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Posted
Nov 16 2009, 09:30 PM
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Samar
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Beirut is back in the news, and no it's not another war or protest. Beirut made it on to the New York Times "The 44 places to go in 2009". Pretty astonishing taking into account that the country went through a war in the summer of 2006 that resulted in one of the largest evacuation efforts. Canada alone evacuated 15,000 of their 40,000 citizens that were their that summer. And for the New York Times to have faith in recommending it in it's top 44 destinations for the year, well that does say a lot. I spent 5 weeks this past summer in Lebanon, and Beirut was unbearable. It was projected that close to 2 million people will visit Lebanon in 2009 and it seemed that the 2 million extra bodies were residing in Beirut last summer. Now the reason I am posting this is because I came across an article in the Guardian about the city, how glamorous it is. As I read I was proud of my little country for bouncing back.
Yet I still wish more for Lebanon than the superficiality that makes it such a top tourist attraction. Still the Lebanese boast about how Lebanon is unconventional, a place where the author mentions seeing a stuffed polar bear for sale, and of being told about being offered bluefin tuna' at which the guest said, 'Isn't that an endangered species?' And the host leaned over and whispered, 'Not here'. A place where thousands flock to the clubs yet on the day the author visited Baalbak, one of the largest Roman ruins outside of Rome, only 10 other ppl had been there. And so if you are planning on visiting Lebanon, don't get sucked in by the artificial nightlife and plastic surgery babes, venture out and discover, cause their is much more to see and experience.
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Posted
May 15 2009, 03:30 PM
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Samar
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“I declare May 7 [2008] a glorious day for the resistance in Lebanon.”(Nasrallah, May 15, 2009).
May 7th, 2008 was the day Hizbullah along with it supporters invaded Beirut, held its people hostage, burnt their opposition’s TV stations and started a string of violence that led to the death of over 60 people, of which my aunt was a victim. Today Nasrallah, Hizbullah Secretary-General, glorified the events of that day. Stating that it prevented a civil war, that it protected the resistance. All this in effort to spin the events of that day, to persuade the voters that it was just. But even the blind can see through this spin doctor’s web of lies and deceit.
Last year after the violence, Nasrallah, denied his support of the event of that day. Blaming his allies as the perpetrators of all the violence, that Hizbullah was far above and much more restrained. Today in his speech he implicated himself, as being the mastermind for the May 7th events. He finally came to the rationalization that people will continue to blame him for that day and so in his speech he spun the events of that day to make himself out as a hero. A man of peace. But tell me Nasrallah, how can you say you prevented a civil war when that day was the day that sparked the violence that took months for leaders to contain.
Another interesting accusation made by Nasrallah was that the March 14 forces through the division of power in Lebanon have somehow attacked the Christians rights in the country. The Taif Accord, which came after a long bloody civil war between Christians and Muslims in Lebanon, divided the power in Lebanon, 50% for Muslims and 50% for Christians. Currently the demographic in Lebanon is 60% Muslim and 40% Christian. Of the Muslim demographic half are Sunni while the other half is Shia. And so by implanting the existing constitution the March 14th forces are in no way manipulating the Christian rights in Lebanon. However Hizbullah and their allies are the ones that are recommending that the Sunni, Shia and Christian each have 1/3 of the power in Lebanon. So I ask Nasrallah how can 33% be more than 50%?
He speaks of voting and free elections, when I myself was harassed at my work place when I refused to vote for Hizbullah’s allies, which at the time one of which was the owner of the University I worked at. Currently people still working at that institution are being harassed into voting for the Hizbullah Allies or face losing their jobs. Is that how Nasrallah will lead our country if he wins majority? It is a scary thought, and for all our sakes I hope people are strong enough to vote out of love of country instead of out of fear.
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Posted
Feb 14 2009, 07:06 PM
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Samar
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Today is celebrated by many as Valentine's day, but in Lebanon this
day of celebrating love has forever changed to a day of rememberence.
Today marks the fourth anniversary of the assassination of former
Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Harriri. His death sparked a revolution,
which became known as the Cedar Revolution, in which a million souls
marched to the capital demanding justice for their fallen hero,
demanding freedom from Syria. The international community finally
stood up to the call and pressured Syria to leave Lebanon and
eventually the UN agreed to set up a criminal investigation of the
assassination.
