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Monday, February 25, 2013

Jerusalem Is Ours

To visit Jerusalem is considered a pilgrimage no matter what your religion or ideology. Its mysticism is hard to miss. You feel it through your pores, into your bones and all the way deep into your soul. The outpour of faith and awe of its visitors reverberate at so many different levels of one’s being and its history touches you so deep that expression becomes impossible.

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Monday, February 18, 2013

Fragmented Lebanon A Safe Haven for Syrians

Walking around the fashionable Hamra area of Beirut recently I was shocked by the amount of Syrian accents I encountered. Young and old, pedestrians and car riders, patrons at sidewalk cafes and restaurants, teenagers hanging at neighborhood corners, high-end shoppers and bargain hunters, in hotel lobbies and apartments; dialects of various Syrian cities were noticeable everywhere. Even the staple Beirut beggars have started to sound distinctly Syrian.

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Friday, February 15, 2013

Guest Blog: My Few Hours in Monte Carlo

by Magda Abu-Fadil

I finally made it to Monte Carlo.

Not as a gambler, but a visitor who missed the opportunity several times during previous trips to the French Riviera where I spoke at events or addressed university students.

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Labels: Arab, Casino of Monte Carlo, Egypt, French Riviera, Grasse, Guest Blog, Hotel de Paris, James Bond, Mediterranean, Menton, Middle East, Monaco, Monte Carlo, Nicole Kidman, Prince Albert II, Russian, Sciences Po

Monday, February 11, 2013

The New World Dis-Order

The pulse of the world is going at an alarming rate signaling an inevitable explosion. While some individuals and politicians are concerned only with their small turf, the entire globe is going through transformation adding emerging crises to already accumulated challenges and unresolved problems.

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Monday, February 4, 2013

Insisting on Backwardness

Why should everything logical be turned into a controversy in Lebanon, and why should commonsense modern laws be so agonizingly difficult to pass? I’m not going to discuss the shameful fact that Lebanese woman still does not have the right to naturalize her children or spouse, although that is one of the most backward signs of a nation ever. Today I’ll follow the trend and write about the Topic Du Jour, the proposed civil marriage law and the controversy it has stirred.

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