An open letter to MTV Lebanon
Dear MTV Lebanon, Your popular TV show Ktir Salbeh has recently been airing skits that ridicule a number of minorities, be they domestic workers, Palestinians, or gay people. In an episode that aired...
View ArticleSome answers to the MTV letter (but not from MTV)
While there’s still no word from MTV on the letter, the number of people who have contacted me in one way or another to show support has been incredible. I’ve gotten messages from close friends,...
View ArticleMTV answers
(If you have no idea what this is all about, read this: http://ohmyhappiness.com/2012/02/24/an-open-letter-to-mtv-lebanon/) I got a phone call from a guy that works at MTV. He said that Michel el Murr...
View ArticleJokes and murders
Early Wednesday morning, Alem Dechasa, an Ethiopian domestic worker in Lebanon, used her bed sheets to hang herself in her room in the hospital where she was taken 3 weeks ago, after her boss had...
View ArticleThe Saida War in Pictures
A fierce battle broke out between Salafists, led by Ahmed Al Assir, and the Lebanese Army on June 23, 2013. The battle left over 20 dead, and hundreds injured, all the while further increased tensions...
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