My Review of Steve Jobs’ Biography
Read it at The Cube, Lebanon’s favorite book club.
Mustapha Hamoui · Dec 12, 2011
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Blogging Lebanon
since 2005
Blogging Lebanon since 2005
The Islamists are Legitimate Whether the West / Liberals Like Them or Not
Rami Khouri makes an argument: Legitimacy comes from the ballot boxes, not from policies (real or perceived), no matter how distasteful those policies appear to the west or liberals. He even drove his point further by bringing up the American republican primaries:
Mustapha Hamoui · Dec 11, 2011
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How Does it Feel to be Amongst Tens of Thousands of Demonstrators?
An amazing 360° panorama from the middle of Tahrir square (Make sure you see it in full screen). I wish we had something like that for Lebanon on March 14, 2005.
Mustapha Hamoui · Dec 10, 2011
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Asking Them to Jump into The Fire?
Tony Badran has an interesting take on Sayyed Nasrallah’s Ashoura speech. In his view, the speech serves to prepare a reluctant flock for a confrontation with Israel over Iran’s weapons:
Mustapha Hamoui · Dec 9, 2011
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Why I Blog in English
One of the questions I’m asked most is: “Why do you blog in English?”. The previous post on Arabic reminded me that I never really explained here why I don’t blog in Arabic. A few months ago, a reporter from SMEX asked me that same question and I emailed him a detailed reply. For some reason, he didn’t get to publish his article, so I’m going to publish the (edited) exchange below:
Mustapha Hamoui · Dec 8, 2011
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Interviewing Dictators
Gawker on Barbara Walter’s bad interviewing posture with Assad:
Mustapha Hamoui · Dec 8, 2011
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❊ The Arabic Language is Coming of Age
Anyone who has watched CNN in the last few years has probably noticed how many of the advertisers and show sponsors are now Arab businesses (or,to be more precise, Gulf businesses). Some of the world’s top brands (Emirates, Aljazeera..etc) are now Arab brands, and gulf countries seem to be wielding more and more international clout.
Mustapha Hamoui · Dec 8, 2011
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President Assad Tries to Wash his Hands off the Murders
Bashar el Assad, in a rare interview with an American TV network denies responsibility for the more than 4,000 killings by his security forces:
Mustapha Hamoui · Dec 7, 2011
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