“When will we become Lebanese?”
From Bouazizi to Tahrir Square; trying to keep up between Manama, Benghazi, Tehran, and Sanaa; and before we turn our walls into live feeds of events in the countries that remain, I think of Lebanon…...
View ArticleThe Road to Secularism
If you happen to be in the Middle East these days without punching your fist in the air, calling for the downfall of someone or something, then something must be wrong. To be fair, the people of every...
View ArticleThe Road to Secularism – Part II
As someone who believes that one must judge others not only by their words, but also by their actions, and for the sake of my credibility and convictions, I woke up on Sunday, March 20, 2011 with the...
View ArticleI Live…(The Dismal Version)
I live in a country that boasts one of the world’s earliest examples of urban planning yet lacks any such planning to speak of today I live in a country where people are denied access to a hospital...
View ArticleI Live…(The Proud Version)
I live in a country where a hometown means that everyone knows who I am, what my father does, where my mother is originally from, what car my uncle drives, and who my cousins are married to all at...
View ArticleThe Road to Secularism – Part III
If all roads lead to Rome, is Lebanon’s road to secularism doomed from the start? When I look back at the beginning of our road to secularism, I see an empty path that slowly gained loyal adherents...
View ArticleVocabulary of Failure
I like to compare living in Lebanon to standing on quicksand. The longer you stay, the faster you sink in the bundle of developments, traditions, expressions and customs, slowly losing the precious...
View Articleفؤاد الترك …وكبير آخر يغادرنا وتفتقر بلادنا
Note: Eye on the East has the pleasure to feature guest writer Ambassador Samir Chamma who in his Arabic article below pays a moving tribute to late Lebanese Ambassador Fouad Al Turk. In “Fouad Al...
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