Aug 20, 2021Diaries of an Indignant Lebanese — part 5Friday, August 20, 2021 20:24 Just hung up the phone. On the other side of the line, was a friend I haven’t spoken to in years. They’re interesting to have, these impromptu catch-up calls. You chat after a long time, look back, see where the waves of time took you… …Lebanon2 min read
Aug 17, 2021Diaries of an Indignant Lebanese — part 4Tuesday, 17 August, 2021 13:58 I’ve been looking for water bottles for over a week now. And it’s been a nightmare. I called the minimarket around the corner, and they’re out of stock. I downloaded an app and ordered a pack from a bigger market. The order comes back to…Lebanon3 min read
Aug 16, 2021Diaries of an Indignant Lebanese — part 3Monday, August 16, 2021 8:30 Good morning from the land of uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity, and volatility. The amps and volts and watts are in place; the norm has become a strange surprise. Surreal. Had a guided meditation for stress relief. HAHAHA. A very calm voice told me to drop the…Lebanon4 min read
Aug 13, 2021Diaries of an Indignant Lebanese — part 2Friday, August 13, 2021 8:45 I had three minutes of electricity around 7 AM. And then back to nothing. Still nothing. If it’s anything like yesterday, “nothing” will stay until 12:00 PM. I have a meeting at 10:00 AM… The optimism! Some never learn, right? 10:08 The optimism of a…Lebanon3 min read
Aug 12, 2021Diaries of an indignant Lebanese — part 1Thursday, August 12, 2021 9:34 Every now and then, you send messages with capital letters to your friends, let off some steam, and then, when you have a zoom meeting with your collaborators, you put on a Hollywood-worthy show. But you’re so involved in the show of your unaltered professional…Lebanon2 min read
Feb 24, 2021The 7-Day Sleep Experiment: Small Wins Can Lift Big ChallengesOn February 7, Bassel, Lucy, Maria, and Marina started a 7-day journey called The Sleep Experiment, a project designed by someone who struggled with sleep for people who share the struggle. Meet the heroes Motivated by his desire to fix his encumbered sleep schedule, Bassel set out to design a life-in-times-of-lockdown outside…Sleep11 min read
Oct 15, 2020Becoming You: 21 Ways to Boost Your Self AwarenessYou are standing in front a big black box. You know that what’s inside can completely change your life because others have bragged about opening theirs and, as a result, are living a life of fulfillment. But the box seems unreachable. It is locked and you don’t know how to…Self Awareness4 min read
Aug 5, 2020Shattered stories from Beirut blastShattered. Crushed. Crumbled. Pulverized. That’s Beirut after a capital-wide explosion that even Cyprus felt, more than 200 kilometres across the sea. As a result of the blast of August 4, more than 100* people died and 4000+* were rushed to hospitals. 300,000 are now left without a home. The early…Beirut4 min read
Apr 21, 2020How to Cope with COVID19 LockdownWhen uncertainty befalls, resistance entraps us. And it seems like a more serious threat as the world around us changes at a pace faster than the speed at which we can make sense of what is happening. New technologies appear with rising frequencies, reinventing how individuals commute, how music lovers…Covid 193 min read
Mar 19, 2020How Creative Are You?This is not an article, it’s an idea; the idea that creativity is like a muscle and that you need to practice it to reap its benefits. But how? — Let’s start with a warm-up Are you up for a quick test of your creative divergent thinking? Stop everything you’re doing and try this: Get your phone ready for a countdown of 1 minute. Is it ready? You will have to choose any item around you and think of as many alternative uses as you…Innovation4 min read