AUD vs AUB [No, not the game]

Yeah, this is one of those sports “fail”s. This took place during the Presidents Tournament at AUB, it’s the second one they host. American University of Dubai (AUD) and the American University of Beirut (AUB) were playing, and apparently things got messy with a red card. Don’t ask, just watch

Undefeated Lebanese/German Boxer Shot by Her Stepfather Prior Title Defense

Lebanese are literally just everywhere. The undefeated Lebanese/German boxer Rola El Halabi was shot by her 44 year old stepfather in the dressing room prior to her title defense on April 1st and will not be able to participate in the match, with a huge chance of having her career over. El Halabi, 25, is [...]

Being Ignorant is One Thing, but Ignorant and Rude? That’s Something Special (Yeah Right)

Disclaimer: If you consider yourself ignorant, rather, if you fall in my dictionary of being ignorant and cannot take the heat of pointed out what’s right and wrong and then feeling stupid eventually, don’t bother reading this. Also to be clear, the point of this article is not to attach a specific type of people [...]

Tom is Back!

Finally! It’s been 20 days, but I had been going through a lot regarding a death in the family and getting ready to come back to AUB. So I apologize for the long absence. But now… I’M BACK! A quick summary of what I was planning on blogging about but never got the chance to [...]

Lebanese Advertisment Evokes Memories

I don’t know if you’ve managed to see this yet but the Lebanese advertisement world finally has a fantastic final product airing on the local TV stations, and it comes in the form of an ad for Bank Audi’s Loubani Card, which and taking into consideration my limited knowledge in the banking world, is a [...]

FIBA World Championships 2010: Day 1: Lebanon Kicks Canada’s Ass, France Shocks Spain, USA Delivers in Style

The FIBA World Championships in Turkey began  with all 24 teams playing their first game, some were very close games, other were blowouts, and some even included impressive comebacks. At 6:30 PM, Lebanon played its first game against Canada, with the Lebanese jumping to an early lead and finishing the first quarter strong, yet the middle was [...]

FIBA World Championships 2010: Team Preview: Lebanon

Less than 6 hours before tip-off, Lebanon will play its first game in its third consecutive appearance at the FIBA World Championships against Canada. This will be the second time these teams play each other after Canada smashed Lebanon in the position games in the 2002 Worlds. However, things are different this time, as Canada [...]

Poverty In Lebanon: Where?

As part of my everyday ritual, I was checking out Facebook in the morning before heading out to class, when something caught my eye. A friend had confirmed his attendance to an event happening in almost two months that would bring the famous RnB star Usher to Lebanon. Curious, I clicked on the page to [...]

Vote for Mind Soup for Bloggers Choice Awards ’10

(For our dear friend Moudz, who was a major force in helping us start. Here you go buddy ) From Moudz: I am very excited to announce that Mind Soup was nominated for Bloggers Choice Awards ’10. Mind Soup has been nominated for three categories: Best Blog Of All Time, Best Blog About Stuff, and Best [...]

Lebanese National Basketball Team : Our Pride in Sports

For the past 6 years, Lebanese have been known to be divisive because of politics. Many villages have constant feuds over a bunch of supposed politicians and you got brothers not talking to each other because two politicians can only get along under the table but not show it publicly, keeping the country in unrest. [...]