Happy Eid Al Adha (for whoever wanna celebrate)

well it is 31st dec , i think yes today is the eid al adha for all muslims ...
(as you westerners by now know the difference between sunni and shia
muslims thanks to the war in Iraq) well sunnis apparently celebrated yesterday , and today shia start their's.

Thanks to that we always had in lebanon 4 days adha because we start with sunnis for 3 days then shias start the next day of sunnis so we gain one day extra ... do you get what i mean? i am confused
...
aren't they just muslims..???

anyways i wish u happy eid ( i.e: xmas for the muslims) coinciding with the start of the new year 2007 ... is this significant ..?? is this a holy sign ???

Ya mami ,... i am freaking out thinking mentally now about the whole region...

isn't it so ironic that saddam was hanged on the first day of eid for some muslims (i.e sunnis started yesterday as u know by now) , and the start of a new middle east ...???

let me be poetic now : ' are we going to EVER have a peaceful middle east ?'
blahblahbla burghhhghburghh yuk yuk yuk....

With this thought i will leave you to celebrate a very peaceful
and forgiving and maturing new year

great health

wealth ( that would be good no?)

success

work

family

people you love

new year of love...

have a great new year

here is a cartoon by Imad Hajjaj about the state of the arab nation on this day of the eid ...
Translation :(sheep is the arab nation)




and whoever does not know about adha well in short (by wikipedia:

Eid ul-Adha (Arabic: عيد الأضحى ‘Īdul’aḍḥā), or Eid-e Qurban (Persian: عید قربان Eide Ghorbân) occurs on the tenth day of the Islamic month of Dhul Hijja. It is one of two Eid festivals that Muslims celebrate. Eid ul-Adha is celebrated by Muslims worldwide as a commemoration of Prophet Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismael for God. Others celebrate Eid ul-Adha as it marks the end of the Pilgrimage or Hajj for the millions of Muslims who make the trip to Mecca each year. Like Eid ul-Fitr, Eid ul-Adha also begins with a short prayer followed by a khutba. In Mecca, the khutba is delivered at Mount Arafat.

It is celebrated on the 10th day of the month of Dhul Hijja (ذو الحجة) of the lunar Islamic calendar, after Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. This happens to be approximately 70 days after the end of the month of Ramadan.

Eid ul-Adha is four days long starting the day after the pilgrims in hajj (annual pilgrimage to Mecca by Muslims world wide) descend from mount Arafat.)

happy eid ...... ( oups it is 4 days usually anyways??) yes it is ... hehhehe so in eid sunnis and muslims are one??? ) ahhh

it is not eid still

the eid in cpl of days maybe
sorry wrong timing...
hard to know when u r in london :(
if my granny was still alive i would have got an envelop with some cash to go buy some candies...
God bless you granny ...

away from lebanon...saddam to die 6am. news just in...

Saddam Hussein's execution will take place before 6:00 a.m.
Saturday local time (10:00 p.m. Friday ET), Munir Haddad, a
judge on the appeals court that upheld the former dictator's
death sentence, told CNN.

happy eid ... sad my lebanon

AP photo taken from al-akhbar

ps: on the side, just a brainstorm , if america hangs saddam on the eid , ie today it won't be a smart move... just heik thought to share it with you... why the provocation of millions of muslims worldwide ... i know he is a baddy but hanging is not going to get things better or get people he killed back ... do not get me wrong.. i am not with the dude, don't like his guts ... but hanging him and on the eid... naaaaa stupid move...

since...

since i haven't been in the mood of writing with all what i have been reading about lebanon and after talking to family & friends i am still trying to think... think of what ? of how to help?

yea i know i am mad... this guy has been trying to help.... (taken from the angry arab dude site)

This bakery in Beirut has a sign. It reads: "Please don't discuss politics. Thank you."

Santa visiting the Middle East

By Imad Hajjaj

Keep Fucking Your Country

From euroarabe:

Johnnie knows better now

The "Keep Walking" ad campaign for Johnnie Walker which appeared in the wake of the summer war was meant to be a testament to Lebanese resiliance in the face of the aggression.

Here is the latest installment:

Summer ad campaign:

THANKS EUROARABE DARLING ... had to nick this one from you...

MERRY XMAS LEBANESE STYLE

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i am not criticizing everybody
i love a good laugh
laugh GOD DAMN IT
and merry xmas....

noel a beyrouth

(photos taken from Pages Web Gerard)

wish u lebanon the best habibi
just wake up and smell the buche
and please no one comments and tells me this is hizib tree , and this is i don't know who's quarter
i just wanna enjoy a none lebanese sectarian noel...
merry xmas everybody

merry? xmas?

A Santa Claus tries to inspire holidy spirit (Photo: AFP)

where are you dad ....???

01-02-2001
dad you were always right
dad you were always predicting....
you were always right

i digged some of my late father's work done in 2000 & 2001
i leave you enjoy it ...
and invite u to see his galleries on:

his personal site
his gallery in aawsat

here is a taster of Mahmoud Kahil's genius...