As with every year since Harriri's assassination, hundreds of thousands marched
to Martyr's square in Beirut to commemorate 4 yrs since his
assassination. With the approaching elections the large turnout was
also considered a strong message to the opposition. This month another
goal of the cedar revolution was close to materializing, currently final preperations are underway in the Hague for the launch of the international tribunal set up to bring Harriri's killers to justice.
What started as a peaceful day honouring a fallen hero, ended in the injury of 30 people. As supporters of the government were headed home they were ambushed by stick and stone yielding opposition supporters. Some of my own relatives narrowly escaped the ambuish, they came home disappointed of the state of things. It seems violence continues , as hard as they try to pretend all is well these types of incidents continue.
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Posted
Jun 18 2008, 03:19 PM
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Samar
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A couple of years ago on the day Israel decided to wage war on Lebanon, I remember a conversation with a friend, telling him, that everything will be ok, this kind of thing happens all the time. That war cost Lebanon thousands of dead and millions in economic and property damage. Years before that after PM Rafic Harriri was assassinated, and the cedar revolution began, we all thought it was the end of tyranny in Lebanon. Little bombs started soon after that. It seemed like every weekend a bomb would go off somewhere. Yet every weekend my friends and I would have plans, we would always be optimistic that the latest bomb would be the last, but it wasn’t.
Last month Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah waged war against Beirut, sparking violence between the sunni and shia population in Lebanon. A deal was reached between the government and Hizbuallah at Doha soon after. Everyone rejoiced, Lebanon was finally going to return to its peaceful days. However once the cycle of violence starts it is not in the powers of those who started it to end it. Sporadic violence continued, yet people moved on with their daily routines, going to work, school, plans with friends, a false sense of security, a feeling that violence will never touch you.
Tuesday, June 16, 2008 at 1:00 am Lebanon time, my uncle’s family woke to sounds of gun shots ( pro-gov’t and opposition supporters shooting at each other), my aunt and youngest cousin went out to investigate, my uncle yelled at them to come back inside, my cousin walked in, but my aunt never made it back in. She was shot while she stood on her secure 2nd floor balcony. I am still in shock, I can’t believe that aunt Samira is gone, I can’t believe that my young cousins and my uncle witnessed it. I always hear of things like this on the news, I never felt afraid. I never thought it could happen to anyone I know. Always felt secure, today I am afraid, afraid of the country I love, afraid for family that is there. I am sad cause a woman, an educator, a mother, a wife, as well as being many other things was lost in senseless violence. May she rest in peace.
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Posted
May 09 2008, 12:36 PM
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Samar
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It started two days ago. Earlier in the week
the government announced its decision to replace the Beirut airport
security chief Brig Wafiq Shoqeir for alleged ties to Hizbullah, He
allegedly allowed Hizbullah to install their own security network with
in the airport. The government also announced that it will close down
Hizbullah’s telecommunication network. And thus overnight Hizbullah
leader Hassan Nassrallah contended that these decisions are
declarations of war and thus moved his gurilla army to take over
Beirut. And so much like Israel’s 2006 war on Lebanon, Hizbullah has launched their own version of that war internally.
Once Hizbullah vowed never to use their arms in internal fighting
but much like other promises they made they also failed to keep this
one. On Wednesday, May 7, Hizbullah supporters closed off the airport
road, leading to the complete shut down of Beirut’s international Airport,
a similar move to what Israel did in 2006. What Israel didn’t do
however Hizbullah did. Yesterday they moved into Beirut and have
officially taken over the capitol. Today they burned down one of Future TV’s building and have forced the pro-government TV station to shutdown.
Friends living in Beirut are living in Terror. Random bullets are
flying into residential homes. People are sleeping away from windows.
Hizbullah is detaining pro-government supporters. People are scared to
speak out, already worried that Hizbullah is monitoring their phone
calls. They are turning Lebanon into another totalitarian state. The
whole country is completely shut down. This is what Hizbullah Leader
Hassan Nassrallah calls a democracy.
I am so disappointed, upset, mad, and completely disgusted with
Hizbullah. We are on the brinks of a shia vs sunni civil war. History
doth repeat itself.
