Eye on the EastLike Eye on the East on Facebook
Follow Eye on the East on Twitter
My Tweets
-
-
Recent Posts
Top Posts & Pages
Categories
- #YouStink Activism Al Qaeda Arab Revolution Arab world Baghdad Bahrain Bashar Al Assad Beirut Beirut Bombing Belfast Benghazi Christian confessionalism Corruption Daesh Democracy Egypt Eye on the East France Garbage Crisis Gaza Gulf States Hassan Nasrallah Hezballah Human Rights Internal Security Forces Iran Iraq ISIS Islamic fundamentalism Islamic State Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Islamic State of Syria and Iraq Islamism Israel Jordan Justice Lebanese Civil War Lebanese Identity Lebanese Parliament Lebanese Politicians Lebanese Politics Lebanese Society Lebanon Libya March 8 March 14 Martyrs Square Michel Aoun Middle East Mohammad Mursi Muslim Brotherhood Ottoman Empire Palestine Political Islam Political Prisoners Qatar Resistance Revolution Saudi Arabia sectarianism Secularism Shia Sunni Syria Tahrir Square Tripoli TripoliLB Tunisia Turkey United States West Bank Women Rights Zahle
Tag Archives: Iran
Lebanon: A Gloomy Look Ahead
Sometimes, I think it would be easier to just re-post my thoughts and frustrations on Lebanon, again and again, in view of the current situation. I am not inclined to write a “Beirut Yet Again and Again” after the latest explosion in Beirut’s … Continue reading
Posted in Arab World, Beirut, Iran, Lebanese Politics, Lebanon, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Uncategorized
Tagged Beirut, Beirut Bombing, Beirut Dowtown, confessionalism, Dahieh, Iran, Lebanese Politicians, Lebanese Politics, Lebanese Society, Lebanon, March 14, March 8, Michel Sleiman, Religion, Saudi Arabia, sectarianism, Shia, Sunni, Thirty Years War
Leave a comment
On Resilience and Perpetual Violence
It is difficult to stay away from writing and lamenting about bombs, death and destruction for too long when in Lebanon. And it’s all too easy to write and lament about the same old things when this happens: on how … Continue reading
Posted in Arab World, Beirut, Iran, Lebanon
Tagged Al Qaeda, Bab al Tabaneh, Beirut, Beirut Bombing, Hezballah, Iran, Jabal Muhsen, Lebanese Society, Lebanon, Resilience, Saudi Arabia, sectarianism, Shia, Suicide bomb, Sunni, Syria, Tripoli, United States
4 Comments
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
8 Comments
What Is Left of History
It is said that one doesn’t fully appreciate what one has until it is gone. But what happens if that priced possession is history itself? A story reread throughout the ages. A memory inherited to younger generations. A piece of … Continue reading
Posted in Arab World, History, World History
Tagged Afghanistan, Bamiyan, Beirut, Christianity, Iran, Lebanon, Lebanon History Book, Saudi Arabia, Solidere, Taleban
Leave a comment
