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#BeirutShutDown: YouStink wanted to give the people a “slap in the face”

on March 14, 2016

#BeirutShutDown #YouStink Garbage Lebanon

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Dog Day Afternoon (at the Beirut protest)

on March 13, 2016

#YouStink English Lebanon Opinion

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Why I’m going to Sassine today

on March 12, 2016

#YouStink English Garbage Lebanon Opinion

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Look what they’ve done to Lebanon

on March 11, 2016

‪#‎nadafa‬ #YouStink English Garbage Lebanon

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Lebanese Ministry of Tourism threatens to sue reality

on March 09, 2016

#YouStink Advertising English Garbage Lebanon Ministry of Tourism

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A great but incomplete new stunt by YouStink

on February 01, 2016

‪#‎nadafa‬ #YouStink #‏طلعت_ريحتكم‬ English Garbage Lebanon Videos

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Is this how we honor Gebran Tueni and François el-Hajj?

on December 13, 2015

‪#‎nadafa‬ #YouStink #‏طلعت_ريحتكم‬ English Garbage Lebanon Pollution

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نداء لوحدة الحراك

on October 28, 2015

‪#‎nadafa‬ #YouStink #طلعت_ريحتكم Arabic Garbage Lebanon Opinion Politics Society

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A unity call to the Hirak

on October 28, 2015

‪#‎nadafa‬ #YouStink #طلعت_ريحتكم English Garbage Lebanon Opinion Politics Society

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And Lebanon drowned in garbage…

on October 26, 2015

‪#‎nadafa‬ #YouStink #طلعت_ريحتكم Danger English Environment Garbage Lebanon Pollution Rain Videos

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REMINDER: the removal of garbage is our number one priority

on October 22, 2015

‪#‎nadafa‬ #YouStink #طلعت_ريحتكم Danger English Environment Garbage Lebanon Pollution Rain

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Some days I just wonder why we bother

on October 15, 2015

#YouStink #طلعت_ريحتكم Democracy English Lebanon Politics Society Videos

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Best photo of Thursday’s protest

on October 10, 2015

#YouStink #طلعت_ريحتكم Culture English Garbage Lebanon Photography Protest Social Media Society

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How the violence started yesterday

on October 09, 2015

#YouStink #طلعت_ريحتكم Corruption English Garbage Lebanon Social Media Society Videos

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Beirut tonight

on October 09, 2015

#YouStink #طلعت_ريحتكم Beirut English Lebanon Society

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Lebanese artists call to join the October 8 protest against corruption

on October 07, 2015

‪#‎nadafa‬ #YouStink #طلعت_ريحتكم Corruption Culture English Garbage Lebanon Social Media Society Videos

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Khalas, enough impunity!

on October 05, 2015

‪#‎nadafa‬ #YouStink #طلعت_ريحتكم Corruption Democracy English Justice Lebanon Opinion Politics

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Fistfight in Lebanese Parliament

on October 05, 2015

#YouStink #طلعت_ريحتكم Corruption Democracy English Lebanon March 14 March 8 Politics Videos

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When Pierre Hachach makes fun of alleged sexual assault

on September 30, 2015

#YouStink #طلعت_ريحتكم Domestic Violence English Facebook Lebanon Sexual assault Social Media Society Videos Women's rights

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Red Moon: communists are taking over the heavens

on September 26, 2015

#YouStink #ابو_رخوصه #طلعت_ريحتكم Comedy English Humour Lebanon Lunar eclipse Politics Red Moon Satire Society

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Writer. Filmmaker. Communication Strategist. Content & Digital Creator. Former aspiring Comedian. Occasional Cartoonist. I write in English with a slight French accent and in French with a Lebanese inflection.

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