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Posted
Jan 27 2008, 10:26 PM
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Samar
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 What is it about people who when angry resort to burning tires? There must be stocks of tires waiting for such occasions in the areas surrounding the airport. Last year on January 23rd the opposition decided to enforce their type of democracy by forcing the country to shut down. They burned tires and blocked roads and eventually lead to the deaths resulting from clashes. Last week in an ingenious effort by the opposition to remember that day they staged another protest, this time the army was ready for them, and no roads were blocked.
But today was unexpected. Protesters in the area of Sheiyah took to the streets to protest the recent power outages, a problem that most of Lebanon suffers from, a problem that I had touched on back in a post I called H2O. I am not sure why the rest of Lebanon isn’t burning tires but the opposition supporters seem to choose tire burning and blocking the airport road as their main mean of protest. Do they even think about the toxins they and their families are inhaling?
A state of lawlessness is the biggest fear that Lebanon faces today. People that are angry and frustrated are taking matters into their own hands. Leaders’ broken promises and the countries failing economy are only making matters worse. And with all the chaos what starts out as a protest ends as a riot, what might start off peaceful ends in death. Today’s death toll so far is 8 with many injured. Political leaders urged their citizens to get off the streets but as the day passed things worsened and tire burning turned into bullets and grenades flying. The airport road was blocked and the army was mobilized in order to end the ensuing chaos. By the end of the day the streets were cleared and tomorrow Lebanon has issued yet another day of mourning.
A day of mourning means a day of school and university closure. Lebanon usually declares days of mourning as a way to prevent further violence. I used to work at a Lebanese university and have seen my fair share of students beating the crap out of anyone who opposed their political views. A day of mourning usually gives them a day to let out steam.
I of course am sitting half across the world in my safe living room, but can’t help and panic over family and loved ones back home. I thought things would get better as days pass but it just seems to get worse. Presidential elections have been postponed over 13 times, in the last two weeks there have been two terrorist related bombings and a riot. People are becoming less tolerant and fear of escalating bursts of violence and terror are almost a certainty.
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Posted
Dec 12 2007, 11:12 PM
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Samar
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No news is good news. For the last month, I have given up on the politics of Lebanon. Internal bickering has left me sick and nauseated. Presidential elections have been postponed for seven times in order for the two feuding parties to come to consensus. The opposition seems to find fault in anything put forth by the majority and the majority makes empty threats of not involving the opposition if they don’t participate willingly. This has been going on for months. One day you see Hariri and Berri shaking hands and the next Aoun is out screaming new demands.
Enter Lebanese Armed Forces Commander General Sulieman. After disagreeing on 12 different candidates for reason of being too pro government or too anti government, both sides start voicing favourable thoughts on setting General Sulieman as the consensus president. Of course without fail even in agreeing both sides still couldn’t come to agree on the full details. For months the opposition has been letting everyone know that Sulieman might be a good candidate and so once the Pro-government political leaders agree that he might be a good choice, then more demands pour in from the opposition. Mostly from power hungry Aoun who suggested, with the blessings of Hizbullah, that the opposition will only accept Sulieman for a 2 year term instead of the usual 6 year term. Aoun justifies his demand by stating that since Sulieman is a consensus leader then when a new parliament is in power 2 yrs from now then they should have the right to vote for who they choose. Nicely put Mr. Aoun, but how come this current parliament doesn’t have the luxury of democratically electing the president, could it be cause your party and your Hizbullah allies are in the opposition. Is it because you use scare tactics to black mail the majority into meeting your demands? My guess is yeah that might be the case.
And as soon as a ray of hope shines through, even though it hardly can been seen, a bomb blast hits much deeper. Today on his way to work Brigadier General Francois Hajj was assassinated in yet another car bombing. The general was in line to succeed Commander General Sulieman as head of the Lebanese Army. The attack comes as a shock since Hajj is the first figure to be assassinated that does not have any political affiliations. The reason behind his assassination was speculated to be anywhere from an act of revenge for heading the Lebanese army in the fight against Fatah El-Islam militants at Nahr El Bared to a message to Sulieman that no one is safe. Whatever the reason, another man fell today as a result of the continuing political instability of a once flourishing nation. So many have died for this country, how many more will it take?
