Tag Archives: lebanon
Vent
I don’t need to tell any of you about recent events. Everybody else and their grandmother already have, and with the age of the internet there’s no shortage of hatred, vitriol or paranoia that makes you think that the digital … Continue reading
Beirut
A lot of what I’ve been reading on the Lebanese blogosphere lately concerns the country’s rather shoddy state, downtown Beirut’s becoming a ghost town, and other grievances native to our little corner of the world. While I’ve written about Lebanon before, … Continue reading
Cadence
Our time together was brief, but it was as sweet as the music that came with it. In that cutthroat jungle where chaos was law and culture was comatose and considered pretentious, you alone conveyed its compassion with such conviction and … Continue reading
The Dome
The dome on the hill stands forlorn and vigilant, yearning for the days in which its halls echoed with wisdom. The stars beneath its reach-once brilliant and vivid-are but dulled husks of their former selves, dimly flickering with nostalgia. No … Continue reading
Some Thoughts on Experience
As I’ve mentioned on my Facebook page the upcoming short story is almost complete. However, a thought crossed my mind on the way home pertaining to something that’s been going on throughout my life that I’m sure many of you … Continue reading
Homesick-A (Very) Short Story
Rabieh felt a mixture of yearning and jealousy as the people in the video-some of whom he knew- danced and laughed to Pharrell’s “Happy”. University students, old friends, children, and even manual laborers alike danced and clapped their hands with … Continue reading
Gearing Up and In a Hurry? Just Consult Your Friendly Facebook Arms Dealer
Things have been going from bad to worse back home in Lebanon, or have been carrying on as normal, depending on how you look at things. Before leaving back to the U.S. I remember waking up several times to the … Continue reading
Where Once Dwelt Reason
A library in Tripoli, one of the oldest in the country, burnt down last night, taking with it 78,000 books, many of them rare. As someone who’s called libraries home ever since I was a kid, I couldn’t find anything … Continue reading
New Year, Not-So-New Everything Else
Lebanon has a bad enough rep for its steadily worsening security security situation and rampant corruption, and these are just the twin peaks of the iceberg. Today’s (or rather, yesterday’s) attack on the southern Beirut suburb of Dahyeh could not … Continue reading
And That’s One More Sigh to be Heaved
I wrote recently that despite everything that was wrong with this country, I genuinely try to keep hope alive. One of the things that discourages me, as I’ve mentioned, is the general sense of ignorance and sheer stupidity that seems … Continue reading
Bits and Pieces 