Wouldn’t it be great if Lebanon’s problems could be solved by saying, simply: “There’s an app for that?” Now they can. (Click to enlarge)
Thanks to the wonderfully talented Maya Zankoul for the illustrations. For previous collaborations between Qifa Nabki and Maya, click here.
February 22, 2010 at 1:01 am
Arayeb would make a damn fortune!
February 22, 2010 at 2:12 am
brilliant! love it.
February 22, 2010 at 2:13 am
you should make it into a poster, or postcards. you would also make a fortune. great collaboration.
February 22, 2010 at 2:15 am
Love it , nice work
February 22, 2010 at 2:15 am
We need an App to keep us informed of who is reconciling with who lately
so we can tell a friend from foe at least!
February 22, 2010 at 2:50 am
hayde seb2ak 3leya Hummusnation [http://www.hummusnation.net/?p=1406]
I like the new ideas tho lol!
February 22, 2010 at 3:17 am
LOL was a very good morning start. My favorites were missed call and Arayeb aps. followed by War Index. You got it Spot On guys!
February 22, 2010 at 3:57 am
I would also include a pot hole app, to avoid damage to your car!
February 22, 2010 at 4:32 am
great idea! great post!
February 22, 2010 at 4:33 am
You laugh about the missed call service, but it actually exits.
February 22, 2010 at 5:21 am
too good! too funny! thank you!
February 22, 2010 at 5:51 am
Successful collaboration indeed
February 22, 2010 at 5:54 am
Nice done, made me laugh !!
February 22, 2010 at 6:10 am
Heh… You know many of these Apps are cross-border compatible. Except for maybe 3, all the rest would work perfectly fine here in Jordan.
Nice piece.
February 22, 2010 at 6:12 am
1-The i-zaim should also come with satellite based geolocation features, in addition to the app V suggested , making it able to turn automatically silent (and blank) in given conditions.
2- QNApp TO SLEEP?
a)Looks like the insomniac market is largely covered by a large array of drugs, widely available in the thousands of pharmacies with or without prescription…that paper of rien du tout is , of course, not compulsory in Lebanon –unlike everywhere else in the world- given the proverbial popular knowledge of Lebanese in the field of antidepressants, anxiolytics, tranquilizers and sleeping pills of all sorts.
b)QNapp would apply for exactly the opposite application: need something to keep you up till to 2pm? Go to QN. Need an excuse to procrastinate –with whatever you need to have done since past month- definitely GO to QN.com!
February 22, 2010 at 8:13 am
hahaha quitd hilarious and spot on! ah the lebanese life style… ya laziz ya reye2!
February 22, 2010 at 10:32 am
I like Anisa’s suggestion #3. I can see street hawkers in Beirut selling these posters to High School students and University dorms.
February 22, 2010 at 12:19 pm
HAHAHA, this is brilliant!!!
February 22, 2010 at 12:47 pm
you had me at “Missed Call” …..
Excellent Work
February 22, 2010 at 1:26 pm
b’sharafak, brilliant habibi. Ana bil-loge now that I have read this. Mercitain.
February 22, 2010 at 1:39 pm
Very funny!
QN&MZ, seriously “Arayeb” can make you millionaires (if you are not already:)
And I would price it at $4.99, not $0.99
And I would go for the poster too. But please make sure your currently 2D icons are photoshoped into proper iPhone standard icons… add top Glare, crop the top glare (its bottom part with a curve), apply an underglow, then add a sharp drop shadow below the icon
here:
February 22, 2010 at 3:13 pm
Excellent! One of my favourite is the QNapp.
Les analystes politiques manquent tellement d’auto-dérision que cela rend parfois leurs propos vraiment dérisoires..
February 22, 2010 at 11:10 pm
What system does your I PHone use , runs on ,
February 23, 2010 at 9:11 am
As an Arab who was and still is extremely fond of Arab classical poetry, I feel compelled to ask the author of the blog, Mr. Elias Muhanna, the question posed by Abi Nawwas to all the classical Arab poets over 1500 years. What harm would it do to you, i.e. the poets, if you just sat down and carried on with your lamentations instead of insisting on doing it while standing? May be, with your expertise in the field, you have a convincing argument in support of one or the other Mr. Muhanna.
I realize my comment is off topic but I feel it is quite relevant with regards to the chosen blog title.
Regards,
Mustapha
February 23, 2010 at 9:33 am
Mustapha
If we sit and lament instead of standing, we might fall asleep.
February 23, 2010 at 1:45 pm
brilliant idea!
other then a poster could be a nice t-shirt print.
and opens so many possibilities: plastic surgery doctors, coffee with neighbors calendar,..
February 23, 2010 at 4:29 pm
LOL !!!!
amazing guys, this is very witty
February 23, 2010 at 4:38 pm
Surprised there is no “Maid” or “Sri Lankan” app.
February 25, 2010 at 12:13 am
Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant!!
Can you come up with more? Please!
February 25, 2010 at 2:58 pm
“Rja’ Rja’!” = Classic
March 1, 2010 at 4:09 pm
dunno if i commented before, but this is a fantastic graphic
maybe we need a shawarma/knafe app as well
i’d love a turkish coffee app too.. served with face of course and no sugar.
July 26, 2010 at 10:53 am
Is there an app that tells us what Jumblat’s position is at this hour of the day? That’s what we need!!
July 26, 2010 at 11:28 am
will be a big hit