karim e. chaya

never mind!

[Kim Ghattas @KimGhattas]

For those asking me why expats on assignement in Lebanon and tourists aren't leaving... They are. We are mostly talking about 10's if not 100's of 1000's of Lebanese with dual citizenship, mixed marriages, etc. Their lives, homes, families are in Lebanon.

[karim e. chaya @karimchaya]

@UberFacts Ibn El Leil by Mashrou’ Leila and Blue in the Face from the motion picture…

[karim e. chaya @karimchaya]

It is fascinating to see how many adds for ultra luxury goods there are on billboards around Beirut, a city that is actually on the brink of starvation…

[karim e. chaya @karimchaya]

We are now living in an era of spectatorship…

[karim e. chaya @karimchaya]

Between those trying to fill their gas tanks at service stations, and those trying to fill their souls at the mosque, Beirut traffic is at a standstill…

[karim e. chaya @karimchaya]

How much poorer does this country have become, before shops start to feel the value of each plastic bag, which they still dispense very freely?

[karim e. chaya @karimchaya]

Lebanese people consider themselves as being polite, yet when someone in the street asks for directions, or whatever, 9 times out of 10 they drive or walk away without so much as a thank you nod after they get their answer...

[Chris Cassidy @Astro_SEAL]

Thinking of Beirut today. My heart goes out to all of those who have been affected by the recent tragedy. Sending love from @Space_Station.

[karim e. chaya @karimchaya]

Being Lebanese is/has become a kind of madness...

[karim e. chaya @karimchaya]

How can a country with such a high unemployment rate, constant fuel shortages and whose citizens are so penniless, still generate so much traffic?

[karim e. chaya @karimchaya]

Life is precious... but not too precious.

[karim e. chaya @karimchaya]

So, how virus-free are the outside & lid surfaces on your bottle of hand sanitizer?

[karim e. chaya @karimchaya]

We have now equipped all the slopes with face & clothes detecting cameras that will record your unclean act and will signal you to the gate keepers at the lifts who are instructed to revoque your skiing privileges in retribution. Thank you for your understanding.

[karim e. chaya @karimchaya]

Dear fabulous, glamorous skiers of Faraya Mzaar, all slopes. Valued guests. Due to the widespread disposal of litter, bottles, cans wrappers etc. all over the mountain, and the great difficulty of clearing up after you...

[karim e. chaya @karimchaya]

Funny how urban 4X4 drivers get excited when it rains and there are puddles on the roads! They plow through the water with such bravado...

[karim e. chaya @karimchaya]

Hard to believe that they have invited a corruption poster-boy @Davos

[Kim Ghattas @KimGhattas]

Hello @Davos how abt inviting someone from Lebanon civil society to sit on this panel about return of unrest, instead of @Gebran_Bassil a caretaker minister who is target of protestors' anger? And at whose expense is he taking this luxury trip while Lebanon faces econ collapse?

[karim e. chaya @karimchaya]

So, midway through this voting day, why are there so many people honking, celebrating and making such a raucous? Is it because they are so elated to be voting or because they believe that their za3eem (that’s feudal master) has already and/or is sure to win?

[karim e. chaya @karimchaya]

Just in time for the upcoming Lebanese parliamentary elections... trash all over the streets and putrid smells coming out of the manholes! A reminder of who has been and could still be running the country before and after tomorrow.

[karim e. chaya @karimchaya]

Although one could argue that it is morally objectionable, selling one’s vote to highest bidder is also a democratic right...

[karim e. chaya @karimchaya]

I wonder, do all those hungry Lebanese candidates and their parties pay for all them posters, or do they simply promise the advertisers more free billboards all over the country once they are in power?