Author: SAL
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Le Trio Joubran
Last night at the Beirut Music Hall, a band by the name of Le Trio Joubran quite literally mesmerised, hypnotised and captivated everyone including myself. The 3 brothers from Palestine played their Ouds in a way I had never seen before and conjured in me a vivid past life as I closed my eyes and…
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Stop Solidere – The battle between Hariri’s Solidere and El Khoury’s Saint George Hotel
One of the nicest new developments in Beirut in the last few years is Zaitunay Bay, the marina area of Solidere that has replaced the old Normandy garbage landfill used during the civil war. Many tourists and locals are visiting this Marina for the many great restaurants and hang outs that have opened there. While visiting…
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Transhumanism
Since Elon Musk’s viral comments over Killer Robots the last couple of days, I’ve been reading up and have come across some interesting info. I’d read a while back the Wired cover feature ‘Why the future doesn’t need us‘ but it was interesting to re-read on this subject. While googling I came across this video…
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Bulworth – Warren Beatty
Voluntary free spirited open ended program of procreative racial deconstruction
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Sporting Club, Beirut, Lebanon
My favourite of all the Beirut Beach Clubs, Sporting at the furthest Westerly point of Beirut.
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Guarulhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
The city of Guarulhos is a flower waiting to blossom.
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AWS Summit 2014 Sao Paulo
The AWS Summit in Sao Paulo was an eye opened on many fronts.
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Open your eyes and look within
Are you satisfied with the life you’re living? From the great Bob Marley Exodus track. So much meaning it’s difficult to come to any conclusions about what is actually intended in these words. Having read my fare share about the Rastarian way of life I think the fundamental message is clear: Open your eyes means…
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Similarities and differences between the Lebanese and the Swiss
Having just returned from Switzerland, I thought it interesting to do a comparison between the Lebanese and the Swiss, after all, Lebanon was considered the Switzerland of the Middle East, right ? Apart from the obvious differences in Size, Government, Religions, etc, I did find many similarities. Perhaps misguided from being a proud Lebanese dreaming…