Blogging Lebanon
since 2005
Blogging Lebanon since 2005
Some of his year 2010 predictions were portrayed as true, but like all scammers who claim to predict the future, his language is so broad you might as well assign any event to his predictions. For example:
Mustapha Hamoui · Dec 27, 2010
Rabih Alameddine:
Mustapha Hamoui · Dec 25, 2010
Lights, fireworks and a lot of happy people. Happy holidays to all..
Mustapha Hamoui · Dec 25, 2010
A cool Aljazeera report on a pre-islamic Christian site in the UAE that was just opened up to tourists. The very idea of an old church in the conservative Muslim gulf is deliciously surrealistic.
Mustapha Hamoui · Dec 24, 2010
Geroges Malbrunot has the fascinating report (in French) on how a bunch of Fatah El Islam terrorists ended up in Europe. It traces their path from Nahr el Bared to Ain el Hilwe to their escape from right under the noses of the Lebanese Army.
Mustapha Hamoui · Dec 24, 2010
Update: Apparently, many of you guys don’t like Disqus and some of you strongly dislike it. You say it’s a closed system and it’s too slow to load in a place like lebanon. So, sorry for the inconvenience. The classic commenting system is now restored.
Mustapha Hamoui · Dec 24, 2010
Right on cue after yesterday’s post about (the outrageous!) limiting of land sales between sects, Juan Cole posted this map over at his blog, showing the geographical distribution of sects in Lebanon. I don’t know where he got it from and I doubt its accuracy (no Sunnis in beirut?) but I figured I’d share it with you.
Mustapha Hamoui · Dec 24, 2010
Democratic house lawmaker Steve Rothman wrote a letter to the French president:
Mustapha Hamoui · Dec 23, 2010
Michael Young on how to judge if the STL is a success or a failure:
Mustapha Hamoui · Dec 23, 2010