Only in Lebanon …
do people wear suits for breakfast and four inch heels to visit ruins.
do people have conversations in French while attending an English-language university even though their first language is Arabic.
do people use French, Arabic and English words as part of a routine sentence eg. MerÇi Ktir, bye.
is everyone you meet related to [...]

April 18, 1996. Sunday Easter day… Humanity was celebrating life, joy and happiness. Children of the world were happy; some were egg hunting, which we don’t have in our culture, eating their chocolate easter bunny, going to church with their parents celebrating life…  Besides these activities, Lebanese children were competing to see whose egg is [...]

A question that tortures me in every calamity that happens back home.�
Rationally, I know the answer:
-       We are temporarily living here (outside our country) for career growth, skills development & sharing of knowledge. Unfortunately, such exposure is not accessible for most of us inside Lebanon.
-       To build a global expertise – Global is a [...]

What is there to say about the Lebanese community abroad to the Lebanese community abroad these days?   Well first of all, let’s start with: hope you’ve all had happy and healthy holidays these past couple of months.   Of course, that’s just words. Except, I, of course, mean it.  What about the words we hear every [...]

Greetings Cedar Timers! Feels long to me since we last communicated! December and festivities and people busy packing. Some decided to go home and share the spirit with families and friends. Some decided to spend holidays elsewhere. And some others thought they were already home!
Well yes, they only thought so. Why? Unfortunately, they were [...]

Voting is not only a citizen’s right, but it is also one of his most important duties towards his country. That is what we learn in the few civic education lessons we get as students. While growing up, we realize that it is the means through which we can make our voice heard and make [...]

The ability to consider and care for others as well as for oneself may be considered the peak of an individual’s development. It is manifested in the way societies support their members or communities and govern their countries.
This article is a “peep” of this selfless regard for the wellbeing of others, which is termed civic [...]

5.30 AM, my eyes are sore from watching TV all night long….but history is being made; There is no time to blink: Wolf Blitzer, of CNN, is on air and announces what many were waiting for: Senator Barak Obama is the President-Elect of the United States of America.
Everyone’s jumping with joy, dozens of Black journalists [...]