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Posted
Nov 18 2007, 10:06 PM
by
Samar
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Aaaaaaaaaah the Beirut Marathon... I used to have a love/hate relationship with it. I loved it cause it brought so many athletes to Beirut, it promoted the city, it raised money, and promoted physical activity. I hated it cause it was the one day that it was practically impossible to get around Beirut cause all the main roads would be closed off, and so I would be imprisoned till about 3 pm, when everything died down. But the loves out weight the hates. To read more about the Marathon go here.
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Posted
Nov 14 2007, 12:09 AM
by
Samar
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There he goes flexing his muscles again. I am sick of Hizbullah leader Hassan Nassrallah's unrelenting threats and hypocrisy. In his latest speech Nasrallah went on to remind the world that he will not allow anyone to disarm Hizbullah. He argued that Hizbullah's weapons & fighters were prepared "day and night" to defend Lebanon. "The
resistance is ready, day and night, to defend South Lebanon as well as
all of Lebanon ... to achieve a historic victory that will change the
face of the region," he said. Well that is interesting... Where were these Hizbullah protectors of Lebanon during the Nahr El Bared Conflict? How come they didn't use their weapons to protect the innocent from terrorists. I mean if Hizbullah was only protecting Lebanon from Israel then they should say so, and with 13,000 UN peace keepers on the Lebanese/Israeli border I would think that job is pretty much covered. On the political Scene Nasrallah went on to threaten the majority of electing a president if one is not reached by consensus. Saying that if consensus is not reached, then a simple majority shouldn't be used to elect the new President and that instead they should hold early parliamentary elections. So here I question Nasrallah, what if the new parliament is similar to the current one (ie Hizbullah being in the minority) would he then allow a simple majority vote or is a simple majority vote only acceptable if Hizbullah was part of that majority. In his speech Nasrallah asked the current president not to allow a simple majority vote ""Do not allow the country to fall into the hands of thieves and murderers." referring to the majority government as thieves and murderers. Here is the part that confused me. The only people that were being assassinated in Lebanon were from the same majority that Nasrallah just called murderers. Of course Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt lashed back at Nasrallah's speach saying "This contradicts the image of thieves and
killers who hide themselves under the name of the resistance to turn
Lebanon into an arena to serve the thieves and killers of the Syrian
regime and their Iranian partners,". Many others have also criticized this latest speech. The Lebanese Presidential elections have already been postponed 3 times in order for a concensus to be reached. The latest date is Nov 21st which comes only 3 days prior to President Emile Lahoud's extended term in office expires. I'll be waiting, though I doubt consensus will be reached by then and I am afraid Hizbullah will prevent a vote from taking place, leaving the country in a power vacum.
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Posted
Nov 07 2007, 01:26 AM
by
Samar
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 Sex is quite the taboo subject in the Middle East. Being a more conservative society than the west pre-marital sex is a huge no no. But it wasn't until I moved to Lebanon that I found out that what is forbidden is what is mostly desired.
So are all Middle Eastern women virtues? I found out they really weren't that much different from western women. The only thing holding them back was the culture. A woman that is not a virgin is considered unsuitable for marriage. But that hasn't stopped anyone from actually having sex. A family friend who is an OB/GYN told us that one of the most popular surgeries she performed was hymen restoration for women who were about to wed. All in an effort to make sure the groom believes that his wife-to-be is chaste. Do I feel negatively towards these women that choose to lie about their virginity? I actually don’t know how to feel about that because in most instances the decision is made in fear not in order to dupe the guy, who culturally is not expected to be a virgin. But again isn’t a relationship supposed to be built on honesty. So I will leave this in that grey area where it belongs. Virginity in the Middle East according to a friend was not a virtue but a lack of opportunity and I would like to add to that a lack of money to get the surgery.
All this said, sex is harder to come by than in the west. The answer is prostitution. Prostitution in the Middle East though unspoken of is widely available. The first time I knew it existed was on a trip to Lebanon in 2000. Some cousins and I went to Kaslik for the night and as we drove through on our way to our particular club, we passed by signs for "super nightclubs", "super super nigh clubs" and "Bar Bar". I laughed and asked my cousin what was so special about these clubs and how come we were going to just a club instead of a "super club". He then enlightened me with the translations. A super nightclub is basically a strip club, A super super nightclub is a strip club where you make arrangements with the dancer to take her out on a "date" the next day. And a "Bar Bar" was basically a brothel where you go in take your pick for a price. The women at these clubs are mostly eastern European, Moroccan and there a few Asian and the minority would be Middle Eastern.
