Lebanon was at one time known as a nation that rose above sectarian hatred; Beirut was known as the Paris of the… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
“Grief is shameless; it refuses to be ignored. If you let it have its way, it becomes fatal. If you try to… — Zeina Kassem Copy Share Image
In 1982, when Alexander Haig and [Ariel] Sharon put this plan to invade the south of Lebanon and Beirut, they imagined that… — Yasser Arafat Copy Share Image
Many of Islam's apologists insist that suicide bombing is not Islamic because the Koran forbids suicide. Mmm-hmm. So where are all the… — Jamie Glazov Copy Share Image
For me, diversity is not a value. Diversity is what you find in Northern Ireland. Diversity is Beirut. Diversity is brother killing… — Richard Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I knew Quintessentially was a success when my father, who does a lot of business in Beirut, introduced himself to somebody and… — Ben Elliot Copy Share Image
For my generation - the "Children of Nixon," as I call us in the book - the Lebanese civil war was an… — Annia Ciezadlo Copy Share Image
“In Beirut, death’s unremitting light shines bright for all to see, brighter than the Mediterranean sun, brighter than the night’s Russian missiles,… — Rabih Alameddine Copy Share Image
You can learn all about the human condition from covering the crime beat in a big city - you don't need to… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
“I don't think I ever fully understood before now the old saying that goes: "A mother's heart loves her young one until… — Zeina Kassem Copy Share Image
“Do our dreams carry messages from the great beyond, sent by the people we have lost, or are they a reflection of… — Zeina Kassem Copy Share Image
There hasn't been a lot written about it in the Western media. But in the Arab world, and Western Asia as a… — Annia Ciezadlo Copy Share Image
Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at the height of the civil war, someone… — Kate Adie Copy Share Image
Take a moment to reflect upon the existence of the musical The Book of Mormon. Now imagine the security precautions that would… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
After the allied victory of 1918, at the end of my father's war, the victors divided up the lands of their former… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
I was born in Lebanon and emigrated to the U.S. and went back. I'd been raised in a French school in Beirut.… — Ziad Doueiri Copy Share Image
I'd spent thirty years visiting the Dalai Lama, and twenty years as a journalist going to difficult places, war zones and revolutions… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
I have had a strong and a long relationship on national security, I've been involved in every national crisis that this nation… — John McCain Copy Share Image
My memories of Kabul are vastly different than the way it is when I go there now. My memories are of the… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
When I go to Beirut, I don't drive. It's traumatizing to drive there. — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share Image
To the stern student of affairs, Beirut is a phenomenon, beguiling perhaps, but quite, quite impossible. — Jan Morris Copy Share Image
“That's when it hit me; my sunglasses were buried in the grave where my Talal lay. Yes, my sunglasses were buried with… — Zeina Kassem Copy Share Image
Outside events can change a presidential campaign, a president, and the history of the nation: the Iranian hostage crisis, the bombing of… — Mark McKinnon Copy Share Image