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Yours Truly Quoted In The Economist

It’s not everyday that you open one of the world’s most respected magazines and find out that they concluded an article with your own words:

Yet the Hizbullah-led opposition’s rise to power augurs ill for the longer term, and not only because of the increased danger of conflict with Israel. As a Lebanese blogger commented, “If there is one lesson our country learned from Hizbullah, it’s that violence works. All the money, soft power and so-called influence is rubbish when it comes to raw boots on the ground and heavy weaponry.”

Here’s the original post from where that quote was taken. Sweet.

19 thoughts on “Yours Truly Quoted In The Economist”

    • Thanks Jad! Amazing indeed. But the Economist has always referred to bloggers like that. Perhaps it’s a delibarate policy to avoid endangering bloggers in sensitive locations..

  5. Alex, clearly you don’t read The Economist if you think that it is a “neo-conservative / pro-Israel” publication…..typical knee jerk reaction! read, OBJECTIVITY – the one word lacking from political discourse in the Lebanese arena.

    Congrats Mustapha!

    • Thanks tony. I must say I’m surprised Alex just keeps reading my blog and commenting considering he believes that I’m a neocon pro-israeli

  6. Great to hear! :)

    I had the privilege of meeting The Economist Group’s CEO and his family a few months ago, which was a wonderful experience and makes me even happier for you.

    • Do you mean during the Economist roundtable for Lebanon? I was there. I was invited to that thing as “press”. I knew back then that they have seen some of my stuff. But being quoted in the actual publication is really cool.

      • I actually met them in Shanghai, although I would have loved to be at the conference. Perhaps I will get a copy of this week’s mag to see the article in print.

  9. It is a real honor to be picked up in the Economist. This is one of the most respected journals in the world.

  13. Amazing! Haven’t followed your blog so very long but I definitely think your worth being quoted in other major publications worldwide!! Keep it up Mustapha!! :)

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