Blogging Lebanon
since 2005
Blogging Lebanon since 2005
Octavia Nasr wrote that the Suzanne Tamim case in Egyptian courts made a promising start, but then went all downhill:
Mustapha Hamoui · Sep 29, 2010
Malasian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak:
Mustapha Hamoui · Sep 28, 2010
Since in Lebanon we have so little banks and so many charming 100-year-old traditional coffee houses, a brilliant person decided to replace this:
Mustapha Hamoui · Sep 28, 2010
When the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) hired Henrietta Aswad back in early September, I celebrated this appointment as a sign that the STL upping its P.R. game and getting serious about fighting for the Lebanese hearts and minds.
Mustapha Hamoui · Sep 28, 2010
Yesterday, Matthew Cassel said it was because they were afraid that the Lebanese would slaughter them. Today Nicholas Blanford says it’s because they want to pursue an armed struggle against Israel. Others would say they’re a Syrian fifth column, but I guess we’ll have to just accept their arms as a fact on the ground.
Mustapha Hamoui · Sep 28, 2010
It’s great that we want our diaspora to stay attached to their roots. What’s not so great is the explicitly sectarian nature of this campaign:
Mustapha Hamoui · Sep 28, 2010
(Photo from Blog Baladi)
Mustapha Hamoui · Sep 28, 2010
