I found the Ktir Salbe skit that promoted the old energy drink "Zombie" which played the cranberries in their commercials.

I made a thread not long ago about remembering an energy drink from the early 2010s that played Zombie by the Cranberries in their commercial and I mentioned a ktir salbe skit that promoted it. I was wondering if anyone else remembers it since I couldn't find anything online and it is a stuck memory as it was the first time I got introduced to the cranberries and I was a kid who was into scary stuff like zombies back then, but I finally came across the ktir salbe skit. The drink shows up at 1:45. Nostalgia.
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Thoughts on Patriarch Elias El-Howayek being recognized today ?

Honest Thoughts :

I mean....

I don't mind him being recognized for contributing to the foundation of Greater Lebanon.

Sa3ad l 3alam bil maje3a w ken dod l ta2ifiye , and he paved the way for the apparition of the modern lebanese state ( whether it's a good or bad thing , ento bit2ariro ).

And before you jump into conclusions , yes , two things can be true at once.

And in this case , him being the found father of the modern lebanese state and its borders , and him letting the French apply the " mandate " ( which is a proper way of saying colonization ) onto us for another 23 years before gaining our real independence.

And as a Howayek myself ( and yes , I'm related to him and other Howayeks like Saadallah Howayek ) , I realized that the deal he struck while in France before the proclamation of Greater Lebanon ( when he met the PM of France ) , resembles the one that the state just signed in 2026.

Both of them have a strong correlation with the idea of a sunk cost fallacy.

And in both cases , we needed to sign the deal , not because it was actually good , but because it guarantees a much better outcome , even if in the first stages , we'll suffer a lot.

Just how the modern state is trying to pick up the burden of Hezbollah's moughamara into the abyss , we unfortunately needed to pick up where the Ottomans left us , in the dirt , by of course them indirectly and directly causing the maje3a.

And I want to quote a small phrase he said , a few months before his passing : "Both national feeling and religion make it an obligation for you to respect and love everybody whatever may be his belief. Reason leads you to fraternize with the person you live with under the same sky and on the same land."

Also another shout-out to Sheikh Mustafa Naja , who was also present in the declaration.

Long Live Lebanon ! 🇱🇧🇱🇧
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Random village in Lebanon #2

I'm starting this series as a tribute to Lebanon, where I'll be highlighting a different village in each post along with its history, unique facts and local stories whenever available.

If you have any photos or memories of the featured village, feel free to share them in the comments. You're also welcome to suggest which village we should explore next.

Today's village is Saghbine

Located on the western slopes of the Beqaa Valley in the West Beqaa District (around 65 km from Beirut), Saghbine overlooks the plains of Beqa'a and lies close to the eastern shores of Lake Qaraoun.

The village has a population of a couple thousand residents, with agriculture remaining the backbone of the local economy, particularly cultivation of grapes, olives and various fruit trees.

The name Saghbine is believed to have ancient Semitic roots, though its exact origin remains uncertain, some sources mentioned the name being of Aramaic origins meaning "Reefs".

Due to its strategic hillside location, the village has been inhabited for centuries and has witnessed the succession of several civilizations, from the Phoenicians and Romans to the Ottomans.

Today, Saghbine is best known for its scenic mountain views, traditional stone houses and its proximity to one of Lebanon's largest freshwater reservoirs making it a popular stop for visitors exploring western Beqa'a.
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Assad Loyalists, Syrian Hezbollah Members Eye Return as Lebanon Grows Unsafe

Warmer rhetoric between Damascus and Beirut, combined with uncertainty over the positions of Syria’s new authorities and Hezbollah’s leadership, has fueled fears of a rapprochement that could come at their expense. Speculation is growing that Hezbollah could withdraw its protection and restrict their security activities.

Syrians under the group’s protection, especially the poorest, fear becoming a “bargaining chip” in talks with Damascus.

As support fades and living conditions worsen, many are looking for safe ways back to Syria or seeking refuge elsewhere.

Hadi is among them.

“Most Syrians can feel the hostile tone toward the new Syrian state easing,” he said. “What was once a red line — approving of any position taken by the ‘Jolani government’ — is now considered normal, as long as it does not affect the sect.”

He has asked relatives in Syria to check whether he faces arrest warrants or legal complaints that could lead to his detention if he returns. Hadi worked with Hezbollah from 2013 until Bashar Assad’s government fell.

Abdel Razzaq, who joined Hezbollah’s security division in the Sayyida Zeinab area outside Damascus, has already sent his family back to Syria.
He did so when the Israeli war in Lebanon began. He remains in Lebanon, uncertain whether to follow them or leave for another country.

For anyone with a clean record, he said, “returning to Syria today is far better than living in poverty and constant fear that we will be handed over to the Lebanese state because we are here illegally.”

That, he said, would mean deportation and prosecution in Syria.

“Many people have completed settlement procedures and returned to normal life,” he added.

Whatever happens, Abdel Razzaq believes people like him will pay the price.

“Whether there is an agreement, or war and Syrian forces enter Lebanon as people keep saying, we will be the scapegoats,” he said. “Most of us live here without official papers from any UN agency or government body.”
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Random village in Lebanon #1

I'm starting this series as a tribute to Lebanon, where I'll be highlighting a different village in each post along with its history, unique facts and local stories whenever available.

