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Tag Archives: Hassan Nasrallah
Making History
Head of the Lebanese Forces Samir Geagea endorses founder of the Free Patriotic Movement Michel Aoun for the Presidency of the Lebanese Republic: This isn’t history in the making, as everyone has kept repeating over and over again. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Arab World, Beirut, Christians, Lebanese Civil War, Lebanese Politics, Lebanon, Maronites, Michel Aoun, Samir Geagea
Tagged Baabda, Christian, Donald Duck, Donald Trump, Free Patriotic Movement, Garbage, Garbage Crisis, Hariri, Hassan Nasrallah, History, ISIS, Lebanese Civil War, Lebanese Forces, Lebanese History, Lebanese Politics, Lebanon, Madaya, March 14, Maronite, Michel Aoun, Michel Samaha, Nabih, Samir Geagea, Syria, Walid Jumblatt
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Beirut will never surrender, but…
They say that Beirut is a city that will never surrender, but what if everything that keeps life together in it is slowly disappearing, gradually being torn apart?
Posted in Arab World, Hezballah, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria
Tagged Arab world, Beirut, Failed State, Hassan Nasrallah, Hezballah, Lebanese Economy, Lebanese Parliament, Lebanese Society, Lebanon, Syria
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The Sheikhs Get Down to Business
In what came as a rather unexpected move, member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) listed Hezballah on their never-heard-of-before list of terrorist organizations for its involvement in Syria alongside the Assad regime, while threatening to take action against … Continue reading
Posted in Arab World, Foreign Policy, GCC, Hezballah, Lebanon, Middle East, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria
Tagged Arab world, Bahrain, GCC, Gulf States, Hassan Nasrallah, Hezballah, Lebanon, Qusayr, Saudi Arabia, Syria, UAE
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Triumphant over Who?
“That Hezballah (Party of God) shall be triumphant” (فإن حزب الله هم الغالبون) as their slogan says. But triumphant over who?
Posted in Arab Revolution, Arab World, Hezballah, Lebanon, Revolution, Syria
Tagged Arab Revolution, Arab world, Hassan Nasrallah, Hezballah, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Palestine, Shia, Sunni, Syria
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The Politics of Finger Pointing
“We just want to remind people, for those who don’t know what is secularism, secularism doesn’t mean being against God, secularism is just the separation between religion and state, secularism makes all citizens equal before the law with the same rights, secularism … Continue reading
Posted in Arab World, Lebanon, Middle East
Tagged Ahmad Al Assir, Beshara Al Rai, Civil Marriage, Democracy, Electoral Law, Hassan Nasrallah, Lebanese Society, Lebanon, Rashid Qabbani, Religion, Secularism
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Battle of the Beards
In the aftermath of the events in Saida last week, pitting Sheikh Ahmad Al Assir in direct confrontation with Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the only thing that I could think about was my next blog post. I came up with what … Continue reading
Posted in Arab World, Lebanon, Politics
Tagged Ahmad Al Assir, Democracy, Guinness World Records, Hassan Nasrallah, Hezballah, Lebanese Society, Lebanon, Saida, Theocracy
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