My Kind of Saturday Night

  It’s late on a Saturday night and I’m sitting in the comfort of our home, playing a really cool board game  with our friends called Takenoko, where we’re trying to cultivate bamboo to get a panda to survive. This is all set to 80s music that we’re live-streaming from some radio station in the…

Dabke and The Lebanese Wedding

If you had asked me almost a year ago, how I felt about the dabke being featured at my wedding, I would’ve probably given you a huge look of disapproval. At the time, I was trying really hard to shun all aspects of a traditional Lebanese wedding, particularly because it’s just not my thing. I…

Not For Me

Ten days into the new year and I think I’m already failing on one of the more important resolutions I’ve made: get out of my comfort zone. Because if last night was any indication, then I’m just not yet ready to leave the comfort of my home, with my warm blanket and comfortable pyjamas. I’ve…

Cakegate: Pinterest Ideas Don’t Work

While looking for a good photo to accompany my pre-wedding checklist, I stumbled upon one of the inscription of our engagement cake. That got me thinking the whole day about that very same cake and so I decided I needed to share the story because we’ll never be completely over it. Inspired by too many…

Nuit De La Fete and Partying Like It’s 1929

There aren’t many chances to get dressed up and be all fancy when you’re a graduate student in Maastricht, which is sad for me, because I secretly love the whole process. So when Caroline, who was doing her internship at VIA2018, told me she had a spare ticket for Nuit de la Fete, a celebration of 350…

Coming Together To Celebrate Being Lebanese.

Being Lebanese is not just a nationality to me. It tends to define who I am, how I see the world, and much of my ideas. I have no problem flaunting it or just happening to drop “I’m Lebanese, so” or “In Lebanon/Beirut” in every sentence, regardless of how annoying it sometimes gets. But one…

You’re Going To The Netherlands? -The Reactions

Like I explained in a few posts, not everyone welcomed the idea my studying in the Netherlands with open arms. In fact, there were plenty of reactions ranging from the hilarious to the incredibly clueless and of course, the genuinely concerned. Now I know, the reputation of the Netherlands is far from spotless, but it…