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Deconstructing the ‘Lebanese bimbo’

Deconstructing the ‘Lebanese bimbo’

Women have long been stereotyped as blank bimbos or kitchen cleaners in Lebanese advertising. Industry watchers say this is gradually changing, but few are clamoring for liberation, says Communicate magazine.

June 3, 2009 9:13
 
Mind your language, says Israel

Mind your language, says Israel

King Abdullah of Jordan warns against a new conflict within 12 to 18 months if peace isn’t brokered soon Israel takes offence in the wording.

May 13, 2009 11:31
 
Quit the kissing habit

Quit the kissing habit

Lebanon’s health minister warns the public against kissing hello.

April 29, 2009 4:36
 
Beirut’s Cedar Island delayed

Beirut’s Cedar Island delayed

Construction of the controversial Cedar Island in Lebanon will be delayed until after the nation holds its elections.

April 27, 2009 12:11
 
Lebanon’s homecoming headache

Lebanon’s homecoming headache

Lebanon prides itself for not being affected by the financial crisis. But what about all the people flocking back home and unable to find jobs?

April 21, 2009 3:11
 
Breaking taboos and freeing your ‘Jasad’

Breaking taboos and freeing your ‘Jasad’

Jasad Magazine has the Arab media world up in arms. Is the region ready for a risqué publication?

April 2, 2009 9:42
 
Lebanon in denial, Part II

Lebanon in denial, Part II

Lebanon seems to think it has successfully avoided the global recession, but it’s not out of the woods yet, Part II.

February 4, 2009 8:55
 
Lebanon in denial, Part I.

Lebanon in denial, Part I.

Click here to read Part II. In south Lebanon, the builder Ibrahim Mortada is not convinced by claims from Lebanon’s…

February 3, 2009 12:36
 
Is that island shaped like a cedar tree?

Is that island shaped like a cedar tree?

Yes, it is. And it may be built in Lebanon, the land of cedars.

January 28, 2009 2:20
 
Little nation, big debt

Little nation, big debt

Privatization of public companies may be Lebanon’s answer to settling its mounting debt

January 27, 2009 1:40
 
Another one bites the dust

Another one bites the dust

The Daily Star, Lebanon’s only English-language newspaper, faces bankruptcy.

January 26, 2009 10:59
 
Playboy, good; Sinatra, bad: Lebanon’s take on free speech

Playboy, good; Sinatra, bad: Lebanon’s take on free speech

The Arab world might be notorious for its censorship, but in Lebanon freedom of speech is alive and well. Or at least a Middle East equivalent of the term.

August 11, 2008 7:31