I come from a specific area in Beirut where it's multicultural, and it's a culture that blends with multiple cultures - it's… — Reem Acra 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
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
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
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
“In the summer of 1982, while Israeli armored tanks and gunships imposed a siege of another age on rampartless Beirut, cutting off… — Rabih Alameddine 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
“I feel like my life is made up of tiny puzzle parts that no longer fit together. Imagine working on a puzzle… — Zeina Kassem 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
I would retire first. It's the most hectic, nerve-racking city. Imagine having to take the 7 train to the ballpark, looking like… — John Rocker Copy Share Image
There is a single theme behind all our work-we must reduce population levels. Either governments do it our way, through nice clean… — Thomas Ferguson Copy Share Image
As I searched the atlas for somewhere to run to, Hugh made a case for his old stomping grounds. His first suggestion… — David Sedaris 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
People have the problem of denial. This is one of the things I learned in Lebanon. Everybody who left Beirut when the… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“Beirut is the Elizabeth Taylor of cities: insane, beautiful, falling apart, aging, and forever drama laden.She'll also marry any infatuated suitor who… — Rabih Alameddine 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
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
“From cradle to grave, Talal sprinted through life. I never did see a life extinguished so abruptly.” — Zeina Kassem Copy Share Image
The wise traveler [to Beirut] will pack shirts or blouses with ample breast pockets. Reaching inside a jacket for your passport looks… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
“The beauty of the sea is that it never shows any weakness and never tires of the countless souls that unleash their… — Zeina Kassem Copy Share Image
Putting people in a room and strapping wires to their wrist to find out if I make them tingle when I'm telling… — Linda Ellerbee Copy Share Image
No matter where I go - London, Beirut, Jerusalem, Washington, Beijing, or Bangalore - I'm always looking to rediscover that land of… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
When I arrived in Beirut from Europe, I felt the oppressive, damp heat, saw the unkempt palm trees and smelt the Arabic… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
“In the long evenings in west Beirut, there was time enough to consider where the core of the tragedy lay. In the… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
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