12-11-2000
translation: (no where to land)

13-03-2001translation:
(boat- lebanese economy, one lebanese guy saying:
the syrians are leaving, the other saying they are staying)
-4 years before hariri's death and the syrians leaving-

Politics In Lebanon

a good read through all different previous and modern agreements , taken from the dailystar site

The Balfour Declaration 11/2/1917

Lebanon Constitution 5/23/1926

Protection of Holy Places Law 6/27/1967

The Trio-Party Agreement 12/28/1985

Al Taèff Agreement 11/4/1989

The seven-point plan, 2006 8/3/2006

The Lebanese Road / street/ people....

by amjad rasmy

akh ya loubnan

by sahar bourhan

US Financed Israel Bombing of Lebanon: Putin reported 'furious' over US payment for Lebanon war

Reports from the Kremlin today are portraying President Putin as being 'furious' with the American War Leader Bush over his breaking of a promise to the Russian President to not provide US funding to the Israelis for their Lebanese War. Less than 3 weeks after making this promise the United States used a little known provision in their security agreements with Israel to fully pay for the war, and as we can read as reported by Israel's Ynet News Service in their article titled "US to double emergency equipment stored in Israel", and which says:

"The American Congress gave Israel financial and security encouragement when the Senate and the House of Representatives gave their approval to double the emergency equipment the United States stores in Israeli stockpiles. Within the next two years the American(cont'd)

The March to War: Political Crises in Lebanon and Palestine

Lebanon and Palestine are both unique lands on the shores of the Eastern Mediterranean and within the Levant; they are two ancient lands that have seen great armies and navies come and go in the course of history. Under various names and identities, both Lebanon and Palestine have seen more than their share of bloodshed and violence as different groups, interests, and entities have sought in the course of history to take control of their lands.

The populations of Lebanon and Palestine are now deep-rooted in a struggle within a broader geopolitical context that goes beyond the borders of their respective territories; one with far-reaching consequences.

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Israel's "New Middle East"

Tanya Reinhart demonstrates that Israel's real aim in Lebanon is to establish the Litani River as its natural border. To realize this, it will first destroy Lebanon, then install a puppet regime and, finally, annex southern Lebanon.

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The War on Lebanon and the Battle for Oil

by Michel Chossudovsky

Global Research, July 26, 2006

Is there a relationship between the bombing of Lebanon and the inauguration of the World's largest strategic pipeline, which will channel more than a million barrels of oil a day to Western markets?

Virtually unnoticed, the inauguration of the Ceyhan-Tblisi-Baku (BTC) oil pipeline, which links the Caspian sea to the Eastern Mediterranean, took place on the 13th of July, at the very outset of the Israeli sponsored bombings of Lebanon.

wanna read more??

FISK QUITE GOOD TODAY

Robert Fisk: Who's running Lebanon?

Devastated by Israel's bombs, threatened by the looming might of Iran and Syria, and divided from within by its own ethnic bloodletting - Lebanon is an unfolding tragedy with little hope of salvation. As the nation rushes headlong towards civil war, Robert Fisk, who has lived in Beirut for 30 years, picks through the city's wreckage to identify the agitators, military leaders and politicians who now wield the real power

Eau de Javel By Mazen Kerbaj

orange / tayyar
green / amal
blue / mustakbal
yellow / hizbullah
red & white / 14th of march
black / mourning

"and i am living on javel water"
(eau de javel: he means bleach!)

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i haven't been posting because i am speechless of what is happening
once i put my thoughts together u will hear from me again
hope lebanon gets decent festivities for a change ....

sad truth of a dysfuntional community

And it's such a surreal scene:
downtown --> Demonstration
Biel --> Fairuz Play
Gemmayzeh --> night life
And on saturday: MARATHON!!!!

a message from beirut ... thanks sousse ...

Text Message Calls Lebanon Protest 'Open Zoo'

this is so sad and pathetic... this is lower than i expected things will go ... now there are two kids killed barely 20 years old during night riots, shops are being burnt in some the lebanese suburbs ... it is so sad ....

very very sad ...

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Beirut, Lebanon (AHN) - Supporters of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's government have begun a campaign to discredit the masses demonstrating near the PM's office in downtown Beirut. Text messages were disseminated across the nation on Sunday to March 14 Forces - the coalition led by Siniora - suspected supporters.

"Visit our new OPEN ZOO in Riad el Soloh [downtown Beirut where the demonstration is located] for FREE; be aware they eat people," the text message read.

"The disdain for the poor and the Shia by the elite of Beirut and Lebanon who support the March 14 coalition can be seen in this text message," Sean C. Lee, an American analyst in Beirut told AHN news.

"Last year's independence intifada [Cedar Revolution] was seen as a democratic revolution, but now, some of these same people who participated in those protests view the demonstration in downtown as a freakshow," Lee added.

It is unknown how many Lebanese and foreign customers received the message, but it highlights the already tense political situation facing the nation.

The demonstration led by Hezbollah, the leading Shiite party, and the Free Patriotic Movement, a Christian party led by Michel Aoun, will enter its third consecutive night and protesters are adamant that they will stay in their tent city until Siniora steps down.

Beirut protests keep pressure on

Marathon

Despite the protests, several hundred runners took to the streets of Beirut for Lebanon's annual marathon.

The organisers said the route had been changed slightly, and police and soldiers were deployed along the route.

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Nobody will silence lebanon

Protesters set up camp in Beirut

Protesters set up camp in Beirut

Demonstrators waved red and white Lebanese flags

Thousand of supporters of Hezbollah and its pro-Syrian allies in Lebanon have spent the night camped out in Beirut, to protest against the government.

Demonstrators slept in tents outside the office of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, who they say is hostile to Syria and must resign.

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tonight's camp for the coup

walla libnein haram...
haram the people of lebanon
pity the nation of such a great country
it is enough ... we r tired...
everybody is ...
there should be a solution...
is this democracy?
is march 14 democracy?
what is democracy?
why is there democracy ?
SAD
SAD
SAD
SAD
SAD

have happy holidays people...

Government will stay 'calm' - Jumblatt

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Lebanon's dueling demonstrations are no substitute for dialogue

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