Author: Maya Zankoul

  • Mall revelation

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    To be continued tomorrow…

     

    Hello my darlings, I’ve been very slow in posting I’m sorry! but i need to catch up on a LOT of work + I’m preparing some X-filed surprises that I will tell you about hopefully soon!!! Ramadan Kareem to all concerned, didn’t have a chance to ‘3ayyedkon’ before. So this is the first part of the revelation, we’ll see tomorrow how the story unfolds 😛 Until then, have a lovely day! 🙂 (and to those of you who are not in Leb, the car on the wall of the mall is really there, it’s an ad, very creative one!)

  • Amalgam in Al Akhbar newspaper

    Thank you Rita for this article!

    http://www.al-akhbar.com/ar/node/153341

  • Marketing strategy

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    I was able to catch another SCOOP of the book in Virgin in the Comics (BD = bandes dessinées) section! Terrible photo quality, but I had to do it very fast 😛 Here you are (but don’t tell anyone! 😛 ) I’m still receiving messages/e-mails about where the book can be found: it can be found in Virgin Megastore (Downtown, ABC Ashrafieh, City Mall Airport) and Libraire Antoine across Leb.

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  • Book Signing on Rotana News

    Rotana’s latest news sequence featured a report about the book signing on 18/08/2009. Thank you for the coverage!

    [youtube = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvPW5hvRbKM&feature=channel]

  • Event report on Future TV

    Future TV morning news broadcasted a report about the book signing on Sunday morning 16/08/2009. I was so happy to see all of you! Thank you for making the event so successful, and thank you Tania for the report!

    [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgBvmrrIZro]

  • Road priority

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    I know Jounieh very well and therefore don’t need road signs to know directions. But let’s suppose someone is in Lebanon for the first time, and needs to know whether this road is the highway, or an exit, or a bridge, or a closed road. How can they know? As I was stuck in traffic yesterday, I noticed for the first time a small shy sign saying that the highway ends here on the zouk turn. Poor, poor sign! No one will ever see it behind all the ‘laser epilation’ and ‘super night clubs’ signs! There should be SERIOUS quotas for promotional signage… Or at least some sense of structure… Let’s hope this will happen one day! 🙂

  • Stop the referee

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    It’s not the first time Lebanon loses a basketball game. And it’s not the first time that we “accuse the other of cheating”. Yet, it is the first that the cheating accusation is valid. Watching the game from an objective point of view, it is impossible not to notice how the referees were biased. It is sad, because this was a chance for the Lebanese basketball team – that I have been following for oh so many years now – to excel and prove its strength. The situation reminded me of the story of the boy who cried ‘wolf!’ In fact, the Lebanese tend to use the “the other cheated” excuse in all kinds of situations, be it in sports, politics, you name it. Click here for the story of the boy who cried ‘wolf’. And talking about wolves, a friend linked to Shakira’s new video clip “She wolf” on Facebook. What exactly does she think she’s doing? Oh God what pop singers would do to get attention! With all those thoughts, I wish you all a great week 🙂 See you soon!

  • Book Signing event on Future TV & Rotana TV

    Future TV | 16/08/2009 | 8:00-9:00 am

    If you can wake up early on Sundays, check out a report about the event on Future TV, (& Future News channel) tomorrow, August 16th, between 8:00 am and 9:00 am, in their morning news sequence. If you talked to the camera during the event, you will get to see yourselves 🙂 

    Rotana TV | 18/08/2009 | 8:30 pm – 11:00 pm – 3:00 am – 10:00 am (the next of course)

    Rotana will also add a report about the event in their news section, Tuesday, August 18th, at the times specified above.

  • Event photos

    As I promised you, I am adding a (very small) selection of images from the book signing! Click here for the public Facebook album. I hope this gives a general idea of how beautiful you guys made this event! + scroll down for a small-exclusive-top-secret-very-special image of the book in VIRGIN MEGASTORE DOWNTOWN!! 🙂 (you all know taking photos in Virgin is not allowed right? :P) Yes, yes, the book is officially in Virgin Megastore and Librairie Antoine all over Lebanon so run now to the closest bookstore and check it out!

    Posters, cookies & projection
    Posters, cookies & projection

     

     

    Izo, Elissar, and other posters
    Izo, Elissar, and other posters

     

     

    Book dedication in process
    Book dedication in process

     

     

    Friends gathering

    Friends gathering

     

     

    Reading the book
    Reading the book

     

     

     

    Beautiful crowd
    Beautiful crowd

     

     

    Friends gathering
    Friends gathering

     

     

    Zawyans gathering
    Zawyans gathering

     

     

    Signing a book
    Signing a book

     

     

    Checking out the posters
    Checking out the posters

     

     

     

    And for the FINALE…………………… 🙂

     

     

     

    Maya Zankoul's Amalgam in Virgin Megastore, Beirut Downtown
    Maya Zankoul's Amalgam in Virgin Megastore, Beirut Downtown

     

     

     

     With this, I wish you all a lovely weekend, see you Monday! 🙂

  • Maya's Amalgam book in The Daily Star

    Thank you Chris for the lovely interview! 🙂 You can check it on the link below.

    http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=4&Article_id=105210

  • Event posters

    Hello everyone! Let me start by thanking every single one of you who was at the event, and who made it special and fantastic! I really couldn’t have wished for it to go better… To those who couldn’t make it, worry not for I will upload pictures of all the details 😀

    While I’m uploading the pics on Facebook first, I’ll start by adding a series of 11 posters that I designed for the event, to animate the room, and entertain the people waiting for their copy to be signed. As I promised you (since many of you were too lazy to photograph them), I am adding them here! Enjoy 🙂

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    Photos tomorrow! 🙂 Have a great day!

     

  • Altico

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    Don’t worry I got it all under control now and my fingers have ben safely unglued 🙂

    SEE YOU TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So excited!