Pierre Zalloua @PZalloua Twitter profile

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

4 years

I just declined a dream full time job in a wonderful institution abroad with great people. It was heart wrenching but I felt ashamed to leave Lebanon when it is experiencing its most existential challenge. I will be joining another local wonderful institution: univ. of Balamand.

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Pierre Zalloua

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1 year

Do not rent from @SurpriceCars , (Portugal) they are total scammers. We had to pay 703€ for a tiny scratch that can be easily polished. That we are not sure we made it. Plus, they are rude, impolite and fraudulent. Shameful!

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Pierre Zalloua

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4 years

We are looking for my brother in law. He is 52 and his name is Elie Naufal, please help us find him.

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4 years

Moderna’s vaccine, 94% effective, can be stored refrigerated (no need for freezing). Excellent news!

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3 years

And who says blueberries cannot be grown in Mount Lebanon? It took 9 years.. but deliciously worth it

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6 years

Discussing Levantine genetics, and the spread of the Semitic language with L. Lazaridis, D. Reich and NN Taleb over a Mediterranean meal! @nntaleb @iosif_lazaridis

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@PZalloua

4 years

PLEASE STAY HOME! Don’t be scared, the number of cases will increase for a while, but they will decrease again soon AND FAST if we all stay home. WE ARE IN IT TOGETHER! LET US LOOK OUT TO EACH OTHERS AND PROTECT ONE ANOTHER. ONE FOR ALL!!

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@PZalloua

5 years

Adonis was killed by a wild boar in Mount Lebanon some 3KYA. Ever since his blood flows every Spring!

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5 years

At z Lecture on Localism, Beirut USJ @nntaleb over-filled

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4 years

This morning from my garden!

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@PZalloua

4 years

Lebanon is going on lockdown from Wednesday evening until Monday morning (4 days), I am searching for a sensible rationale behind this decision, anyone?

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

3 years

Against all odds: In the bekaa 🇱🇧 , “jabal lknayssi” a superb winery and a great, tenacious wine maker @EidAzar —> delicious wine: “Vertical 33”.

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@PZalloua

4 years

THIS IS NOT A JOKE: A typical day in Mount Lebanon: power from 6AM-8AM, and from 2PM-4PM. That’s 4 hours of power between 6AM-12AM. Our “competent” government has been running (for years) a 2 billion $ deficit a year, just on power. And get this they are still in power!!!

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@PZalloua

4 years

This afternoon I lost my childhood friend to COVID-19, the sweetest man and the best football player I ever saw. What hurts even more is that I cannot mourn his loss with his family and kids. What has become a of us!!! What kind of a life is this?

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@PZalloua

4 years

Herd immunity is a crime, this concept does not yet apply to Covid-19 and those who are advocating it now should be persecuted by law.

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1 year

Beautiful Mount Lebanon!

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7 years

Phoenicians were explorers, not conquerors! @nntaleb

DNA From Ancient Civilization Shows They Were Explorers

Most of our historical record about the Phoenicians came from ancient Greeks and Romans—the Phoenician's arch-enemies.

www.newsweek.com

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@PZalloua

5 years

This is how revolutions are made: Lebanese style!

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@PZalloua

4 years

We need to know how the virus is spreading in the community and who is more likely to spread it? The more we know the better we can prevent @yaneerbaryam @nntaleb @normonics

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

2 years

. “Kibbe”, Invented and mastered to perfection! Where else? EHDEN!

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

4 years

Lockdown is working, it should have been done before the holidays, it would have saved many lives. The PCR positivity is dropping, it is under 20%. A good sign. Alas too many lives lost already.

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@PZalloua

4 years

Pity a nation when, in the 21st century, the IMF refuses to loan its government money unless it provides its citizens with electricity, water and other basic necessities! More pitiful, when this nation is home to the oldest continuously inhabited city (Byblos) on the planet!

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@PZalloua

4 years

There is novel variant (501.V2) that is not very reactive to current antibodies. Shut down incoming air travel or enforce a full 14 day quarantine, until we figure out what the hell is going on. Act now quickly and think later.

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

4 years

My ancestors, literally, came from the Caucasus, to Northern Mount Lebanon (Ehden) 5,700 years ago! They never left these beautiful mountains since.

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

4 years

Réveillez vous... votre bien aimé Liban n’est plus

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

5 years

I teach them genetics, yesterday they taught me: courage, hope and love of Lebanon. @JadHaddad1997 @aimeedac

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

4 years

I watched @Vision2030LBCI with @AlbertKostanian , a show that I like, and I decided it is time to emigrate (again) and fast. All I see around me are “experts” and in every field. If we have so many experts in this country, why then are we such a failure of a country??

