I will be honest here. I kept myself out of the loop on a lot of Lebanese bands that were gaining traction out of some kind of contrarian snobbery.

Is there any good stuff that should be on my radar? The only big band I'm familiar with is Mashrou3 Leila, but I'm not super into their music. Maybe others would be more in line with my taste?

Bonus points if their live events are fun!

Y'all ever heard about LebGeeks?

It was something like 2010, and I googled some obscure DSL problem. I thought I'd include my ISP's name as well. Lo and behold, a site emerges from the darkness. It's called LebGeeks, a forum for Lebanese techies. Seemed cool, I was a bit of a forum enjoyer myself. I pop on over to create an account so that I too can enjoy complaining about this trash ISP.

The signup process involved a simple programming exercise, which was unusual. The gatekeeping was pretty silly, but it did serve the purpose of keeping non-techies out. Which was the point, but it was 2010 in Lebanon - these were the only people who would join that forum.

Anyway, I did not make friends on that forum. Bashing ISPs and the telecom ministry's inaction with the slow internet can only give you so much gratification.

A few years later I discover this other tech forum. This one is called Reddit, and it's pretty dope: there's a community for all kinds of stuff. Building PCs, gaming, Wi