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Eye on the East Wishes you a Happy New Year (this is not a Year in Review)
No year is ever complete without the cliché of the clichés’ “year in review.” Here at Eye on the East, however, we don’t like clichés and there will be no year in review. We are a blog that doesn’t focus … Continue reading
Posted in #YouStink, #طلعت ريحتكم, Activism, Beirut, Blogging, Eye on the East, Lebanese Politics, Lebanon
Tagged Activism, Arab world, Athens, blog, Blogging, Cambodia, Cedar Revolution, Daesh, Eye on the East, Far East, Garbage, Garbage Crisis, Greece, ISIL, ISIS, Japan, Lebanese Civil War, Middle East, New Year, Paris, Syria, Travel, Vietnam, Year in Review, You Stink
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“Please Don’t Forget Me!” “!بشرفكن ما تنسوني”
On September 16, yet again, Beirut’s Martyrs’ Square and some of the main roads leading to Lebanon’s Parliament building came back to life. The families of the Lebanese soldiers kidnapped by Daesh were reiterating their endless calls for the government to … Continue reading
Posted in #YouStink, #طلعت ريحتكم, Activism, Beirut, Lebanon
Tagged #YouStink, Activism, Ajwad Ayyash, Alex Tabbah, Amer Al Halani, #طلعت_ريحتكم, Beirut, Chiyah, Daesh, Fadi M. Chami, Hikmat Al Amine, Internal Security Forces, ISF, ISIS, Lebanese Parliament, Lebanese Politics, Lebanon, Martyrs Square, مستمرون
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What Went Wrong in Libya? Everything.
Whether it is the rule of militias, the rising influence of the Islamic State (IS – Daesh) or the tragic fate of migrants fleeing the scourge of war off its coast, Libya is once again in the international headlines. Then again, … Continue reading
Posted in Arab Revolution, Arab World, Daesh, Islamic State, Libya, North Africa
Tagged Al Qaeda, Arab Revolution, Arab world, Beida, Benghazi, Daesh, Derna, Game of Thrones, IS, Islamic State, Kalisi, King Idris, Libya, Mad Max, Mosul, Muammar Gaddafi, NATO, North Africa, Qaddafi, Sirte, Tripoli, Wildlings
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Time to Re-Evaluate the War against Daesh
We all knew that Daesh was capable of horrible things. However, the death by burning to which Jordanian pilot Moaz al Kasasbeh was subjected to broke through a morbid threshold I believe very few of us, if any, thought would … Continue reading
Posted in Arab World, Daesh, ISIS, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Jordan, Lebanon, Moaz al Kasasbeh, Uncategorized
Tagged Arab world, Bashar Al Assad, Daesh, Gulf, Gulf States, Hezballah, ISIS, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Jabhat Al Nusra, Jordan, Kurdistan, Kurds, Lebanese Government, Lebanese Politics, Lebanon, Levant, Middle East, Moaz al Kasasbeh, Syria, Turkey
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Eye on the East wishes you a Happy New Year
Having welcomed 2015 from the agitated waters of the Mediterranean Sea, especially when looked upon from Beirut, Eye on the East wishes a Happy New Year to you and all your loved ones. May 2015 be all that you wish … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Arab Revolution, Arab World, Beirut, Blogging, Eye on the East, Iraq, ISIS, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia
Tagged April 13, Arab Revolution, Arab world, Baghdad, Beirut, Christian, Daesh, Eye on the East, Gaza, Gaza Under Attack, Happy New Year, Iraq, ISIS, Kurd, Lebanese Civil War, Lebanese Government, Lebanon, Libya, Mediterranean Sea, Nasrani, Palestine, Palestine Under Attack, Syria, Syrian Refugees, Tunisia, Vice.com, Year in Review
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This is Tripoli
Last week, Tripoli was a war zone. Today, it is a city like any other. Last week, Tripoli seemed a world apart from the rest of Lebanon. Today, some decided to bring it a bit closer to where it belongs, … Continue reading
