Hizballah’s Helping Hand?

There was a major front page article in today’s New York Times about Hizballah allegedly training Iraqi Shia militia in Lebanon. As I read the article, I found it a bit odd. Lebanon and southern Iraq (where most Shia live) are separated by Sunni Iraq and Syria. It would be difficult for [...]

Lebanese sectarianism

Anthony Shahid has an entertaining article about a satirical ad campaign in Lebanon that pokes fun at the extremes to which sectarianism has been carried.  He makes a good point that at least some people in Lebanon are beginning to see how ridiculous the old French confessional system is and are beginning to question it.

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Making sense of Lebanon

There has been a flurry of articles about the Gemayel murder over the last few days.  Joshua Landis does a good job of summarizing the coverage of the funeral.  Most people seem to assume that the murder was the work of Syria, and this assumption makes sense.  But Mark Levine and Jonathan Cook raise some [...]

Still here

I’ve been away from this blog for a while.  I’ve been busy with blog for my Making of the Middle East class and working on my Arabic.  I plan to start posting more regularly.
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