Walid Kotob

[Walid Kotob @KotobWalid]

@WEDITSVIK @Adam02144644 Required luck and a lot of patience.

I basically kept checking on the official website until CC tickets were released, & added them to my basket within seconds.

I recommend u follow @Adam02144644 for alerts and general tips if you haven't already.

Keep trying & good luck!

[Walid Kotob @KotobWalid]

My view yesterday @Adam02144644

Until I saw ur tweets, I didn't know it was possible to get such great CC seats online w/o paying a ludicrous amount😅

This is my first year in the UK. Been watching Wimbledon on TV since I was 10 & always been a dream to go

Unreal experience!

[Walid Kotob @KotobWalid]

@rakyll Perhaps the system is meant to favor people who are most willing to tolerate the absurdity of it.

Such ability to tolerate nonsense can sometimes be indicative of one's ability to continue thriving at a big company.

[Walid Kotob @KotobWalid]

@anafabrega11 I once took a class that made me realize that a way to provide context is to teach history as part of any subject, even STEM subjects.
Understanding how a discovery or technology came about/evolved helps u understand how it can be utilized and allows u to connect the dots

[Timour Azhari @timourazhari]

Lebanese Army viciously beating protesters at Beirut’s ring road. Was trying to film it and got hit in the head. Am fine. They tried to take my phone. No chance.

[Walid Kotob @KotobWalid]

The sight of Macron walking in the shattered streets of Gemmayze is truly unbelievable.. Out there listening to people, consoling them, holding their hands (in the midst of a global pandemic).
Our president read a soulless statement on a screen like a psychopath.
#ماكرون

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

LEBANESE DIASPORA

Stop the BS & the statements. Find pple in your circle who lost their home & offer $$ to rebuild.

Talk is cheap. Don't call with words, call with $$. Now.

PS- I block everyone engaging in conspiracy theories under such a tragedy.

[Jenan Moussa @jenanmoussa]

If you can spare anything, please donate to the Lebanese Red cross and help save lives.

https://t.co/lPK8ZY6YKy

#beirutexplosion

[Impact Lebanon @ImpactLebanon]

ATTENTION: We are calling on the world, our friends, our fellow Lebanese in the diaspora to DONATE to help us provide disaster relief. We will update the page to provide exact details on how your money will be spent. Donate here: https://t.co/eER5BZs8jG #بيروت

[Mike Azar @AzarsTweets]

1/ Prices are rising rapidly & the LBP is depreciating daily because USD reserves are falling and LBP money supply is increasing. I'll explain why this is happening below. The consequences of delaying reforms/restructuring and delaying/impeding an IMF program can be catastrophic.

[Mazen Barbir @mazen_barbir]

The more USD they pump, the less the reserves. The less the reserves, the weaker the currency. The weaker the currency, the more they pump. The more they pump, the less the reserves. The less the reserves, the weaker the currency. The weaker the currency, the more they pump.

[Mike Azar @AzarsTweets]

كب احتياطات مصرف لبنان عند الصرافة هو ليس حل بل يكبّر حجم الخسارة دون أي افادة. يا ريت الإعلام يكرّر للناس ان هذا اقتراح تافه و دون معنى سببه عدم تحمّل المسؤولية. كل كم جمعة نفس الحكي و بعدها الليرة عم تفلت لان ما في إصلاحات حقيقية

[Elie Habib @eliehabib]

1/ 🗣We at @anghami have been working for 8 years proudly in #Lebanon supporting 100s of families, building tech & music to reach over 80 million users from #Beirut.
We're unfortunately, one of the few global startup stories in the country.

[Firass Abiad @firassabiad]

1/6 The majority of new positive cases detected over the past two days belong to 4 clusters: Clusters in Mazboud(15), Majdal Anjar(18), foreign workers(30+), and repatriated passengers from Kuwait(25). Few comments and observations:

[Walid Kotob @KotobWalid]

@PaulAbiNasr @dgheim @eliehabib “not penalizing” probably means “to not discriminate against” copycats when it comes to offering potential funding/support.
I can’t think of any other sound interpretation
“Penalizing” companies that copy business models just makes no sense
As u said, it’s just bad English

[Walid Kotob @KotobWalid]

@wael_atallah “The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers”
- Thomas Jefferson

[Walid Kotob @KotobWalid]

Someone with a paying job based on merit (unless completely brainwashed by sectarian narratives) would flip off the warlords during elections.
Im betting that the brainwashing is starting to wear off for most.
Question is,can the private sector thrive prior to political overhaul

[Walid Kotob @KotobWalid]

Arguably naïve opinion, but we’re living in desperate times:
If there will ever be a way to break this vicious cycle, It’ll probably come in from the side: the private sector.

[Walid Kotob @KotobWalid]

In the long run, we can put an end to zero-sum wealth that comes from patronage and rent-seeking by creating alternatives through risk-takers who’d seek real wealth by producing value and making other people wealthy in the process.
Real wealth is a positive-sum game.