this kiss symbolizes the story of Lebanon: a...
The Lebanese Bloggosphere On The Meanings Of The Opposition's Victory in University Elections
This week, the issue of Syria has taken the back seat (with a few exceptions); the Lebanese bloggers were mainly concerned with the students’ elections in various Lebanese University campuses. The elections are important because they’re like mini-general elections. The same parties compete and similar alliances are at work. Which...
