I was in the car yesterday when I spotted this huge banner for a shop selling Converse shoes (the fake ones labeled copy AAA of course). I mean, the person who made this, didn't they see that the word is spelled "Converse" on the shoes? I'll...
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La Nuit des Musées was held yesterday April 8. It was a night where select museums in Lebanon opened their doors for free to the public (see full list of collaborating museums here) for one single night, with free shuttles roaming around and going from...
La Nuit des Musées was held y...
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The cool graphic below shows how the act of yawning is said in 6 different languages: English, French, Thai, Korean, German and Japanese. Surprisingly, after English and French, the Korean and the Japanese are the ones that made sense to me the most! OOUAH in French is...
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Double standards. Double standards everywhere. Translators don’t mind making their colleagues wait months before paying them, but they have a problem waiting to get paid. Translators who say they respect their highly professional colleagues, pretending they learned a lesson or 2 from their experience. But when it’s...
Double standards. Double stand...
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I have a serious passion for cooking and baking. I always say that I would have been a chef in another life. I think it comes from the fact that my mom is an outstanding cook. I know everyone says their mom is the best...
I have a serious passion for c...
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One of the world's most influential architects, Dame Zaha Hadid, died today at the age of 65 after suffering from a heart attack while being treated for bronchitis in a Miami hospital. Born in Baghdad on October 31, 1950, Iraqi-British Zaha Hadid studied mathematics at the...
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Being a freelancer means meeting endless types of clients on a daily basis. Some are a breath of fresh air and so amazing to work with, while others give you a hard time, and working with them is really not my idea of a healthy...
Being a freelancer means meeti...
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March 21 marks World Poetry Day, first declared by UNESCO in 1999. As stated on Wikipedia, it is a day to promote reading, writing, publishing and teaching poetry. throughout the world. March 21 is also Arab poet Nizar Qabbani's birthday. This year, Google celebrates Qabbani's 93rd...
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She empowers, when she is the one who needs empowerment the most. She brings generations to life, in a country where some husbands still get away with the murder of their wives, in the name of so called honor. She teaches tolerance and love, in a country...
She empowers, when she is the ...
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To Moni and Andy, my heart and soul, and the reason for my existence, I am writing this today. I am 30, healthy and still have so many things I want to accomplish in my life. But even if I fail to do so, and even...
To Moni and Andy, my heart and...
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To start this post, below is Wikipedia’s definition of code-switching: “In linguistics, code-switching occurs when a speaker alternates between two or more languages, or language varieties, in the context of a single conversation. Multilinguals, speakers of more than one language, sometimes use elements of multiple languages...
To start this post, below is W...
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I came across this today on Facebook and thought of sharing it. I find it funny. [caption id="attachment_856" align="aligncenter" width="300"] When Arab people have some spare time. They become funny translators :P[/caption] On another, more serious note, human translation can never be replaced. Have a project and need...
I came across this today on Fa...
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There’s more to teaching than just giving us school lessons. A teacher is a mentor, an educator, an idol, a parent, an inspiration. A teacher gives us life lessons. Every year, teachers in Lebanon go on strike in the hopes that they make a change in...
There’s more to teaching tha...
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On this International Women’s Day, I wish to see a higher Lebanese female representation in the parliament and other official institutions. I wish to see Lebanese women, all of them, stand up in the face of violence, harassment, assault and inequality. I wish to see them follow...
On this International Women’...
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I’m not sure of the nationality of the mean dimwit who spread the body shaming meme about The Voice Kids finalist Zein Obeid, but the awful picture has been spreading like wild fire across social media. [caption id="attachment_835" align="aligncenter" width="225"] Such a cute and happy kid[/caption] Cyber...
I’m not sure of the national...
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