LIFE AS AN ARAB: LEBANON

FINALLY FREE

Basil Dudin (basildudin@gmail.com) — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 00:43:00 GMT

And finally justice said its word and one can say long live media free of opression and bureaucracy. Two days earlier, NEW TV crew consisting of correspondent Firas Hatoum and cameramen Abed Khayyat and Mohammed Barbar were freed. Just would like to take this opportunity and congratulate these youngmen for their courage and wish them more and more success in the revelation of the truth at all times... [read more]

FREEDOM FOR FIRAS MOHAMMED AND ABED

Basil Dudin (basildudin@gmail.com) — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 07:05:29 GMT

It has been 40 days since authorities have held New TV's correspondant Firas Hatoum and News crew members Abed Khayyat and Mohammed Barbar on alledged charges of breaking into the appartment of Syrian soul witness on the assassination of the late Lebanese PM Rafic Hariri Mohammed Zuheir Siddique. It is really a shame that free media, particularly from a new generation of young journalists, is... [read more]

THE LEGENDARY FAIROUZ BACK IN SAH ENNAWM

Basil Dudin (basildudin@gmail.com) — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 17:17:40 GMT

Always charming warm simple and proud, queen Fairouz, our ambassador to the stars recently enlivened her old song play SAH ENNAWM (hope you had a good sleep) at the Biel forum in Beirut. She appeared as active and as enthusiatic about the play as the old days and of course the best voice ever. From the video excrept, aired on LBCI, the audience was more than full and were all interacting... [read more]

NO BODY ANSWERS (MA HADA RADD)

Basil Dudin (basildudin@gmail.com) — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 04:28:55 GMT

When this singer first appeared on Melody Hits TV I thought that she had a good voice however her first two songs ALA TOOL and NAFESH REESHAK were not up to my expectations given my special taste for music that is confined to Fairouz, Majda El-Roumi and Julia Petrus. Yet this song produced during the aggression on Lebanon has really added Karina Eid (aka KARINA) to my tops list. Her voice... [read more]

WHEN ARE WE GOING TO BECOME LEBANESE

Basil Dudin (basildudin@gmail.com) — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 15:40:20 GMT

A great and outstanding video reflecting the sectarian divisions amongst the Lebanese youth and asking the great question WHEN ARE WE GOING TO BECOME LEBANESE? Although this message is from Lebanon to Lebanon yet in the light of the current situation I feel it should be a message to all of us asking WHEN ARE WE GOING TO BECOME ARABS? [read more]