Brigadier Wissam al-Hassan was born in 1965 in the village of Betwartij, Koura, North of Lebanon, a married man and a father of two boys. He enrolled in the security service in 1983 as a student lieutenant, and moved up the ranks until he was assassinated as a General. After his death he was promoted to the rank of Brigidier, a rank that he had … Continue reading Another Car Bomb Another Mysterious Assassination
Khat Thaleth'(third line) musical collective: MCs and DJs performed another gig On Sunday October 7th, the release of their promo CD, the Third Line train of lyrics at Metro Al Madeena Beirut. The train of lyrics, hosted by MC Al-Sayyed Darwish, featured: Katibeh 5, a Hip-hop crew from Borj al-Barajneh Palestinian refugee camp; Touffar , a double act from the peripheries of the rugged mountains … Continue reading Arab Hip-Hop Artists: Warriors Of Creative Lyrics In The Battle Of Narratives
On Wednesday The Syndicate Coordination Committee marched in protest from the Ministry of Education UNESCO towards the Grand Serail downtown Beirut. The SCC promised to paralyse the country if the cabinet failed to refer the new wages scale draft law to the parliament during a session expected to be held at the Baabda Palace. SCC protest passed by Sanayeh near the headquarters of … Continue reading Syndicate Coordination Committee demonstrates in Riad El Solh Square: #Lebanon
My comment piece for this month in Executive magazine. A new ‘commodity’ emerges from civil war By Moe Ali Nayel on October 01, 2012 “I’m sheltering 20 women,” said Um Mohammad. A veiled woman in her 50s, she had sought me out at the refugee relief center I was visiting in Tripoli and asked to have a quiet word. “These women are widows, sisters and daughters … Continue reading Girls for sale
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