The reason I am writing this entry is because I came across this FrontLine PBS article about prostitution in Dubai. The journalist speaks of how many of the women in the sex trade business of Dubai have chosen that lifestyle lured by the financial gain. There is also a video that you can watch which is also posted on the same site.
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Posted
Oct 27 2007, 06:50 PM
by
Samar
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We all take it for granted, our morning shower. I never really thought about it until I moved to Lebanon. And now that I moved back here I am back to not giving it a second thought. Living without water, without electricity, without street lights definitely makes life interesting.
Now don’t go off thinking that people over there live in huts, or that water and electricity don’t exist, because they do. The problem is that you never know when your electricity will go out & when your water runs out. Israel’s war on Lebanon didn’t help matters, bombing many water and power facilities last year. Thus, many Lebanese knowing that their government is unreliable in providing basic needs have stocked their homes with power generators and their own water wells. Many of the bigger towns and cities have privately run power generators that supply buildings or homes. And if you have no water source on your land then you can get water hauled to your home at a price, which is what many Beiruties are doing these days. At the end of the month, you have your electricity bill, your water bill, the electrical generator bill, the water hauler bill plus many more bills. It can get quite confusing.
There have been so many days that I’ve gone into the shower to find out there was no water, and what’s worse is when you are in the middle of a shower. I can’t count the times that I had shampoo in my hair and had to scream out of the to who ever was home to turn on the water pumps for our well but first they would have to turn on the power generator to be able to do that. So many moments of panic when you pray and hope that your generator didn’t run out of fuel or what’s worse, that the generator is in need of repair. Well then you are stuck with having to make do with the water bottles. By the end of the four years that I lived in Lebanon I became an expert at being able to shower with about three 2 liter water bottles.
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Posted
Sep 20 2007, 12:37 AM
by
Samar
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 Two years ago Lebanon had its first elections free of Syrian interference. The anti Syrian opposition won to finally turn around a country that has been Syrian's puppet regime for so many years. Out of 128 seats in parliament the Anti Syrian Cedar revolution coalition won 70 seats. Since then 4 of those MPs have been assassinated. MP Gebran Tueini, MP Pierre Gemayel, Mp Walid Eido and today another name was added to the list, Lebanese Member of Parliament, Antoine Ghanem, who was killed in a horrific car bomb which also claimed the lives of 7 others and wounding 56. The assassination comes days before the much controversial Presidential vote, in which the March 14th coalition (Pro Government/Anti Syrian coalition) was hoping to oust the current president whose term was unconstitutionally extended through the Syrian regime at the time. Today's assassination sent a shock through out the country and the pro government movement whose members are being taken out one by one. Since the last assassinations, 1 MP from the anti government movement won the by-election and thus reducing the number the Majority and with today’s assassination the number is further reduced to 68 pro vs 59 anti. The speaker of the house, Nabih Berri, who is an alley of Hizbullah and part of the anti government movement, had declared that he will only hold presidential elections if 2/3 of Parliament House would be present on September 25. However, the opposition has threatened to boycott the vote and deny Parliament its required quorum, thus blocking the process. And so with the killing of more of the majorities MPs the more likely for the Pro Syrian opposition to twist the majorities arm into agreeing on a Presidential candidate, one that will have Syria's interest at heart. Mission accomplished, and another sad day for Lebanon.
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Posted
Sep 03 2007, 12:22 AM
by
Samar
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Fireworks, smiles and victory signs. The Lebanese army finally won the three-month Nahr Al Bared war on terror. On May 20th, fighting broke out in Northern Lebanon after a raid on a terrorist group, which were suspected of bank theft. The fighting was concentrated in the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr Al Bared but later terrorist cells would bomb many sites all over Lebanon, creating a sense of fear which led the people to follow their own curfew. After three months & 13 days, the death of 220 people, including 158 troops, and the destruction of most of the camp, the war is over. And so a little bit of stability back in the daily lives of many. Still the thought of other terrorist cells out there cannot be avoided. For the last 2 years Lebanon has been suffering of many terror plots, either targeting their tourist sites or politicians that are part of the cedar revolution. I am still waiting to hear who was behind these plots. Hopefully an investigation will shed some light, many are pointing fingers at Syria, accusing it of trying to destabilize Lebanon, a promise it made when it was ousted from the country in 2005.
