Archive for the 'Analysis' Category
From the lack of local blogs mentioning this, I’d like to share some not well circulated news concerning the Middle East with the circle.
Recently news have been pouring concerning the Middle East pointing to a big change in policy for Israel and it’s increasingly uncomfortable position, what no one expected was, secret talks with Russia. [...]
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Tags: Iran, Israel, Russia, Syria
Ideology… takes decades to refine.
Forgive my bluntness, as a bias observer only to the Christian seats in the Metn Area, more precisely one seat, actually it’s the difference in number of votes. I really don’t care what the other goons are doing, they’re lowering the standard of what to expect. Also, I have stated my predictions as [...]
Filed under: Analysis, Lebanese 2009 Elections, Plain Talking | 1 Comment
Tags: Catholics, Christians, culture, customs, Hezbollah, ideology, Lebanese Christians, Maronites, Orthodox, Shiites
Dance monkeys, dance
Nothing inspires me to put this among this circle than a deep conviction of a well worth viral.
Filed under: Analysis, Inner Circle Ethics, Video | 2 Comments
Tags: self-awareness
Within this labored recovery, tourism forecasts had a history of being rather unreliable in Lebanon and expectations for massive growth in inbound tourism have been hyped repeatedly beyond what proved possible over the years.
Expectations of finally breaking the 2 million mark sometimes looked genuine such as in 2006 when 460,000 visitors were counted in the [...]
Filed under: Aggregated, Analysis, Lebanese Expatriates | 1 Comment
Tags: 2009, Tourism, tourists, visitors
“Zay Ma Hiyy… wil sama zar’ka”
The Future Movement of Saad el Hariri has a great political consulting firm, which coined the term and humorously used by Sayed Nasrallah in a recent speech. A battle of creative campaigns in Lebanon are taking toll, this year being the most expensive and organized campaigns in Lebanon’s history; The Change & Reform block and the Future Movement have stood [...]
Filed under: Analysis, Lebanese 2009 Elections | 2 Comments
Tags: political consulting firm
I post this to the people who won’t be forwarded by this, since I am sure this is making more its viral among Jews, Christians and Islamophobes.
[Watch First] Not sure what to make of it. The producers make it sound as if it’s bad. Who says how the world is now – [...]
Filed under: Analysis, Inner Circle Ethics, World Affairs | 4 Comments
Tags: identity, Islam, Islamophobia, Muslim demographics
It is only a few weeks since Barack Obama’s arrival in the White House was hailed across the Arab world as a time of rare hope and promise.
Expectations were always exaggerated – in part because of the sheer relief that the Bush years were finally over. Still, there have already been some memorable moments: the new [...]
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Tags: American Middle East Policy, Obama
