About Moussa Bashir
I live in Beirut (Lebanon) where I work as a physics teacher. I'm married and blessed with two kids. My blog: UrShalim
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Stories
December 30th, 2008
Lebanon: Solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza
“In Gaza There is a Boy Standing and Waiting to go to Sleep” these are the words that Mazen Kerbaj chose to summarize the situation in Gaza in one of his cartoons. Taking a second look, the cartoon seems to say: “In Gaza There is a Boy Standing and Waiting ...
December 26th, 2008
Middle East & North Africa
“After nearly 3 years of work, The Jews of Lebanon Blog will close … I started this site possibly as a naive college student trying to relive the nostalgia of his parents’ memories in Lebanon but today it’s much more than that.” The blogger explains that the work will continue on the website of the Lebanese Jewish Community Council in Beirut.
Middle East & North Africa
Sursock posts about Lebanon's current plan to abolish the death penalty and a brief history of the activism that lead to this decision.
November 2nd, 2008
Middle East & North Africa
“It’s exciting that I can finally see the Maps of Lebanon, even the small village where I live got a label!” notes Elie El Khoury about Google Maps adding Lebanese maps with labels.
Middle East & North Africa
“Valet dude takes the car and parks it 2 meters away, they don't even let you park it yourself in some restaurants, they confiscate all parking spots by placing these yellow thingies, either you have to go park it back in your house or give it to them,” explains Liliane about the Lebanese laziness and dependency on valet parking.
Middle East & North Africa
“Mathematics is extracted from the physical world but refined by the human mind and then employed in the physical world in ways that are useful to the physical world … Mathematics lies in the human brain,” writes Lebanese Inner Circle, quoting Sir Michael F. Atiyah, renowned mathematician and Abel prize winner, in a post about Atiyah's lecture at the American University of Beirut.
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