To those capitalists “good doers”
Bertolt Brecht provided an answer in his poem ‘The Interrogation of the Good’: Step forward: we hear that you are a good man. You cannot be bought, but the lightning which strikes the house, also cannot be bought. You hold to what you said. But what did you say? You are honest, you say your opinion. Which opinion? You are brave. Against whom? You are … Continue reading To those capitalists “good doers”
The Palestinian refugees will not be left behind
Tomorrow is the UN bid to vote on a Palestinian state. The question that first comes to mind is what kind of a Palestinian state would it be? The second question that emerges is what about the millions refugees? In Lebanon the refugees are scattered in 12 camps across the country. The camps in Lebanon are places inadequate for a healthy life: shanty towns with inhumane conditions. It is the exact same small piece of land that … Continue reading The Palestinian refugees will not be left behind
Palestinian refugees in Lebanon eye statehood bid with skepticism
Last week marked the anniversary of the 1982 massacre in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Beirut. The Lebanese Phalangist milita murdered and injured thousands of Palestinian and Lebanese civilians while the camp was surrounded by the Israeli army. An upcoming vote on an independent Palestinian state at the United Nations is said to be motivated by the wish to prevent such an atrocity from ever occurring … Continue reading Palestinian refugees in Lebanon eye statehood bid with skepticism
Sabra and Shatila massacre
كي لا ننسى… …فتحت تغطية من دبابات ميركافا، التي كانت طوقت المخيمات ظهر يوم الاربعاء 15 أيلول 1982, تسللت الى أزقتها عدة وحدات – وكل وحدة تتألف من عشرة أفراد – من القوات الخاصة التابعة لسرايا الاستطلاع في الجيش الاسرائيلي, وهي ترتدي لباس القتال، ولكن بدون أية شارات تنم عن هويتها. ولم يعرف من جميع هؤلاء “القتلة” سوى اسم عنصر واحد، هو الرقيب بني حاييم … Continue reading Sabra and Shatila massacre
Trailing the truth in Syria
Sitting in my West Beirut office at the end of July, pondering the Syrian revolution and the conflicting reports from state media and activists on the ground, I decided I ought to visit. For three days I travelled around Damascus, visiting the suburbs reported to be places of protest — they were hard to miss given the army deployment in these areas — but I … Continue reading Trailing the truth in Syria
Eid and the Poor
So its all happy Eid vibes up in here. I wonder if the Eid passed or ever did by the poor ones. In my observation of those people fasting throughout the whole month of Ramadan, a practice that’s aimed at discipline and an occasion once a year for the privileged/rich ones to feel with poor, i noticed a lot of sleeping all day or most … Continue reading Eid and the Poor
The End of the Peace Process page:242
how official spokesmen still can speak with a straight face of averting violence and condemning terrorism when the United States has a long record of bloody illegal action all over the third world achieved by no other power simply defies credulity.the United States after all is the country that killed 3 million Vietnamese,that was behind the massacre of roughly 10 percent of the Guatemalan population … Continue reading The End of the Peace Process page:242
What about the 5 million refugees?
to all those who are excitingly waiting for the vote in the UN on Palestine as an independent state.do me a favor go stand in front of a mirror and ask yourself:what about the 5 million Palestinian refugee around the world?ask yourself the years of struggle for the liberation of Palestine are we gonna settle for this?crumbs the world is trying to give us.the vote … Continue reading What about the 5 million refugees?
The incident that made me switch my tools
Thursday, December 09, 2010 Last month I had a terrifying experience as journalism betrayed me for the first time in my four years of working as a fixer. When I first met freelance journalist Ruthie Ackerman in a cafe in Beirut in early September, I realized that she did not know anything about Lebanon. Ms. Ackerman had arrived in Beirut to do a story on … Continue reading The incident that made me switch my tools
Lebanon: a failed state
Not a long time ago, but a few years back, I forced my eyes to open and start looking around me. That was when I realized that I was nothing but a consumer and happiness was only brought to me through things, by materials; material wealth, I noticed, became what I was striving for. This process started when I was living in the United States, land of the thief, home of the … Continue reading Lebanon: a failed state
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