“I am from Lebanon, from Beirut and Saida I am from the ground underneath my home I am from the trees, the… — Talal Kassem 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
Who imagined that what I said upon my departure from Beirut would become a reality, when I said the volcano and typhoon… — Yasser Arafat Copy Share Image
People in the United States don't like to hear it, but puritanical Islam has been on the rise because of our unequivocal… — Khaled Abou El Fadl Copy Share Image
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
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 turned into a war zone in a matter of hours. We were stuck at home, the roads were blocked. — Nadine Labaki 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'd known the people at Rolling Stone for a while. I'd gone to them with a piece I'd done on Beirut for… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Since 2006, when the Second Lebanon War killed perhaps 2,000 Lebanese, many of them civilians, and led to the destruction of an… — Martin Van Creveld Copy Share Image
Growing up in Beirut, I used to go to the souks with my mother to buy fabrics... I understood fashion at an… — Reem Acra Copy Share Image
When I look back on my childhood, I think of that short time in Beirut. I know that seeing the city collapse… — Greg Kinnear Copy Share Image
Our fumbling government's response since Beirut - during both Republican and Democratic administrations - has been to cut and run, or to… — David Hackworth Copy Share Image
All you need is a pool table, beer, an electric jukebox and good conversation. The day a girl beats me in a… — Chace Crawford Copy Share Image
We runnin around in thousand-dollar clown suits, Better get some boots when Lucifer turn your city to Beirut. — Ras Kass Copy Share Image
I don't want to turn into one of those pathetic creatures who are always homesick, always saying I wish I were still… — Hanan al-Shaykh Copy Share Image
“It's as though you had lost an arm or leg but still instinctively reach out to feel your missing limb or try… — Zeina Kassem Copy Share Image
“I wish I had lost an arm or a leg. It would have been much easier than losing a part of my… — Zeina Kassem 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
“Our dead become the photographs and words we hang on the walls, but they also hang on the walls of our hearts,… — Zeina Kassem Copy Share Image
We may be unable to maintain even a semblance of order in our urban schools, which increasingly resemble happy hour in Beirut.… — Don Feder 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