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

3 years

. @magdaboudagher , @DrWissam , @nntaleb It has finally arrived, 1000 copies fresh off the print. Order your copy from @phoenicianinst

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

4 years

This morning while taking a walk in my neighborhood : breathtaking

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

6 years

After an introduction to squatting, a rewarding lunch with NNTaleb ⁦ @nntaleb ⁩

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

5 years

Nassim Taleb - Le Liban: de ponzi au localisme - ⁦ @nntaleb ⁩ ⁦ @USJLiban ⁩ ⁦ @magdaboudagher ⁩ ⁦ @LbciLebanon ⁩

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

3 years

Looking forward to it

عشرين 30

@Vision2030LBCI

3 years

تستضيف حلقة "اللقاح، نهاية الكابوس؟" من برنامج #عشرين_30 الباحث في علم الوراثة والجينات د. بيار زلوعا الإثنين بتمام الساعة 9:40 مساءً عبر شاشة الـLBCI @PZalloua @AlbertKostanian

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

3 years

Today my 86 year old father in law got his first vaccine shot at St Georges Hospital. A flawless operation. Great job @EidAzar !

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

4 years

Game changer in COVID 19 fight: mandating face masks Second potential game changer in COVID 19 fight: quick but rigorous study on the potential prophylactic effect of Hydroxychloroquine (in China, Italy, France, Spain) @nntaleb @normonics

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

4 years

There are now at least 6 different vaccines against SARS Cov-2 (Moderna, Pfizer, Astrazeneca, Novavax, Janssen, Sinopharm). I would take the first available one. The benefit/risk ratio of any of these is favorable!

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

3 years

The last breath of those who fell on August 4 will remain eternally pure.Yours is evil, will be cursed from now to eternity. #BeirutBlast

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

6 years

Beautiful Lebanon

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

4 years

-Me: I would like to transfer $.. to my US bank account -Lebanese Bank teller: why do you want to transfer the money? -Me: to pay my bills -Bank teller: what bills, do you have proofs -Me: IT IS MY MONEY WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU -Bank teller: who do you think you are.. click

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

4 years

Home grown and locally made! Let us try keeping it this way for future generations..

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

4 years

Lebanon, an antifragile failed state: 1.5 million refugees (>30% of local population) yet health system did not collapse; Facing Covid, 5 deaths per million with minimal resources. 152% GDP/Debt ratio, 30+ years of institutionalized corruption. It is the country of “antagonism”

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Pierre Zalloua

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4 years

This was my daughter’s post on her instagram story yesterday!

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

4 years

We are reaching herd stupidity!

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

3 years

Finally some good news, we have started to move the hospitalization curve downward. Still a long way to go and more losses and sufferings but if we keep careful we can bring the numbers down further!

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Pierre Zalloua

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4 years

I keep asking myself, who is thinking of those who retired last year or are about to retire and seeing their pensions or savings evaporate.This happenend to my father 30 years ago and it is happening today to many parents. Except, I don’t see a light @HuseinNourdin @wael_atallah

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Pierre Zalloua

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5 years

At the demonstrations today: “Lebanese Style”

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Pierre Zalloua

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6 years

Ancient DNA of Phoenician remains indicates discontinuity in the settlement history of Ibiza | Scientific Reports

Ancient DNA of Phoenician remains indicates discontinuity in the settlement history of Ibiza

Scientific Reports - Ancient DNA of Phoenician remains indicates discontinuity in the settlement history of Ibiza

www.nature.com

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

4 years

I went to one of the largest grocery stores around 5pm, lots of people, shocking prices (scary) but everyone, every single person was wearing a mask properly (hope) we are in it together and together we will make it and cross safely over, then we tackle the price issue!!

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Pierre Zalloua

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3 years

I was 10 years younger last year!

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Pierre Zalloua

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7 years

Mitochondrial DNA shows Lebanese closer to Europe than Cyprus @nntaleb

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

3 years

Un an déjà… injustice… impunité… que de l’amertume.. un peuple déchiqueté…un pays qui s’éclipse

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

4 years

Think about this for a sec: a tiny virus, stopped the entire world in its tracks, defying the Harvards, Stanfords and Oxfords of the world with their brilliant scientists and their billions in funding...>100,000 dead within 2 months and counting. Best advice is a 100 year old!

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Pierre Zalloua

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3 years

Phoencians were settlers.... not colonizers...

