Tag: beirut

  • New Book: Beirut – New York

    This is the story of how my upcoming book “Beirut – New York” came to be.

    maya zankoul new book announcement: beirut - new york

    From Beirut to New York

    Last summer, I took a vacation and traveled from Beirut to New York City. While the trip provided a much needed time out, the blow of coming back to everyday life in Beirut weighed on me.

    My post-vacation blues got me wondering what makes certain cities more desirable than others.

    Unexpectedly, I started noticing similarities between these highly incompatible cities: Beirut and New York City. (more…)

  • Happy New Year 2011!

    Thank you all for making 2010 a beautiful and successful year for this blog, and for me! Love you loads!!!

    Happy New Year

  • Christmas Lights

    I've been thinking about Christmas lights...

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  • Streetiquette – a Quiz & a Competition!

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  • Talk of the Town!

    Hello guys! I missed you the past few days. I want to share with you this drawing I did during my participation to Talk of the Town show on MTV. It”s a parody of their TV ad that has been running, that you can watch here.

    The show will be aired tonight, Thu 25 November, at 9:15PM Beirut time. You can also check it out . The shooting took 6 painful hours and I”m anxious about the outcome… We”ll see how it goes this evening…

    Until then, here”s 2 delightful songs for you. “Strawberry Fields Forever” & “Here comes the sun” from the Beatles” Love album. Have a beautiful day 🙂

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    18 Here Comes The Sun_The Inner Light [Transition]Thank you Hayete for the songs!

  • Let’s run!

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    Who said laziness was bad? It’s the attitude that matters! I watched part of the marathon (and its sponsors) yesterday, in support of finding a solution to the causes of drugs and corrupt politicians :-). Other than that, I hope you had a great weekend.

    Check out this lovely drawing I got from Elena Sabbagh. Thank you Elena!! 🙂

    Have a great day! 🙂

    15 On The Street Where You Live

  • Once upon a parking spot

    I don't have a place to park, beggar sign

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    help me, the place i usually park in has closed.

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    i spent days, nights, weeks searching for a space to park

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    too late to park here, already full!

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    too expensive. parking ticket

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    beggar spot

    The person who comes up with the best solution will win … (you guessed it) an iPad*! That’s the only idea for a gift that brands seem to have these days. So that was my parking nag for today. Now, Bob Dylan has something to sing for you. Enjoy and have a lovely day! 🙂

    Mr. Tambourine Man

    * The iPad part is a joke of course.

  • Back to basics

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    And to think… that our Minister of Public Works Ghazi Aridi answered ‘Right’ to the above! *Facepalm* If I were in charge I’d sentence him to a couple of hours of ‘Torture by traffic‘. Because of his decision, it took me 90 minutes to cross a road that would otherwise take 15 minutes. For more info check out Blog Baladi‘s comment on this.

    But anyway, here’s a sweeter tone on the ears. Enjoy and have a beautiful day! 🙂

    11 The Way You Look Tonight

  • Peace of land

    The war we're covering today, my friends, is not of a political nature.

    It's a far more serious & danger...

    dangerous war

    Someone eating lands

    No more trees

    No more mountains

    2010: buildings, 2120: Water innondation

    What we know about the suspects...

    They eat trees, they are loaded, they have no construction background whatsoever

    How they operate: LOOK!! A piece of land!

    Résidence Le Pine

    Résidence Le Pine, in reality


    In summary, it would be GREAT if the municipalities could set a quota (and enforce it) for building construction in residential areas according to market needs and nature preservation!

    Today’s post was featured in Nowlebanon.com

    If you’re around Beirut today at 6:30PM, I’ll be signing my book and participating to a debate in a pub in Gemmayze ‘Cheers & Wind‘. The debate is about: The Impact of Online Social Networking on the Lebanese Society’ followed by a Spanish light dinner for the hungry ones…

    Today’s song is called Rhayader, it’s from Camel’s best masterpiece album that I LOVE: The Snow Goose. I love the flute in it, and I recommend you all to get the album 😀

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    Other than that, have a lovely day!

  • It’s TONIGHT!

    It’s finally the day!! See you all at Art Lounge-Karantina at 6:30PM. Can’t wait, miss you guys a lot! 😀

    Here are the details again:

    • Time: Starting 6:30PM

    • Place: Art Lounge – Karantina – +961 3 99 76 76

    • Event on Facebook: http://bit.ly/cU8vKx

    See you in a while 😉 Until then, today’s theme song is…

  • Amalgam Vol. 2 – Book Launch!

    Finally time to officially announce it! Yesterday, I received the following… What? Looks like a.. Looks like……….

    Let’s zoom in… Looks like… AMALGAM VOL. 2 BOOK!!!

    THE BOOKS ARE FINALLY HERE!!!!!!!! 😀 As for the book launch……

    My darlings, I’m so excited about the preparation of this event… There will be fresh summer drinks, cupcakes, posters & lots of fun, and I really really hope to see you all there! Here is the Location map for those of you who don’t know where Art Lounge is. And don’t forget to RSVP on Facebook!

    To sum it up:

    • Date: August 04, 2010

    • Time: Starting 6:30PM

    • Place: Art Lounge – Karantina – +961 3 99 76 76

    • Event on Facebook: http://bit.ly/cU8vKx

    Thank you to all of you who read the blog, comment & send support. I could not have done it without you & can’t wait to see you all in a week 😉

    Here’s a happy song for you 😀 Have a lovely, lovely day!