Lebanon

The Gatekeepers: Shin Bet Vets Ponder the Israeli State They've Protected

15 Metro Phoenix Restaurants to Visit During Spring Training 2013

Spring Training is almost upon us, which means winter is officially over and it's time to break out the shorts. This right here is the weather we Phoenicians live for, the reason we endure five hellish months of summer and severe cases of cabin fever . . . just for the few all-too-brief months of ba ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Issues Press Release to Point Out People From Other Countries Work at MCSO

After a review of MCSO's hiring practices, Sheriff Joe Arpaio has issued a press release to assure the public that not everyone working for the Sheriff's Office is a white-skinned American.See also:-Joe Arpaio's Office Commits Worst Racial Profiling in U.S. History, Concludes DOJ-Joe Arpaio Looks Li ... More >>

John Rocker, of "Queer with AIDS" Fame, Comes Out of the Woodwork to Sell Books and Say "Thank God for Jan Brewer"

John Rocker, a former steroid-using homophobic relief pitcher for the Atlanta Braves and other teams, still exists -- which is just about enough John Rocker news for one day.Unfortunately, he gave an interview to conspiracy theorists about his book and his love for Governor Jan Brewer, so we really ... More >>

Best of Coachella Weekend Two: Sunday, April 22

See also: Our complete Coachella coverage By the third day of Coachella's second weekend -- the sixth and final day of this year's festival -- folks had more or less learned to ignore the dust and the heat. Here are our intrepid writers' favorite things about the final hours of the 2012 event.

Racial Slurs At NCAA Game Yesterday Reminiscent Of ASU Students' Taunting Of Steve Kerr

Like millions of other hard-working Americans, we took pause yesterday (just occasionally, boss!) to sneak some peaks at the first-round games of the men's NCAA basketball tourney.​The annual March Madness first-round Thursdays and Fridays are among our favorite days of the year. Thirty-two flippi ... More >>

Sasquatch! Music Festival 2012: Beck Is Back, Jack White to Perform Solo

Sasquatch! Music Festival​Jack White, Beck, Bon Iver, Pretty Lights and Tenacious D will be headlining Sasquatch! Music Festival this year.Kudos to the good people of Sasquatch for digging Beck out of the grave. Hopefully this means he's finally got some new material. Beirut, Girl Talk, The R ... More >>

What's Selling: Revolver Records Top 10 Selling Albums of the Week

​​Want to know what new release discs and platters are moving across the Valley at local record stores? We've got you covered with another installment of What's Selling. Your friendly neighborhood record shop, Revolver Records, celebrates four years of buying, selling and trading LPs, CDs a ... More >>

Blondie @ Foundry on First

What's Selling: Stinkweeds Top 10 Selling Albums of the Week

Neon Indian - Era Extrana​​Want to know what new release discs and platters are moving across the Valley at local record stores? We've got you covered with another installment of What's Selling. After thoroughly enjoying Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive and it's 1980's-inspired synth-pop soundt ... More >>

What's Selling: Zia Record Exchange Top 10 Selling Albums of the Week

​Want to know what new release discs and platters are moving across the Valley at local record stores? We've got you covered with another installment of What's Selling. It's not very surprising that Lil Wayne and the Red Hot Chili Peppers topped the sales charts at Zia Record Exchange last we ... More >>

Iamwe Use Indie Rock to Tell the Tale of a 100-Year-Old English Woman

IAMWE's "So They Say," as Explained by the Band

​Isabelle "Bella" Vise is a simple lady. The 100-year-old from Torquay, England led an equally simple life -- well, simple for the time period in which came up. IAMWE drummer Josh Carlson met Bella while volunteering at a hospice. The two quickly became unexpected friends, and Carlson told his b ... More >>

Berlin @ The Canyon Club

DJentrification on The Palace, World Music, and Phoenix's Hidden Culture

Photo by Gatsby​ Sometimes the word "eclectic" just doesn't do a dude justice. Djentrification is one of the most "eclectic" DJs in town, and the term barely serves to scratch the surface when it comes to his unique musical approach.He's not a typical DJ, finding kindred spirits in guys like legen ... More >>

