Being rel­a­tively new to the blo­gos­phere, I tend to dis­cover and learn new things about blog­ging every­day. Not only that, but the amount of ran­dom knowl­edge I’ve accu­mu­lated over the last cou­ple of months (from research­ing), is sim­ply ridicu­lous; in a good and valu­able sort of way. The best part though, is that I come across new and dif­fer­ent blogs all the time; some, I quickly scan whereas oth­ers, I deem wor­thy of read­ing and shar­ing. This post is the first of many to come — about blogs that I think are worth blog­ging about!

On that note, I would like to share with you 3 blogs that recently grabbed my atten­tion. They’re extremely dif­fer­ent from one another and each is unique in its’ own way. How­ever, they do have one thing in com­mon; one degree of sep­a­ra­tion. Each one led me to the next through either a post or a blogroll. You can even say that it was some­what of a domino effect.

Yal­laS­tartup

I was in a casual meet­ing last week with a few of the folks over at Cre8mania [one of the top-notch multi-media design stu­dios I know and have worked with], when one of their ‘techies’ showed me Yal­laS­tartup;  a site which “aims to fos­ter early stage entre­pre­neur­ship in the MENA region.” They focus on knowl­edge shar­ing, com­mu­nity build­ing and men­tor­ship as well as assist you in find­ing fruit­ful investments.

My Opin­ion:

A use­ful and instruc­tive blog with a com­pre­hen­sive and inter­ac­tive Q&A sec­tion as well as sev­eral “ask the expert” posts — with guest authors answer­ing rel­e­vant questions.

To learn more about entre­pre­neur­ship, click here.

Maya’s Amal­gam

While read­ing bits and pieces of Yal­laS­tartup, I came across a blog­ger they men­tioned, Maya Zank­oul, whose fan­tas­tic art work was show­cased in one of their most recent posts. This super tal­ented 22 year old girl is a Lebanese Graphic/Web Designer and Illus­tra­tor whose knack for artis­tic expres­sion and cre­ativ­ity is sim­ply won­der­ful. Her col­or­ful and com­i­cal sketches are inter­pre­ta­tions of her per­sonal life occur­rences which I dare say ring true for many of us.

My Opin­ion:

Extremely enter­tain­ing and artis­tic. If you’re look­ing to hire a free­lance designer with a sense of humor and orig­i­nal­ity, don’t waste any more time — Maya’s your girl!

To check out Maya’s [awe­some] Amal­gam, click here.

Qifa Nabki

While going through Maya’s list of blogs she likes and sup­ports, I came across Qifa Nabki; a blog about Lebanese pol­i­tics, his­tory and cul­ture that is run and writ­ten by Har­vard PhD stu­dent, Elias Muhanna. Qifa Nabki is very well writ­ten and thought-provoking with numer­ous con­tro­ver­sial topics.

My Opin­ion:

“An excel­lent source to learn more about Lebanon’s polit­i­cal sys­tem, sit­u­a­tion, con­spir­a­cies and play­ers — includ­ing insight­ful cov­er­age and opin­ions on cur­rent events from a highly informed and edu­cated standpoint.”

To read intel­lec­tual arti­cles on Lebanese pol­i­tics, click here.

That’s all for now folks, but stay tuned for more Blogs to Blog About!

*Note: I would like to thank Elie from Yal­laS­tartup, Maya from Maya’s Amal­gam and Elias from Qifa Nabki for send­ing me their respec­tive logos for me to include in this piece.