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LBC’s Cheyef 7alak Tackles Serious Problems with Humor
It’s about time Lebanese mainstream media leveraged their power to promote social change in Lebanon. LBC’s Cheyef 7alak is a new initiative that is actively utilizing social media to encourage (well, by first embarrassing) respect among citizens in Lebanon.
One of their categories is about traffic. We’ve all been there. Their video and photo galleries poke fun at our weird attitudes towards driving. I’m not sure if they are aware of it, but they’re also critiquing the link between masculinity and road rage, which is a terrific thing!
Their most popular campaign to date has been about the simple courtesy of standing in line (a rare phenomenon in Lebanon) and their latest is about corruption. Check out the video below and follow them on Facebook and Twitter to engage!
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Law to Protect Women from Family Violence Faces Horrible Distortions
about 1 day ago - 1 comment
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Rest in Peace, Myriam Achkar
about 2 months ago - 104 comments
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about 4 months ago - No comments
Something has started to really piss me off in the twittersphere lately. Lebanese tweeps are taking on tweeting for companies or groups or (pseudo-)celebrities and don’t reveal the identity of the actual person tweeting. For example, I recently found out that the person handling the @Zaven_K account is not really Zaven (dunno why I was
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about 6 months ago - 5 comments
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about 6 months ago - 10 comments
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Christian Thought & Secularism
about 7 months ago - No comments
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about 8 months ago - No comments
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about 8 months ago - 4 comments
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New Resource: Lebanese Center for Policy Studies
about 8 months ago - No comments
Here’s another new resource I came across following my discovery of the Legal Agenda last month. The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies has launched a newsletter which will serve as a regular mean of communicating LCPS policy research activities and outputs. In each issue, we will provide our readers with a brief synopsis about our
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about 8 months ago - 6 comments
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