Blogging Lebanon
since 2005
Blogging Lebanon since 2005
There’s a fight brewing on in the horizon between the Lebanese government and the Future Movement (FM)over setting up a refugee camp in Akkar for Syrians fleeing their regime’s aggression. This is an old issue that has resurfaced now because, according to the FM, Lebanese villagers can no longer support the swelling ranks of Syrian refugees in their midst and need help.
Mustapha Hamoui · Nov 8, 2011
Financial Times:
Mustapha Hamoui · Nov 7, 2011
As’ad AbuKhalil (aka Angry Arab) coins the term:
Mustapha Hamoui · Nov 7, 2011
A few days ago, ex PM Saad Hariri delighted some of his supporters by directly engaging with them in an informal Q&A session on Twitter. Starstruck supporters began asking him questions about everything from politics to Batman & Harley Davidson motorbikes.
Mustapha Hamoui · Nov 7, 2011
I must admit, the case of the veiled mermaids is a symbol of one of the main reasons I’m hesitant to buy into to Marwan Muasher’s optimism regarding the possible rule of Islamists.
Mustapha Hamoui · Nov 4, 2011
Marwan Muasher makes some good arguments on why Islamists are not the threat they are made out to be in the west:
Mustapha Hamoui · Nov 4, 2011
I’ll be chiming in on Qifa Nabki’s (QN) good piece here talking about why Mr. Saad Hariri might be playing bad politics by staying away. QN argues that Mr. Hariri is playing by his father’s playbook in a sort of “let them miss me” strategy, but that it might fail because:
Mustapha Hamoui · Nov 4, 2011
I’m in the middle of reading Steve Job’s biography and I just read this paragraph:
Mustapha Hamoui · Nov 2, 2011