west threatened by scientists in the east?

BBC News - Iran car explosion kills nuclear scientist in Tehran

Can you imagine, the ex-colonies being as armed, as technologically advanced as their old colonizers? Sure Iran could become as damaging as the current Saudi American alliance, which props banana republics throughout the middle east. However, right now the damage comes from the unchecked Saudi-American power.  That's the more scary thing, countries that are armed and unchallenged, not when there is a balance of power. Of course the ideal balance is when no one has nuclear weapons.

garbage turned to treasure in Beirut

TEDxBeirut - Ziad Abichaker - A garbage love story - YouTube

and Lebanese hipsters come up with a brilliant anti-littering campaign
http://www.aub.edu.lb/news/2012/Pages/metel-ma-shelta.aspx

Egyptians celebrate the new year, Christians and Muslims

‫مسيرة بالشموع من كنيسة قصر الدوبارة إلي ميدان التحرير‬‎ - YouTube

This is how Arabs respond when colonizers try to manipulate them into civil wars. They say no thanks.

will green roofs cover Beirut?

Beirut’s Rooftop Revolution (INTERVIEW) | Green Prophet

Lebanese women athletes shine in olympic games

Lebanese women put Lebanon on the sports map by winning most of Lebanon's gold medal in Doha

Golden Lebanese Girls, the Lebanese Women Basketball National Team and the Sprinter Gretta Taslakian, all Golden winners in the Panarab Games came home Dec 20th, 2011.

In Arab fencing Mona Shaito won 5 gold medals, and beats Tunisian Ines Bubakri 15-7 in the Final.

The Lebanese Women Basketball Team beat Qatar 72-34 and won the Gold Medal.

Katya Bachrouche won 4 Gold medals in the Pan Arabic games beating Moroccan Sara El Bekri (2:17:24) and Tunisian Sarra Lajnef (2:18:91).
By Dec 22nd it was 7 Gold medals for Lebanon, 4 of them alone from Bachrouche, and all of them won by our Women.


Female athletes pave the way for Lebanon at Olympics.

At the 2012 Olympics, the Lebanese delegation is made of 7 women and 3 men athletes. 

Syria: monitors will see that there are terrorist groups in Syria

BBC News - Syria signs Arab League deal to allow in monitors

why Lebanon is the role model of democracy

Lebanon is still the liberal country of the middle east, but we have high hopes in Egyptian liberals

Islamists pursue gains in Egypt's phased election | Reuters