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Monthly Archives: July, 2006

Chasing oil and coming home to another massacre By Zena el-Khalil

Zena el-Khalil writing from Beirut, Live from Lebanon, 30 July 2006 “Qana” by Mazen Kerbaj. View more of his work. Yesterday, a few of us got into a car and … Continue reading

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“And still, it continues …”: Lebanese bloggers react to massacre at Qana

various writing from Lebanon, Live from Lebanon, 30 July 2006 Today in the Lebanese village of Qana, over 54 civilians, including at least 34 children, were killed in Israel’s most … Continue reading

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A night at the symphony in Damascus By Leila Buck

Leila Buck writing from Damascus, Syria, Live from Lebanon, 30 July 2006 EI Damascus, Syria: A window to a Middle East different than the one envisioned by Condoleezza and co. … Continue reading

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We have lost our faith By Mayssoun Sukarieh

We have lost our faith Mayssoun Sukarieh writing from Beirut, Live from Lebanon, 30 July 2006 “Antoine” by Mazen Kerbaj: The voice of wisdom:/”I do not understand, the United Nations, … Continue reading

31 July, 2006 · Leave a comment

Timely Reminders

"Those who crusade, not for God in themselves, but against the devil in others, never succeed in making the world better, but leave it either as it was, or sometimes perceptibly worse than what it was, before the crusade began. By thinking primarily of evil we tend, however excellent our intentions, to create occasions for evil to manifest itself."
-- Aldous Huxley

"The only war that matters is the war against the imagination. All others are subsumed by it."
-- Diane DiPrima, "Rant", from Pieces of a Song.

"It is difficult
to get the news from poems
yet men die miserably every day
for lack
of what is found there"
-- William Carlos Williams, "Asphodel, That Greeny Flower"


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