Saturday, April 23, 2016

Conversation with Syrian Refugees in a Camp outside Munich, Germany

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I am in Unterschleissheim, a tech hub suburb of Munich in Germany. For a couple of days I had been going to business meetings in the area...
Sunday, September 6, 2015

Will Expats Boycott the Lebanese Government?

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Over the past few weeks, scenes broadcast from Lebanon have reached the far corners of the globe. Lebanese expats from Australia to Argent...
Thursday, August 20, 2015

Taking Advantage of Lebanon's Waste before it goes to Waste

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Early in 2014, Lebanon faced a garbage crisis due to community complaints of an overfilled dump in the area of Naameh, which services the n...
Wednesday, August 19, 2015

On the Merits of Criticizing the Lebanese Government and Demanding its Resignation

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There are some in Lebanon who claim that criticizing the government implicitly weakens the state without helping much. Given the current si...
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Saturday, August 31, 2013

Is Syria’s Destiny Resting on False Geopolitical Analogy?

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In the wake of the chemical gas attack in Syria that killed almost 1500 people, the debate in the West has centered on whether or not to ap...
Monday, November 19, 2012

The New Frontier by Gibran Khalil Gibran (Short works ,1925)

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I accidentally came across a gem written by Gibran Khalil as far back as 1925! "There are in the Middle East today two challenging i...
Thursday, November 8, 2012

Is Libya’s Democracy Dead or Very Much Alive?

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The recent violence in Libya’s second largest city, Ben Ghazi, which led to the death of American ambassador Chris Steven, rang many an ...