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

1 year

From one of the first Phoenician outposts: overlooking the Atlantic!

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

5 years

It is here!!!

Phoenician Heritage Institute

@phoenicianinst

5 years

TO DOCUMENT, TO PRESERVE AND TO SHARE WITH THE WORLD #Phoenicia #Phoenician

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4 years

It is “GAME OVER” for the LBP and all those incompetent tyrants that got us here. Can we try a fresh start for once? Not only for us who still believe but for future generations?

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

4 years

Any talk about Lebanon reaching herd immunity is not only stupid but reckless. We are far from it and we will not reach it unless we vaccinate and vaccinate massively.

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

4 years

We can’t continue to live in denial: The economic crisis in Lebanon has nothing to do with the economy. Lebanon is not collapsing, it has collapsed long ago, and if we don’t admit to these facts, we cannot fix our problems.

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

4 years

Wear surgical masks (more effective); don’t get into an elevator without your mask, even when alone; avoid holding indoor meetings without a source of fresh air (open window); keep a safe distance even if everyone is wearing a mask. Stay safe.

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

3 years

With #Omicron it is no longer a matter of “if”, it is a matter of “When” = Vaccines are the best safety net. Vaxicovid >>>>>milder than Covid!

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

4 years

I miss you so much. Merry Christmas ya habibi ya Louli

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

3 years

As good as it gets… a unique wine from a unique region.. @peterfrankopan would certainly agree!

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

3 years

Bad epidemiologists are surfacing faster than Omicron is spreading. Yes Omicron is bad, nasty, but we need good and robust science to know what is going on. Overreacting is essential, but spreading bad science is harmful. We need more time and data to understand this variant.

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

4 years

My 18 year old daughter just created this Instagram page. What a beautiful surprise, there is hope! @peterfrankopan , @DalrympleWill , @nntaleb

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

4 years

Unfortunately we need a couple of makeshift hospitals immediately to deal with what is coming. We have not reached the peak.Hospitalization follows 7-10 days after. Let us all mobilize (Government, NGO, private sectors, Universities, International community) to make it happen.

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

3 years

To all of us mourning the loss of someone murdered on the 4th of August 2020, today feels no different than the day after the explosion! The pain does not go away!!! We feel their absence with every breath we take!

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

3 years

We have to vaccinate at a rate of 20k-25k per day to get to a safe place soon. If we can’t (we are not), we must implement severe mitigation measures (we are not). We cannot have it both ways. Numbers of infections are not dropping.

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

4 years

@nntaleb Here is the real deal: @nntaleb was furious because his lovely family told him that they will not fire up the barbecue (lamb meat?) nor serve the squid until “THE GUEST OF HONOR” (ME) arrives!

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

4 years

Celebrating 100 year anniversary: “La Revue Phénicienne”. Front and back cover. Coming this Christmas! @DrWissam , @magdaboudagher , @nntaleb , @phoenicianinst

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@PZalloua

4 years

Lebanon has 5,423 cases today. This is bad but positivity rate of 19.5% is what is really scary !! Lockdown is not going to be the sole answer to cut down these numbers. Household transmissions are driving these numbers as well as super-spreaders. These need to be tackled fast!

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

4 years

You will enjoy it!

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

3 years

This is a gem!! Amazingly enriching. @JawadBoulos must be very proud!

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

4 years

Social distancing + face mask + staying home unless absolutely necessary to go out = the only successful strategy against Covid-19. There is no other way!

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

4 years

Made with deep red velvety cherries from my hometown (Ehden). Come taste it @neokyma13 , you will love it.

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

4 years

Friday night confinement survival ritual. You got me hooked on it @nntaleb , we will meet again @spwells on this same balcony and will fix it for all three of us. Hemingway would have invented it!

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

4 years

Today there are more cars on the road than any other day since this pandemic. AND we are testing significantly less people = nb of cases meaningless. Both of these indicators are a recipe for a disaster. Wake up people, we need to be all responsible in fighting this.

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

3 years

Another heavenly place in the middle of all the chaos. One of the best red wines of 🇱🇧 and the wonderful couple that makes it! You can’t but fall in love with our 🇱🇧.

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

4 years

May the Easter Spirit be soothing to all. We can’t live without hope.

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

3 years

Staying ahead of SARS-Cov-2: 1- Vaccinate fast, fast, fast 2- Use any available vaccine with safety and efficacy data published 3- Massive use of antigen testing to identify potential spreaders

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

5 years

With my daughters (14 & 17) in one of the many local demonstrations happening in Lebanon today. Surreal!! Hope Hope.. there is always hope

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

1 year

Fabulous @DalrympleWill , Your podcast @EmpirePodUK is as addictive as you books!!!