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Posted
Aug 14 2007, 04:03 PM
by
Samar
with 2 comment(s)
Hot/Live that’s what the US customs officer
at Detroit Metro Airport wrote on my customs declaration form as he
asked me to follow the blue line.
I’ve been getting on and off of planes since the tender age of 6
months, so I’ve had my fair share of travel stories. This trip actually
went pretty smooth until I arrived to Detroit, and so as I was a few
feet away from the exit, I was flagged by customs. I guess the phrase
“I’m moving back from Lebanon” isn’t too popular.
The customs officials at the end of the blue line checked my luggage
after questioning me about the reason I was in Lebanon and other Middle
Eastern countries that I had visited during my 4 year stay. They were
actually very polite and I wasn’t really bothered until they pulled out
my laptop. At first I thought they probably want me to just turn it on
to make sure I wasn’t hiding a bomb in it. But then I was asked to put
in my password and soon one of the customs officers was going through
my personal files and photos. Something that really bothered me, I felt
a complete invasion of privacy.
I was questioned behind the reason I had a document saved from a
Lebanese newspaper, I then explained my interest in middle east
politics and that I used to write for Dose and I blog occasionally.
This was followed by the question “Do you write anti American
material”. I said I didn’t, that I mostly concentrated on Middle East
politics but for some reason one of the officers said that sometimes
even Americans wrote anti American material. I really wanted to say
that those are probably the ones that are in jail. They then asked for
the websites addresses that I blog on. I just thought the wording was interesting, I mean asking
if I criticized US politics is one thing but to ask about Anti-American
material made me feel like they were insulting my intelligence. I mean
even if someone was would they really admit it???
And so while cruising through my photos, a water bottling plant
layout came up and I had to clarify what it was and explain yet again
that I am an environmental engineer after all. In all reality I doubt a
person who is planning to commit any terrorist act would be dumb enough
to just store the info on their personal laptop.
Now on to the major reason I am writing this… Does anyone know what
the phrase (Hot/Live) on the customs form means? At fist I thought hey
I might be getting a date out of this whole ordeal but once they
started with the questioning I knew it must be something else.
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Posted
Jul 20 2007, 08:29 AM
by
Samar
with 1 comment(s)
 I keep on hearing stories of those soldiers being killed everyday by Fatah Al Islam terrorists in Nahr El Bared. Stories that seem too unreal, something more like an action movie than real life, but the stories keep on being repeated by the families and friends of those fallen. When I first heard similar stories, I thought they must be exaggerated but in the last week a friend’s friend from Rachaya died, along with a former student of my aunts from Manara, and a friend of my cousin’s from Lucy, all under 30, all from my area. They all told the same story, a cousin of mine who is in army intelligence and another who is in the army special forces also told me similar stories. I’ve been avoiding the news, but hearing the stories from those close to you makes it seem even more real, and horrific. At 4:30 am on Thursday, July 12, 2007, Soldier Shouman and another soldier were asked to sweep an empty building for bombs. The soldier and Shouman discussed that if one was to fall in the process then the other would take him out of the camp so that his remains would be returned to their families. Dead bodies left in the camp were taken by the militants, who would booby trap the bodies. Shouman secured the entrances of the building while the other soldier swept the building. What they didn’t realize was that the terrorists were using underground tunnels and hidden cameras, and so as one of the soldiers was ambushed he screamed. Shouman would go after his friend only to meet the same fate. Other soldiers would later storm the building to find the two bodies while the cowardly militants had vanished back into their burrows, waiting for their next victim. Shouman’s body was returned to his family, to his wife of a few months. His two other brother’s are also in the Lebanese military, one of them was injured a week prior but was returned to the battlefield. Many of the soldiers injured are given time to recover and are sent straight back. The army’s need for more soldiers increases but many already in the army are fleeing once they are witness to the street fighting that is going on in Nahr El Bared.
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