Courtney Love Allegedly Steals Photographer David LaChapelle's Car

​Right after a rough breakup with her British boyfriend Henry Allsopp, Courtney Love has allegedly stolen photographer David LaChapelle's car, according to Spinner.Love said she was going to pick up director Brett Ratner so she could bring him to LaChapelle's exhibition at the Lever House, but she ... More >>

Lunch under $10 at Byblos Cuisine and Pastry

The Vegetarian Combo Platter ($8.95) is loaded with Mediterranean goodness. ​It is very likely when you dine at Byblos, an elegant yet causal restaurant on South Mill in Tempe, you will be greeted or served by owner Samir Mirza. Originally from the ancient town of Byblos, Lebanon, he opened ... More >>

Critics Claim Supreme Master Ching Hai's Followers' Restaurants Featuring Tasty Vegan Fare Front For an Exploitive Movement.

Basshunter Reportedly Sexually Assaulted Two Teenage Girls at Nightclub

​Swedish DJ Basshunter is being accused of sexually assaulting two teenage girls during a gig at Kitty's nightclub in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, according to NME.When two female 18- and 19-year-old cousins went to the VIP area to have their picture taken with Basshunter, they got a lot more than th ... More >>

Eating the World: Middle Eastern Bakery & Deli

The best ethnic food is often the most difficult to find. So each week we'll spin the globe and search for a new other-worldly spot to expand our eating horizons around the Valley.This week we go to Lebanon, Israel and Greece at Middle Eastern Bakery & Deli.Carrie WheelerThe combination pla ... More >>

Owen Pallett at Marquee Theatre Last Night

​Everyone's heard of the Final Fantasy video game series, but few people have heard of the Final Fantasy I'm writing about: Owen Pallett. What does one have to do with the other, you may ask?Pallett, who opened for The National at Marquee Theatre last night, the Canadian violin virtuoso, used to p ... More >>

Hot Links: New Citizens, AIMS, and a Possible Hand Grenade

 52 people will become new U.S. citizens today in a naturalization ceremony in Phoenix. The soon-to-be citizens range in age from 20 to 75, and come from countries including Lebanon, the Philipines, and Mexico. As part of the ceremony, which takes place this afternoon at Burton Barr Central Lib ... More >>

On Chuck Taylor’s and Having It Better than Guatemala

Babak Dehghanpisheh

Former President Jimmy Carter Discusses Bringing Peace to the Middle East, President Obama, and Raising Kids in the White House

photo from Carter's book We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land President Carter signs his latest book at Changing Hands this Friday.It's not every day you get to chat with a former President of the United States. And since President Jimmy Carter will be in town on Friday, signing copies of his b ... More >>

Arty Girl: International Star Architect, Bernard Khoury at ASU

By architect Bernard KhouryWhen life gives you lemons...An old friend of mine heard this from one of our Catholic school teachers back in the day and we both agreed that the saying was so annoying, it made us want to kick that teacher in the crotch.But if there's a person out there making lemonade, ... More >>

Waltz with Bashir Is a Remarkable Bubbling Up of Repressed Violence

The Best Movies of 2008

Henry Rollins Is Begging You to Vote

O Henry

Outspoken punk icon speaks out

The Undiscovered Country

Lebanese native portrays her homeland as it ought to be

Cannes takes a decidedly serious tone with films featuring sites of social conflict

Letters from the issue of Thursday, May 8, 2008

May First Friday: Nidaa Aboulhosn’s “Conatus. Every Day.”

Bombshell: The explosive backstory in the Robert Ortloff murder trial may be more fascinating than the case itself

Dark-Skinned, Good Guy

Traveler

Phoenicia
(self-released)

It's a Wrap

Can the Web save Arizona's largest daily newspaper?

New Times' top DVD picks for the week of February 13

Hayworth Hoo-Ha

The Bird defends J.D. Hayworth, of all people, and sticks its beak into the mystery of Gary Tupper's hacked Web site

Letters

Letters from the issue of Thursday, August 25, 2005

This Week's Day-by-day Picks

Thrilling Me

Not-so-softly with their songs

Root for the Home Team

ASU's "Superfan" gets called out at the old ball game

Politically Indirect

Eschewing overt dogma, Texas rockers At the Drive-In don't encourage riot, they embody it

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