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This listing is not rated yet.   Rate it!  |  Report it! Ramblings of a Lebanese Hopeful http://rambleb.blogspot.com As to how "Hopeful" I am for Lebanon or the region is debatable, but I think there is room for insight and constructive debate...and a little bit of sarcastic humor. Category: Directory » Regional » Middle East Hits: 2 Date added: 2008-03-15 22:42:35 Alexa traffic rank: 5,284,453 Site average load time: 1.718 Second(s) Fast Faster than 49% of websites Site language: EN

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Ramblings of a Lebanese Hopeful Latest Posts

Welcome to Hezbollistan
Where's the Cedar Revolution? Where's March 14? Too busy getting dressed in Gucci and Prada to notice what was happening outside?!Saniora resigns, a new government - then what? Are the Lebanese to trust a governing Hezbollah and Amal that have just terrorized their streets, burned down their... Read more...
Published 3 days ago


I just heard my parents refer to the Gharbieh again, a civil war reference to Muslim "West Beirut", as opposed to Christian East Beirut.Thirty years later, we don't even have the luxury of saying that the conflict in Lebanon is the "same script, different cast". Everything is the same. Nothing... Read more...
Published 3 days ago


Most Christians, not to mention vast majorities of Sunnis and Druze, see no possible coexistence between the idea of the Lebanese state and a Hizbullah that insists on demanding veto power over any decision that might limit its political and military margin of maneuver...The Lebanese state cannot... Read more...
Published 3 days ago


I am sitting with my laptop on my balcony, listening to the first gunshots and distant explosions of what is now, clearly, the beginning of a new Lebanese civil war. God help us. Read more...
Published 4 days ago


Hezbollah has completely hijacked Beirut. If there was any pretext to yesterday's strikes being in the interest of laborers, what is certain today is that arrogantly obstructing civilians from getting to their work in the hopes of sustaining their families counters these supposed interests.... Read more...
Published 4 days ago


It's been rather difficult over the past two days to be a Lebanese Hopeful.Today, on my poll in the right hand margin, I guiltily and regrettably voted "Hezbollistan." It's that bad.Either I'm going to have to shut down this operation, or join the dark side along with my colleague Tantalus from I... Read more...
Published 4 days ago

Where are Washington's balls?!
If any were a time for a strong, decisive position from Washington on an internal, Lebanese affair, this would be it. Unfortunately, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack was specifically requested to leave his balls at home on this one: I know that these demonstrations have taken place under... Read more...
Published 4 days ago


Lifted from the Angry Arab's blog. A Western reporter in Lebanon sent me this (he does not want his name mentioned) (he is relatively new to Lebanon and it shows at a point or two--like Amal militia has a long history in thuggishness and yet it used to complain about PLO thuggishness): "spent the... Read more...
Published 4 days ago


News update: Hezbollah Camping Town has now expanded, extending past our luxurious branch in Downtown Beirut. Please visit our newly constructed, state-of-the-art tents that now block the road to Lebanon's only civilian airport. Read more...
Published 4 days ago

Leb Army vs. all
Hardly news by now, but less than a few hours ago, the General Federation of Labor Unions (GFLU) called off the demonstration that was supposed to take place at 10 AM today. Accordingly, this has become another face-off for the Lebanese State, represented here by an arm-tied Lebanese Army, and... Read more...
Published 5 days ago

Poem Number 1
I woke up to the sounds coming from the TV screen this morning, as LBC covered the events going on in Beirut's southern suburbs, Mazraa, Barbir and Mar Elias, among other locations. And I got inspired to write a poem. Actually, I'm inspired to write several, but this will be my first:Beirut is... Read more...
Published 5 days ago


How truly unfortunate. It's often the wackos that can't be trusted that can talk the straightest.Is arming small groups and militias also related to Hizbullah's defense strategy? Is the arbitrary arrest of people part of the defense strategy?" Jumblatt asked. "We will stick to the Lebanese state,... Read more...
Published 6 days ago