Footnotes on what came to be called the Middle East and beyond. May 27, 2015 by Bech. Hizbullah fighters brandishing Lebanese and Hizbullah flags in Syrian Qalamoun territory. The whole point here is to recognize that overall, various Lebanese actors strived to change things to their advantage in Syria just as it was done by Syria in Lebanon.

Tuesday, February 19, 2008. Wednesday, September 05, 2007. According to a friend, Rabih Mroue is as good as it gets when it comes to Lebanese theatre. Although I know nothing about theatre, I enjoyed seeing a play by him when I was in Beirut. It dealt with how ordinary people became caught up in the sectarianism of the civil war - a topic normally avoided in public discourse, so the piece had been subject to censorship.