LBCBlogs contributor, Lebanese Australian filmmaker Nathan Mikhail wrote an article condemning the latest media controversy involving Lebanese pop songstress Naya. If you are not already familiar with the internet “scandal”, here are just some of the photos circulating social media platforms.

Sure it’s been tough, tougher than it’s ever been. I remember roaming the streets of Hamra, or Gemayze probably around some seven years ago living off half the salary I earn today, thinking that it can only get better…but, and this may be the pessimist in me, it didn’t (save for the increase in salary which has proven pointless in an ever inflating economy). The small town starry eyed girl can now…

A recent video depicting American actor Robert De Niro has gone viral across social networks hours after its release. The star of The Godfather, Mean Streets and Cape Fear appears rugged and tired, saying only the few necessary words to express solidarity with detained Syrian Filmmaker Orwa Nyrab

NASA’s Curiosity rover has transmitted its first color photo and a low-resolution video showing the last 2 1/2 minutes of its dramatic dive through the Martian atmosphere, giving a sneak peek of a spacecraft landing on another world. As thumbnails of the video flashed on a big screen on Monday, scientists and engineers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory let out “oohs” and “aahs.” The recording began with the protective…

InMyNewWorld…where MTC Touch fails Mahmoud Ghazayel, is today’s contributor to LBCBlogs. With a high sense of wit, a dash of satire and grand dose of reality – Mahmoud captured his vision in response to MTC Touch’s #InMyNewWorld campaign by shooting and creating his own placards For Mahmoud’s original text in Arabic, click on the first photo. For all the other photograph’s click on next Mahmoud Ghazayel is a Lebanese journalist,…

Two weeks ago, there was a devastating building collapse in the Achrafieh neighborhood of Fasouh. The tragedy was naturally widely-covered by various media outlets who made a big fuss about the whole event. It was one of those events that leave you numb for a few days and you stare blankly at the TV as reports come in. I was left with almost the same dumb shock emotion as I…

2011 has come to an end, and I spent the months before Christmas gathering my 12 angels for the year, each one taken from a different angle around Lebanon. Starting from Saida, Sour, Tripoli, Douma, Jezzine, Jouneih, Gemmayze, Bourj Hammoud, Antelias, Zahle, Jbeil and Shouwen. I’ve captured these innocent kids representing the city they live in. It’s great how they like to have their photos taken and the interest they…