Former US ambassador in Lebanon Jeffrey Feltman responded in the NY Times today to the allegations made in a previous article in the same newspaper on Al Akhbar about waking up every morning and getting upset after reading Al Akhbar. Feltman answered! There is something quite desperate in this act. Check the argument: Actually, Al [...]
Archive for January, 2011
Feltman’s response to Al Akhbar
Posted in Hizbullah, Lebanon, Media, US Diplomacy, US Foreign Policy on January 9, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Un interlude poétique avec Louis Aragon
Posted in Poetry on January 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »
La Rose et le Réséda (merci Princesse de Clèves) Celui qui croyait au ciel Celui qui n’y croyait pas Tous deux adoraient la belle Prisonnière des soldats Lequel montait à l’échelle Et lequel guettait en bas Celui qui croyait au ciel Celui qui n’y croyait pas Qu’importe comment s’appelle Cette clarté sur leur pas Que [...]
Sectarian Land Law
Posted in Lebanon Groups, Lebanon Law, Sectarianism on January 6, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Lately, Lebanese Labor Minister, Butros Harb, has proposed a law that would forbid a Lebanese to sell land to another Lebanese of a different confessional affiliation. According, to Al Akhbar Journalist Hassan Oleik, the law does not have much chance to pass and is mostly proposed for electoral reasons, but still signals initiatives from the [...]
