I was fortunate enough to attend an early viewing of one of the episodes from the captivating limited series, “Ghosts of Beirut,” courtesy of Showtime, at a movie theater in Washington, DC this week. The previewed episode was the third of the series, in which the elusive “Radwan,” or Imad…

Sarde had me hooked from the get-go, and let me tell you, it’s not just because Mouin and I go way back, or the fact that Medea has been in my ride-or-die close circle for the past few years. As Sarde’s inaugural non-host guest, I found myself caught in the…

I’m going to cut down on it — I haven’t touched my Instagram account much since October 3, 2022. It was fresh off my account’s third suspension since 2019. I thought, I need to cool all that heat off of the account. Four weeks later, when I was dipping my toe to doom-scroll a bit (still not posting)…

I didn’t want to write this piece. I’m close to at least six of the 13 MPs. I’ve known them for years. I’ve worked alongside some, was a student under others and campaigned for a few of them over more than one election. Almost six extremely disappointing months into their…

In the run-up to the 2022 Lebanese parliamentary elections, I started a 15-episode podcast series where I tried to showcase candidates I believed in and endorsed. I felt the impact of these long-form, measured and less bombastic (than IG stories) podcast episodes was impressive, and I enjoyed recording them. After…

You’re hanging out with friends, and one of you is wearing an Adidas hoodie. The iconic trefoil logo has an extra knot though. A quatrefoil, if you will. You wittily quip “when you get Adidas, but from Ali Express!” …

Over the years, I’ve teamed up with QS International for their fantastic graduate studies events in Lebanon, the UAE and Egypt. This time we’re giving extra attention to Dubai, given so many of my readers have moved there in the past couple of years. Embarking on a new life in…

To cut to the chase, it’s their obsession with the 2005-era March 14 vs March 8 alliance. Those of you too young back then or unfamiliar with that toxic dichotomy, Lebanon was occupied by Assad forces for three decades. After Hezbollah and Assad assassinated Rafik Hariri in 2005, mass protests…

After an astounding performance in the parliamentary elections for change-makers, it’s time to actually govern — This article was originally published on NOW LEBANON There are plenty of moments in Lebanon’s history one can point to as a harbinger for what unfolded on October 17, 2019. It could be the 2005 “Cedar Revolution” for some, although I’d beg to differ. …