New York Times changes sectarian headline
That’s today’s headline (above), changed as a direct result of this post I wrote about yesterday’s sectarian headline…
About those traffic lights
If you’ve been driving around the suburbs of Beirut lately, you may have noticed most of the traffic…
The sectarianism of the New York Times
Nowhere in this article is there a quote from Hezbollah’s leader “vowing to step up Sunni fight.” Agree…
Tower Power
The church must be proud. Its bid to build a tower taller than the mosque next door is…
Beirut’s lost Roman hippodrome unearthed, to be dismantled
“There are four known Roman hippodromes in the Middle East,” a veteran archeologist recently told me. “In Beirut,…
A rare look at the fallen of Dahyieh
I’ve watched hours of television coverage following yesterday’s bombing in Dahyieh, but rarely have I seen any stories…
Tank of Dora
Not only is there a tank casually parked in the northern Beirut suburb of Dora, it is also…
The search for non-answers
No matter how illustrious their hand gestures, Lebanese politicians never seem to have any answers as to who…
Truth is stranger than fiction
During a fictional scene about mobsters in a TV series, real life kingpins make prisoner deals in the…
Who is not covering Egypt?
Almost every Arab and Western news channel is covering the violent army crackdown in Egypt live. All except…