William Dalrymple

@DalrympleWill

1 year

This week's @EmpirePodUK : Sykes-Picot: Carving up the Middle-East Between 23 November 1915 and 3 January 1916 an English aristocrat and a French colonial official drew a line on a map: the basis for an Anglo-French partition of the Ottoman Empire.

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Pierre Zalloua

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2 years

This is my Lebanon, the eternal shining North Star, the golden sunset and the burgeoning cedar!

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

2 years

We shall take it from them, one finger at a time.

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

3 years

Finally!!! I made it there and it was much, much better than I imagined it to be! Time stopped in year 79!

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

6 years

An incredible Lebanese Cabernet to celebrate the first rain of the “early” Fall season!

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

3 years

We miss you more every day. Vitam Aeternam!

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

4 years

1- LOCK DOWN NOW..think later 2-TEST TEST TEST (as much as possible) while there is a window to act, soon it will be too late 3- Case tracing as best as possible, using every avenue at your disposal, and isolate 4- Test for seroconversion as it becomes available and robust.

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@PZalloua

4 years

@nntaleb No public transportation, no football games, school and universities closure early, very few flights in and most importantly: media played a huge role by overreacting,making everyone paranoid.

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@PZalloua

7 years

2-Sunset over temples of Astarte (left) and Baal Amon (right). Cadiz

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@PZalloua

5 years

La dolce vita: Ehden Sunday morning, under the platane trees, cards, backgammon, “arghile” (shisha). Good habits die hard in the Lebanese Mountains..

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@PZalloua

3 months

Almost there! Months away. Thank you @nntaleb

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

@nntaleb

3 months

First, very rough draft of my foreword to @PZalloua 's book on the Levant. For comments.

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@PZalloua

4 years

Looks like confinement all over again and more strict than before. Testing may not help at this stage as contact tracing is going to be a huge challenge. Wear a mask, observe social distancing with only essential outings!

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@PZalloua

4 years

If you want to know who were the first inhabitants of Mount Lebanon, and where they came from : . @nntaleb @MatisooSmith

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

@nntaleb

4 years

Earliest inhabitants of Mount Lebanon (who became Maronites) came from Armenia and most probably brought wine with them to the Levant. First pub of the EAST MED CENTER at Balamand. Real science is when you stand historians on their head.

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@PZalloua

3 months

Such an honor. Thank you Nassim. I am grateful.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

@nntaleb

3 months

A Few Things We Don’t Quite Get About the Levant

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@PZalloua

4 years

We all need to pause and absorb that New Zealand and to a large extent Australia eliminated/suppressed SARS-Cov-2 without a single vaccine inoculation. We don’t have to wait for the vaccine to stop virus spread! @yaneerbaryam

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@PZalloua

4 years

In Lebanon, we can vaccinate all of our healthcare and Red Cross workers in less than a week’s time!

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Pierre Zalloua

@PZalloua

4 years

Covid 19 Vaccines should be administered in vaccination centers throughout the country by pharmacists (preferably) and other trained health professionals (not nurses or clinicians who are badly needed for Covid 19 disease management). Keep hospitals for treating patients.

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@PZalloua

4 years

Get the vaccine to as many adults over 55 as soon as possible. THAT SHOULD BE THE ONLY STRATEGY. There are less than 1.2 millions over the age of 55. Do what is right for once!

L'Orient Today

@lorienttoday

4 years

The Health Ministry will launch a platform to register the names of those who want to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, the head of Parliament’s health committee, MP Assem Araji (Future/Zahle), has announced

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3 years

Today’s lunch... keeping with tradition

Jad Abdallah

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3 years

Support my Thymes961 project! I make craft Kebbés to preserve a tradition running in the family since 1889. I'm thinking about delivering the first piece this summer only if Deus vult! IG: @ thymes961

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Data Science Center at University of Balamand @nntaleb

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Fi byetrko, fi byeb2o, fi byejo! Ba3d ma @PZalloua 2arrar yb2a bi baladna bhal fatra lse3bé, mfakkar ana erja3, la intemé la jém3a bi Lebnén la 2awwé l ma3nawiyyét (w 3allém l tlémiz Data Science).

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September in the Levant: first rain! Sumac making season. Pure velvet! 1-Dry in the sun; 2-Strip flowers; 3-Grind. Done!

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