{"id":41956,"date":"2015-07-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/41956\/issam-merheb-is-lebanons-coolest-vlogger"},"modified":"2024-05-29T10:58:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T10:58:30","slug":"issam-merheb-is-lebanons-coolest-vlogger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/41956\/issam-merheb-is-lebanons-coolest-vlogger\/","title":{"rendered":"Issam Merheb Is Lebanon&#8217;s Coolest Vlogger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><big>By day, he is the marketing event coordinator at Beit Misk; and in his free time, he manages to school Lebanese people on everything from wedding etiquette to kale and quinoa. Issam Merheb is a character, which should be no surprise to anyone who knows his star-studded lineage.<\/p>\n<p>  Issam, affectionately known as SiMi, is the son of popular dabkeh dancer, choreographer, and houwwara singer Alain Merheb and dancer\/choreographer Nay Lahoud. 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Anoun Seir el Jdid <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anouuuuuuuun seir Jdiiiiiid part II<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"#\" role=\"button\">SiMi A Merheb<\/a> on Tuesday, April 28, 2015<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>  Another one of his videos hilariously summed up the Lebanese obsession with yoga and all things holistic, and put all those yogis in their place. <\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3\";  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-allowfullscreen=\"1\" data-href=\"\/simi.merheb\/videos\/vb.513210438\/10153352196875439\/?type=1\">\n<div class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<blockquote cite=\"\/simi.merheb\/videos\/10153352196875439\/\"><p><a href=\"\/simi.merheb\/videos\/10153352196875439\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Velfie &#8211; 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