Tag Archives: Gaza

“Gaza: I saw the tunnel, he saw the darkness at the end of it”

Posted on October 17, 2016 by

You may think this is fiction, but it’s not. You may wish this were fiction, but you know better….especially if you have any sense of what the Middle East and Arab World has been, is as we speak and seems … Continue reading →

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Visualizing the Nakba

Posted on May 15, 2015 by

These days, it isn’t only a picture, but an infographic, that is also worth a thousand words. In commemoration of the Nakba (catastrophe) on May 15, when the State of Israel was established in 1948 after over 750,000 Palestinians were forcibly … Continue reading →

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Eye on the East wishes you a Happy New Year

Posted on January 1, 2015 by

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 →

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A walk beyond the Berlin Wall

Posted on November 28, 2014 by

Note: This is the second of two posts recounting Eye on the East’s recent visit to Berlin. The first post can be found here. “You were just there, I was there, and now you say you may move there. Why … Continue reading →

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N for Nasrani

Posted on July 23, 2014 by

During a trip to Jordan in 2008, I visited the site where it is believed that Jesus Christ was baptized. As I headed to the banks of the Jordan River, a group of women solemnly made their way back from the pilgrimage. They … Continue reading →

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This is Gaza

Posted on July 19, 2014 by

After the pain from the heartbreaking pictures coming out of Gaza and the frustration towards a world seemingly unwilling to stop the bloodshed, what is left for you and me to do, for Gaza? If you ask me, I say what … Continue reading →

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Three Years and Counting: Looking Back and Looking Ahead, in Pictures

Posted on June 26, 2014 by

It has been three years already: Eye on the East has still not run out of things to say because Lebanon and the Arab World has never been so full of things to talk about. But since 2011, it has … Continue reading →

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