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Super.Full. Stories – Day 2: How the Station Manager Ended up a Female
One of the secondary characters whom I dramatically needed in the film was that of the Station Manager. When Hania, one of my female friends in Doha, knew that we need someone to play a Petrol Station...
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Super.Full. Stories – Day 3: The Mzungu
When Fatma and I went to Zanzibar with MAISHA and DFI (the Doha Film Institute) to develop Super.Full. and Fatma’s script, I didn’t know very well what to expect. My only “real” knowledge of Africa had...
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Super.Full. Stories – Day 4: DOH – DAR – ZNZ
Our flight path from Doha to Zanzibar included a stop in Dar Es-Salam, capital of Tanzania. Fatma and I were lucky to have a friend from the Doha Film Institute join us. Ama is from Ghana, so she knew...
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Super.Full. Stories – Day 8: Inside the Jungle (Part 1)
We arrived in Zanzibar. The MAISHA Program Director and our van driver welcomed us. The director explained few things about what to expect and the schedule ahead of us, and off we went in the small...
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Lebanon: a BrainDead country
Reblogged from The Lebanese Expatriate: The Lebanese “superiority syndrome” may push them to believe that they are the smartest people on the face on this planet. It may even push them to fall victims...
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For those in Denial – Once More
Yesterday, after a long day of repeated Electricity blackouts in our supposedly prestigious neighborhood of Hamra, I sat down checking twitter for the latest crap happening in Lebanon mainly. Besides...
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An August Rant
I did lots of crazy things this month. I looked up immigration a million times. To the United States, to Canada, to New Zealand, to Denmark, to Sweden, to Australia, and then back to New Zealand. No,...
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A Morning Page in the Evening
Tonight is nothing special. I just happen to be in bed at a very early time “in artsy standards”. My sister Malak, who is a medical doctor, and I, once agreed that artists times and doctors times are...
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I love America
I will always love it because I earned education there. Concrete knowledge. The equation is very simple. Since I was a kid, I have always had huge respect for my teachers. And for teachers in general....
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Another Day in Beirut
Today I was meeting my friend Lara near the HSBC in Hamra. I needed to take my laptop for us to do some work and of course had to carry my purse. So to avoid the abundant stealing incidents, I put all...
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Venice Red Carpet: A Walk to Remember
This is a post I promised to write because we all know the thrills of walking the red carpet, but we don’t know the thrills of what comes AFTER! The Venice Film Festival is not just any festival. It is...
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A Visit to the Underworld
This past week I walked into the underworld. Had I not been a filmmaker, I don’t think I would’ve been so calm about it now. The definition of the underworld that I experienced in one of Beirut’s most...
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2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The new Boeing 787 Dreamliner can carry about 250 passengers. This blog was viewed about 1,800...
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Disconnected
Once more I come back to my space. Not because I have something specific to say. Months have passed by, life happens fast these days. Beirut has become a very busy city. I never imagined the city can...
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Life, Stories and Films
Life around me here in Beirut is full of stories that make good film material. When I traveled to America for a couple of months, I thought I will be away from stories and able to transform them to...
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The Syrian Woman with the Glass Eyes
Yesterday, I drove down from the Bekaa Valley to Beirut. This is the default international road between Beirut and Damascus. As usual every Sunday, there was traffic on the road and most of the time...
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1975 – 1990
April 13, 1975 And the civil war goes on and on and on… Remembering does not alleviate the pain. But maybe it prevents repeating the mistakes. Forgiving is difficult. And it is more difficult when...
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The Other Lebanese Citizen
Today, I came across the only other Lebanese citizen, besides myself, who waits at pedestrian traffic lights. Suddenly, there was hope for this country again. Suddenly, the human race wasn’t so bad...
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Lebanese Heroes
A small idea pops to my head out of the blue. But it needs collaboration with a higher power in the Lebanese media industry. I directly think, “Let’s find out who is the Minister of Information in...
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Beirut: Most Secure City in the World
So I was watching a documentary film about security threats imposed by hackers in this digital age, and one of the biggest concerns of all the “good” people was this, and I paraphrase: Can you imagine...
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