I will be traveling this evening to Washington DC to attend a conference. The next post on this blog will hopefully be on Saturday.
Some things on my mind:
- I would like to thank the Center For Strategic And International Studies for inviting me to the conference. I really appreciate it.
- The conference aims to “develop a shared international agenda for protecting civilians from terrorist violence.” So in the spirit of sharing, if any of you has ideas on the subject, you’re more than welcome to contribute in the comments section. Your ideas could be discussed in the workshop
- If any of you lives in the DC Area (according to my stats, there’s around 40 of you), It would be nice to meet up. Just send me an email and we can arrange something.
- In case you read this blog and like it, why don’t you subscribe to my RSS feed so that you can be noticed whenever a new post is online? If you don’t know how this works, don’t hesitate to ask in the comments section.
Wish me a good trip :)
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October 18th, 2007 at 1:25 pm
hehehe, happy and safe traveling Mustapha… I hear you will be meeting a very dear friend of mine…
October 18th, 2007 at 1:27 pm
Mustapha - Im going to give you the key to peace in the middle east
Its actually quite simple..
1) The Arabs welcome Israel home - and genuinly mean it - they make it a point to invite them to arab leage meetings and such - and treat them as real family
after this happens…
2) Israel, seeing that she has finally been accepted home, welcomes the palestinains to come home and join her in building the “New Jerusalem”. The New Jerusalem will be the center of the world, and she will morph into a country rather than a city (rememeber - she has always been a city - not a country)
after this happens…
3) Jerusalem will be the “washington” of a new middle east that will morph from an “arab league” into a “Union of Abrahamic States” stretching from algeria to china
Terrorism ??
Terorism has always been a byproduct of a lack of imagination in problem solving
October 18th, 2007 at 1:39 pm
Thats great Mustapha! Best of luck and let us know how it goes.
October 18th, 2007 at 1:53 pm
think im kidding (anyone)? - watch the video ;-)
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/914111.html
October 18th, 2007 at 2:03 pm
lol, you couldn’t resist reminding us all about RSS again could you?
October 18th, 2007 at 4:11 pm
Speak up on behalf of the people of Lebanon, not any political ideology. But I guess you already know that.
Best of luck & safe trip
October 18th, 2007 at 5:08 pm
I wish you gave me more time to arrange to meet you! I am invting the cousins on Saturday and I will be going to Denver on Monday! Next time! By the way, I live in Philadelphia which is ~ 3 hours drive. If you are in the neighborhood, just give me a week notice! Have a nice trip.
October 18th, 2007 at 5:44 pm
have a save trip.
October 18th, 2007 at 5:46 pm
safe*
October 18th, 2007 at 6:33 pm
fi amani’llah :-)
tc
October 18th, 2007 at 7:17 pm
All the best Mostafa. I was invited to the conference as well but I couldn’t make it. I hope you get some free time to roam in the DC area as it has some nice places.
October 19th, 2007 at 12:19 am
mabrook mus!
October 19th, 2007 at 12:50 am
Enjoy the trip Mustapha, and tell us all about it when you get back! Speak your mind and tell people what Lebanon needs, not what they want to hear. If you can find the time, go down to the National Mall and visit some of the museums–it’s free and there are great displays from all over the world.
Meh, now I’m homesick…
October 19th, 2007 at 3:50 am
have a safe trip, mustapha :)
October 19th, 2007 at 9:38 am
Let it rip, Mustapha!
October 19th, 2007 at 4:12 pm
Have a good and productive trip Mustapha! If you ever cross North of the border, let me now.
October 20th, 2007 at 2:04 am
Check This
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=povOeztMhzA
October 22nd, 2007 at 6:41 am
Have a safe trip and a great stay M!