Tag Archives: lebanon

Chuck Schumer, Helen Thomas, & the Media: A tale of two statements

By Feature Writer | Published: June 14, 2010
Some types of bigotry are easier to evade than others.
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London Film Festival: claustrophobia and carnage in “Lebanon”

By Mark Farnsworth | Published: October 15, 2009
Director Samuel Maoz suffocates his young conscripts in the oily belly of their fearsome machine.
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The monarchical democracy of Lebanon: excerpt

By Nasser Ali Khasawneh | Published: May 6, 2009
Where else in the Arab world is there an election that will actually produce the government of the land?
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Mirror of the Arab World: a review

By Jonathan Mok | Published: July 10, 2008
This is a review of Mirror of the Arab World: Lebanon in Conflict by Sandra Mackey. W. W. Norton. 2008.
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The trouble in Lebanon: interview with Sandra Mackey

By Jonathan Mok | Published: June 26, 2008
"It is only when you actually live with the reality of the perceptions, misunderstandings, and genuine grievances one holds for the other that it is possible to grasp just how close both the Arabs and the West are to falling into a chasm of conflict destructive to both."
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In Lebanon and beyond: could the Arab League be on the verge of resurgence?

By Nasser Ali Khasawneh | Published: June 4, 2008
It is difficult to blame the Arabs for deriding their league. The seeming impotence of the Arab League in the face of adversity is quite legendary.
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Three Sprinkles of Spice

By Zaid Nabulsi | Published: January 23, 2007
In a Middle East region beset by trouble, our Columnist manages to stumble upon a shimmer of light in the surrounding darkness
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Unrestrained Violence: A Dangerous Precedent

By Feature Writer | Published: July 24, 2006
Israel’s collective punishment of Lebanon opens the door to others to practice unrestrained state violence
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