Beirut Flash Mob Dances the Lebanese Dabke (Video) …Update: Israeli Beach Flash Mob

A wonderful tribute to the Lebanese people…
A group of well dressed people “liberate” the Hizbullah-controlled Beirut Airport Duty Free Central Area, for a few minutes, dance the Lebanese Dabke (Debka). Everyone joins in.

What beautiful women. It’s a shame the Islamic thugs force them to hide under black sacks.

The Weekly Standard reported:

Most of the dancers are professionals, hired by M&C Saatchi MENA, to promote their client, Beirut Duty Free, while others swept up by the emotion just joined in. The aim of the spot, some Saatchi employees explain, was to leave passengers with a memory of Lebanon they could take with them on their journey.

Obviously, the video was not Nasrallah-approved.
It sure beats any production we’ve ever see by Hezbollah.

UPDATE: And while we’re in the region–
Here’s the Israeli beach flash mob.
Wow!…

What’s not to love?
Hat Tip RedWine

#1 March 18, 2011 at 6:28 pm
gemma commented:

Glorious!!!!
#2 March 18, 2011 at 6:31 pm
Opus#6@AmericanPerspective commented:

Beautiful. And in violation of sharia law.
#3 March 18, 2011 at 6:32 pm
Granny commented:

Beautiful! And very much like this Lezginka from Chechnya

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBjA4ui7fJk&feature=related
#4 March 18, 2011 at 6:33 pm
Granny commented:

#2 March 18, 2011 at 6:31 pm
Opus#6@AmericanPerspective commented:

Beautiful. And in violation of sharia law.
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Until very recently Lebanon was more than 50% Christian and known as the Paris of the East. Very cosmopolitan.
#5 March 18, 2011 at 6:36 pm
Redwine commented:

Not bad. Doesn’t hold a candle to the Israeli beach flash mob dancers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFbkbTqT2j0
#6 March 18, 2011 at 6:41 pm
Marsh626 commented:

It’s really sad what happened to Lebanon. They were the last Christian majority country left in the middle east. Then they welcomed millions of muslims immigrants with open arms. Big mistake. Now it’s being taken over by islamofascists.
#8 March 18, 2011 at 6:51 pm
bg commented:

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ooh, i loved it!!

thanks for sharing..

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#9 March 18, 2011 at 6:54 pm
Redwine commented:

Thanks for the HT, Jim. Israelis don’t have to worry about shariah restrictions. They can don bikinis and speedos at will. Israel is the one beacon of light in the Middle East.
#10 March 18, 2011 at 7:06 pm
Andrew commented:

Very lovely ladies. 2:31 Wow!
#11 March 18, 2011 at 7:17 pm
Neil Sorsky commented:

Indeed, what beautiful women! Another reason to wage counter-jihad.
#12 March 18, 2011 at 7:29 pm
Czekmark commented:

A snapshot of a world without muslim terrorism.
#13 March 18, 2011 at 7:34 pm
Andreas K. commented:

“What beautiful women. It’s a shame the Islamic thugs force them to hide under black sacks.”

Power. Nothing else. Not religion, not spirituality, not whatever other BS reason some may give. Power. Pure and simple. The only reason that ever counted. Power.

The Lebanese dance, which is pretty epic, full of life, makes me think how great it would be if Jews, Christians, Mohammedans, etc, could dance it together.

But it won’t happen. Maybe it’s because I’m not sober anymore… Anyway…

Most people have no idea what is coming. They come up with imaginary things like “islamists” and their solution is “dialogue” and “tolerance”. I will get my war. The only thing I regret about it is that it will hit people I love. The rest of the world can burn.

Pray to all your gods that the jihadis never attack anyone I love. And pray I never get a field command in such a case, because I will be more terrible than any of our enemies can ever be.
#14 March 18, 2011 at 7:35 pm
Andreas K. commented:

And let me add this:

“If a man dedicates his life to good deeds and the welfare of others, he will die unthanked and unremembered. If he exercises his genius bringing misery and death to billions, his name will echo through the millennia for a hundred lifetimes. Infamy is always more preferable to ignominy.”
#15 March 18, 2011 at 7:43 pm
OxyCon commented:

I wonder what a Palestinian flash mob video would look like. It would probably start with a bang and end with a bang.
#16 March 18, 2011 at 7:43 pm
SandyfromChesterfield commented:

Now isn’t this much more fun than protesting?
#17 March 18, 2011 at 8:04 pm
Joe's Garage commented:

The Israeli one I watched no problem. The Beirut one had me nervous because I kept thinking that it was fantastic and any moment hundreds of baton-wielding thugs from the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice were going to come in, bug eyed and screaming and put these heathens in their place for the satanic crime of dancing.
Because as we all know, there is no joy in Islam.
#18 March 18, 2011 at 8:26 pm
bg commented:

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What beautiful women. It’s a shame the Islamic
thugs force them to hide under black sacks.

where did you get that info??

Beirut Forum: What do women wear in Lebanon

bit more (or less ) here..

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#19 March 18, 2011 at 9:19 pm
Ginger commented:

Thank you Redwine….and Jim. I am going to watch them again.

Wonderful! Every once in a while we get something enjoyable.
#20 March 18, 2011 at 9:34 pm
Mike O commented:

The Lebanese are really some of the most beautiful people in the world; especially the women. Too bad we simply don’t generally know about Saudi women.
#21 March 18, 2011 at 10:14 pm
Sandy commented:

How beautiful these Israelis are! They are healthy and active. May God bless them with long wonderful lives.

Ya think there will be an American flash mob when Obama is defeated in 12?
#22 March 18, 2011 at 10:19 pm
Edouard commented:

#21

Many American flash mobs, Sandy!
#23 March 18, 2011 at 10:33 pm
Mariam commented:

Beirut and Lebanon are far from what you described. Lebanon is for the Lebanese. Please don’t make up crap about my country.
#24 March 18, 2011 at 10:38 pm
Big L commented:

made my day.
#25 March 19, 2011 at 1:05 am
Aussie commented:

Well said Mariam. I agree, that other stuff is not happening in most of Lebanon.
#26 March 19, 2011 at 3:12 am
ClinkinKY commented:

This was certainly more enjoyable than the “flash mobs” we saw in Wisconsin recently.
#27 March 19, 2011 at 5:16 am
Jimmy commented:

You’re just a bunch of jealous copy cats , you keep immitating us in everything , bad timing for the video , you could have waited a bit !!! I pity your brainwashed jealous people and extremist ultra orthodox and criminal right wing. There’s no fun in jewish extremism

cheers from Beirut , the glamorous capital of the Middle East.
#29 March 20, 2011 at 1:07 am
Sam commented:

Wow the level of ignorance is shocking on these boards.

There never was nor will there never be sharia law in Lebanon, most of the Muslims in the country dont want that (they are the most liberal in the region) and the country is 40% Christian anyway.
Women have never and will never be forced to wear veils in lebanon, this is not Saudi by ANY stretch of the imagination. You are sterotyping an entire people which is the utmost attribute of ignorance. Do some research first before you people make such outlandish statements.
I am guessing very few of you have ever been to Lebanon, and judging by your complete lack of knowledge of the region you probably never will. Its was and STILL IS a huge entertainment center with flashy nightlclubs that would even put Miami’s finest to shame. Beautiful beaches which include bikini clad women and the rest. Everything exists in Lebanon and nobody interferes with social customs.
The styles of the women you saw in the video above is highly typical of what you would see on the streets.
So please take your pre-conceptions somewhere else or read a book.