Tag Archives: arabic

The language dilemma

By maya zankoul | Published: Tuesday, March 2, 2010 | 29 Comments
The latest post on BeirutSpring blog reminded me of a [very sweet] message I received by email from a reader. It read: “Dear Maya, I drew something about *your blog*, I hope you like it even though it’s a criticism  I spent a lot of time on it… It’s not good enough, but I tossed the [...]
Posted in Social | Also tagged english, languages, lost in translation | 29 Comments

Defining Entrepreneurship #2

By maya zankoul | Published: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 | 10 Comments
. . . . . . . . [NB: This post (& the previous one) are criticizing the way the  concept of "entrepreneurship" has been overused & abused on the web lately, in the Arab world specifically. Yet it does not deny in any way the existence of  "true entrepreneurs" who work/have worked very hard [...]
Posted in Social | Also tagged abuse, business card, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial, entrepreneurship, gadget, green, idea, iPad, iphone, mark zuckerberg, Music, singer, social, startup, tech, Technology, web | 10 Comments

Sunday updates

By maya zankoul | Published: Sunday, February 7, 2010 | 9 Comments
No comic today: it’s Sunday. Instead, here are the latest TV interviews I participated to this week (yes I know it’s weird, 2 interviews in the same week!) The first was on BBC Arabic, and was about the blogging experience in Lebanon compared to other Arab countries. Here it is: For the full episode, check [...]
Posted in Media | Also tagged bbc, beirut, blogging, Lebanon, MTV | 9 Comments
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