By Ayman on March 25, 2012
I don’t think my parents ever thought that at some point in their life they would be going with their son (and his wife) to a Fairouz concert. They had listened to Fairouz regularly long before they were even courting (we rarely think of our parents courting The four of us going to the concert [...]
Posted in fatherhood, music, performance art | Tagged american university of beirut, aub, beirut, fairouz, Fairuz, Lea, lebanon, parenting, parents, west hall, westhall |
By Ayman on December 4, 2010
traffic situation in lebanon is becoming more and more challenging year after year with many reasons including but not limited to the growth in population, lack of advanced public transportation options, slow growth rate and maintenance of streets, social issues, financial issues, enforcing laws selectively,… “public transportation, public concern” was a conference that took place [...]
Posted in cost of living, urban living | Tagged beirut, bus, cab, lebanon, public transport, public transportation, roads, service, taxi, traffic, urban |
By Ayman on April 11, 2010
i was featured on Radio VDL (Sawt Libnan) on their morning session as they discussed technology, communication, lausocial.com, search engines, and social media. despite the overall “technology is evil” approach the session started with, the presenter was overall open to technology and was interested in the recent changes. topics that were covered: gaming industry and possible [...]
Posted in lebanon online, new media, social media | Tagged beirut, lebanon, newmedia, Radio VDL, saadahhalimeh, sawtlibnan, social media, socialmedia, technology, voixduliban, www.vdl.com.lb |
By Ayman on November 3, 2009
visited the flea market better known as “Souk El A7ad”. hadn’t been there in AGES and forgot how much fun it is. it started out by looking for halloween accessories, before you know it i forgot the reason i was there and was just immersed in the colors, the smells, the antiques, the clothes, the [...]
Posted in market, outdoor, street vibe | Tagged 2009, beirut, lebanon, market, soukela7ad, soukelahad |
By Ayman on October 9, 2009
despite having a small part of it open, beirutsouks is highly active in making sure that every active section is being used to its fullest. beirutsouks hosts the beirut jazz festival of 2009 in a lovely outdoor venue, with a backdrop of: the port of beirut, the city lights, and an (almost) full moon. the [...]
Posted in festival, outdoor, performance art, street vibe | Tagged beirut, beirutsouks, downtownbeirut, jazz, music, outdoor, streets |