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Category Archives: Lebanon
Humiliation of Israel in South Lebanon: Unreported by Western Media
As’ad AbuKhalil: My friend Amer was commenting to me how the failed Israeli terrorist “commando†raid in South Lebanon did not receive much coverage in the Western press. It is true, failures of Israel don’t get reported in the Western … Continue reading
Chavez
There’s much to say about Chavez but I’ll be brief. First, why does Fox News insist on referring to Chavez as a dictator? Chavez was repeatedly re-elected and the elections were always fair. His elections had far more legitimacy than … Continue reading
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Lebanon and Iran urge Libyan rebels to probe 33-year-old mystery
The Guardian: Lebanon and Iran have appealed to the Libyan rebels to investigate the fate of Moussa al-Sadr, a Shia religious leader who went missing after a flight to Tripoli in August 1978. With Gaddafi’s regime on the brink of … Continue reading
Lebanon eyes TNC help on Imam Sadr
I would be both shocked and ecstatic if the Imam was still alive. At the least, I hope his family and supporters finally get closure. PressTV: “The Lebanese government has decided to recognize the National Transitional Council in Libya,” read … Continue reading
Nasrallah Salutes Arab Uprisings
Lebanon NOW: Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Saturday evening saluted uprisings across the Arab world while dismissing the March 14 coalition’s campaign against non-state weapons. In a televised speech, Nasrallah praised revolutionaries and protesters in Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, … Continue reading
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Ahmadinejad Visits Lebanon
[There is a rally organized in south Beirut, a Hizbullah stronghold. There is no footage of the event yet, but it should be interested. I went to one such rally 2 years ago when I was in Lebanon and it … Continue reading
Pan-Arab narrative a myth in Lebanon
The Guardian – Excerpt: Anger towards Lebanon is brewing in Sudan and in Sudanese online forums. According to reports in the Arab media, a fundraising party held by Sudanese immigrants and asylum seekers in Beirut in aid of a child … Continue reading
Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah
Fadlallah passed away yesterday. I would have commented on it sooner but I was in the Bay area for the weekend and didn’t get around to blogging until now. Contrary to media reports, Fadlallah was not the “spiritual guide” to … Continue reading
Plight of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon
See the video here. If Walid Jumblatt is now speaking in support of Palestinian rights, it just goes to show how perilous their situation is in Lebanon.
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Hezbollah entrenched in Lebanon years after Israel left
BBC – Excerpts: “Ten years on since the withdrawal, the UN together with the Lebanese army patrol the border area. But flapping in the breeze along the fence are yellow and green flags of Hezbollah. Waving next to them is … Continue reading
Lebanese Armenians to Vote for Hizbullah
BBC: In the upcoming parliamentary election in June, the main Armenian political party, Tashnak, looks set to play kingmaker. The vote of the 150,000-strong Armenian community may sway the outcome of the bitter and close race between the pro-Western government … Continue reading
Middle East Reality Check
Roger Cohen at the NYT: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton grabbed headlines with an invitation to Iran to attend a conference on Afghanistan, but the significant Middle Eastern news last week came from Britain. It has “reconsidered†its position on … Continue reading
Video Project: “Shi’ism: From Defeat to Defiance”
This past semester I enrolled in Professor Harvey Cox’s “Fundamentalism in Religion and Politics” course at the Divinity School here at Harvard. For the final, he gave us the option of doing a video project or a final paper. My … Continue reading
Posted in Hezbollah, Iran, Iranian Revolution, Islam, Islamism, Lebanon, Middle East, Shariati
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Travel Log Part 4
This has probably been the longest while since I’ve updated my weblog. My apologies. I’m in a 6 week intensive intermediate Arabic program and it’s been hard trying to keep up with course work while at the same time trying … Continue reading
Posted in Hezbollah, Islamism, Lebanon, Travel
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