If you have any photos or memories of the featured village, feel free to share them in the comments. You're also welcome to suggest which village we should explore next.

Today's village is Zawtar El Sharqiyeh

The village is overlooking the Litani River in the province of Nabatieh (85km from Beirut), it's population exceeds 4,000 most of whom depend on Tobacco farming as their main source of income.

In Aramaic Zawtar means "the small", popular folks also attribute the word to the abundance of grapes as during its past times, the town was known as a wine village selling the famous "Zawtari Wine".

In another likely origin of the name, it is relative to the Phoenician princess called Zouzasit, who lived in the town during the Phoenician period.
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He is absolutely right. Being summoned by the legal system for insulting a foreign leader is an aspect of fascism. This is like going back to the days of wisaye suriye

No it doesn't matter which foreign leader,

No it doesn't matter who the citizen being summoned supports,

No Hassan Bazzi does not support Hezbollah and no that shouldn't matter either.
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Caskets of Hezbollah fighters in Majdel Selm

The caskets of Hezbollah fighters killed during clashes with the Israeli army are pictured to the right and left of a mock coffin of Iran's slain supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a mass funeral in the southern Lebanese village of Majdel Selm on July 18, 2026. (IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP)
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Lebanon army begins taking over southern ‘pilot zones’: US

The US State Department said operations had started in “pilot zones” in Froun, Srifa and Zawtar Al-Gharbiya “in accordance with the Trilateral Framework and under the auspices of the Military Coordination Group for Lebanon.”

Hezbollah has rejected the framework, with the Iran-backed group insisting any arrangement in Lebanon be linked to wider negotiations between Washington and Tehran. It has not said whether it will resist implementation in the designated areas.

The agreement does not set a timetable for Israel’s withdrawal.

Israeli officials have also vowed that their forces will remain in a “security zone” 10 kilometers (six miles) deep along the frontier for as long as Hezbollah remains armed.

A Lebanese military source told AFP that troops had begun intensifying patrols in several villages adjacent to areas occupied by Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, including Froun.
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Hezbollah Cuts Ties with Lebanon's Presidency While Sparing the Army

In recent days, Hezbollah has sharply escalated its confrontation with the Lebanese authorities, particularly the presidency, ahead of President Joseph Aoun's visit to Washington.

At the same time, however, Hezbollah has continued to avoid direct confrontation with the Lebanese Army's leadership, despite previously warning that it would treat any party attempting to disarm it by force in the same way it treats the Israeli military.

After Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah used the parliamentary podium earlier this week to launch a sharp attack on President Joseph Aoun, accusing him of "becoming a political actor who deepens divisions among the Lebanese instead of serving as president and a symbol of national unity," fellow Hezbollah lawmaker Ali Fayyad said on Friday that "the problem with this government has become serious, very serious. The bridges with it have been severed, the possibility of reaching an understanding no longer exists, and the consequences will not be favorable.

Hilal Khashan, professor of political science at the American University of Beirut, said the available indications suggest that "Hezbollah is preparing for confrontation and that the next phase will be extremely difficult and dangerous." He added that concerns over divisions within the Lebanese Army if it were forced into a confrontation with Hezbollah are well founded and that the consequences of such a decision should not be underestimated.

Ali Al-Amin, political writer and editor-in-chief of the Janoubia news website, argues that Hezbollah "is not operating as a Lebanese political party concerned with the national considerations that shape the president's positions on negotiations, Lebanon's foreign relations, or the country's security. Hezbollah today is, in effect, part of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, and its position toward President Joseph Aoun reflects Iran's position toward him."
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"Christians for Lebanon" meet in Deir Sayyidat Al Bir to draw the attention to the danger of the government's agreement on Lebanon's society

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hada bya3ref chi mahal bya3ref yzabet w yghayer battery for older iPad models

jarabt ekhdo 3ala kaza mahal aloule ma 3inda mina hayde battery

it's ipad 2018 model
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Israel says ready to move on pilot zones amid new Lebanon talks

The Lebanese presidency had announced on Monday that its delegation to Rome had been instructed "to demand the immediate start of Israeli forces' withdrawal from the two pilot zones before any further discussion".

AFP journalists saw delegation vehicles entering the US embassy compound in the heart of Rome under tight security on Tuesday morning ahead of the talks, while the embassy declined to comment when asked.
According to a Lebanese diplomatic source familiar with the content of the talks, "the Lebanese army is ready to gradually take control of the localities from which the Israeli army would withdraw".

But Hezbollah rejects the agreement outright despite Lebanese government pressure, lowering expectations of success in the negotiations.

Orna Mizrahi of the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) in Tel Aviv said Israel was "willing to withdraw gradually", but on the condition that "that there will be no presence of Hezbollah in the areas that Israel is withdrawing from".

She added that Israel also seeks to ensure "that the Lebanese army will have the ability... to keep it as a neutralised zone and a neutralised place that Hezbollah cannot come in again."

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said Tuesday that his country was "ready to move forward implementing these two pilot zones".

"I hope and tend to believe that this round of discussions in Rome will promote it."
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