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Prison break your Comfort Zone

Submitted by Moophz on Sun, 10/28/2012 - 23:18

We are all a part of “comfort zones” in which everything seems secure and familiar. With time, we unintentionally collect several habits that end up being a trap conjoint, yet opposed with comfort. Some of those collections manage to slide into our unconsciousness to define our behavior and thoughts. This deprives us from freedom of decision-making by implicitly eliminating alternatives and possible better solutions. We will be stuck in a prison of comfort as long as we let those destructive habits rule us. Periodical reviews and break out attempts from comfort zones are quintessential for every homosapian in order to progress.

State of Apathy

Submitted by Moophz on Fri, 07/13/2012 - 17:46

  The last few weeks have seen what can be considered the worst period in Lebanon’s post-war era. It seems as though all of the country’s institutions have broken down altogether; from electricity to security, few characteristics of what makes a land a country can be observed currently more than ever. What is causing this chaos? And how can it be solved?

Blasphemy Freedom of expression ?

Submitted by Moophz on Sun, 05/27/2012 - 23:54

Religions, is a massive issue that takes hundreds of pages talking about its bad influence on societies. Imagine that some cultural and beliefs systems, having no relation with logic, intellectuality and realism, are affecting on different aspects of life, from politics, ethics, life style, humans sexual activities, friendship relations, arts, ect..

Since politics is the last issue that may concern me, and since my personal thoughts, acts, relationships and life style are ruled by my own mind not by any religious preachment, the only thing that is really playing on my nerves, which led me to write this, is relating religions to arts.

The Phony Freedom

Submitted by Mi on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 12:55

Recently, the film Beirut Hotel was censored by the Lebanese General Security on the ground that it can trigger sectarian/political clashes; this is a chapter of the continuous official and “private” cultural terrorism taking place in country which is said to be a free island in the Arab sea of dictatorship and oppression. How can a film, or any work of art for that matter, cause clashes!? And let’s assume it does, is the film the actual problem or is it the lack of tolerance so common in our society? Aren’t there greater problems to address?

Nadine Mazloum - Citizens of the World Against Belo Monte

Submitted by Moophz on Wed, 01/18/2012 - 14:16

Lebanese independent video journalist, Nadine Mazloum has recently released an online environmental video petition entitled: "Citizens of the World Against Belo Monte". For those of you who do not know what or where Belo Monte is, here's some info. Belo Monte is a dam in the making along Brazils Xingu River located in the heart of the Amazon Rain Forest. This dam among completion will inundate an estimated 400 thousand hectares of forest, as well as deem over 40 thousand indigenous people homeless.

The Dark Republic

Submitted by Mi on Sun, 12/11/2011 - 19:38
Electricity is one of the most discussed national predicaments in Lebanon; this field has been ailing since the start of the civil war in 1975 and it remains a pressing issue two decades after peace was achieved. Many power plans were submitted, many power plants were improved and it has been consuming substantial expenditures for what is approximately 22 years now. Yet, Lebanese citizens are still dreaming of a day where they gain, a human right like advanced countries, 24 hours of electricity daily.

The Dilemma

Submitted by Mi on Sat, 12/03/2011 - 21:09

Politics is a word often met with disgust or distrust in Lebanon; it reminds the vast majority of the Lebanese population of the misery they live in. Most of the Lebanese are branded happy, friendly, open-minded, multilingual and educated, altogether with unsatisfied; Lebanon is the symbol of how the lack of national unity combined with a number of equivalently prominent sects can tear a country apart, rendering it a muddle of conflicts and corruption.

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