I sit at an overtly gay house.
I see women who babble on about a revolution and I smirk.
I see women bonding together into a group hug and I cringe.
I remain in a bubble of egocentrism and enjoy an abundance
of personal theories on human behavior. Not mine obviously,
I am almost clueless in that area. I [...]

Ex minister Nayla Moawad (brunette) and ex MP Solange Gemayel (blondie) share an affinity for free sweets.

I am on a mission! I am on a mission to a healthier nutrition style! For now… and it’s begun to crumble.. but that’s a minute detail. As I invaded the supermarket, late at night, in the search for healthy alternatives to my carb-based breakfasts, I stopped at the cereal aisle, attracted more by the [...]

“We’re still gonna be friends, right?”
Riiight….Shoot me!
Feel free to start a “natural” disaster fund by collecting a single US dollar for every time you believed in your heart that was actually going to come true. The Haitians will laugh at you, but they’ll gladly accept the help.
Let’s not relish on the drama. You meet a [...]

My best friend who hates malls more than death finally succumbed to the fact that he needed new outfits for work, so he dragged me along for his shopping spree. We wandered around the kid-ridden mall, moving from one shop to another as I browsed through the men’s and women’s section in every store I [...]

- Red Chewing Gum, Akram Zaatari, fiction,  2000, 11’
A video letter that tells a story of separation between two men, set within the context of the changing Hamra, a formerly booming commercial center. The video looks at image-making in relationship to consumption and the possession of desired subjects. It examines issues of desire and power, [...]

Counting down the Top 10 Lebanese gay hangouts of the past decade!
10- T-Marbouta- Hamra
Not your average gay hangout, but this café/pub gets honorable mention for being queer- and feminist-friendly since its opening in 2006. T-Marbouta is unique in the work space it offers for meetings, lectures, movie screenings, parties, and a library. A pleasant and [...]

Over the past few years, more public exposure has been given to gay characters in Lebanese music videos. Here are a few for our records:
5- Karina – Nafesh Rishak نافش ريشك (Natasha Nohra)
A young woman disses her conceited boyfriend and her close friends: another young woman and a flamboyantly gay man. The video depicts a [...]