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One Week Hiatus On Gorilla’s Guides

For family and professional reasons there will be a one week hiatus on this blog. The next posting will be on Sunday October 29th.As we won't be online here for a few days other than to moderate comments - we'll take this opportunity to say "Eid Mubarak!" to all our ...

Baratha Mosque Bombing

I've often been inside this mosque which was attacked by another suicide bomber today. It's very beautiful - and very tranquil. I first went there as a child. What was a Christian kid doing there? I was brought there on a pilgrimage when we were posted to Lebanon. Our ...

Fadlullah On The role of the UNIFIL

Full text of release:The Weakness of the European Union Encourages the American Administration to Persist in Its Aggressive Foreign PolicyFadlullah: The role of the UNIFIL is to protect Israel; and it is the Lebanese people’s right to be cautious towards itThe Religious Authority, Sayyed Muhammad Hussein Fadlullah, issued a statement ...

Tayib - A History Lesson For Badger

In his posting Tale of two so-called "nations" "Badger" says:"The writer explains that in pre-Islamic times, there was a ceremony of washing the hands in perfume (Tayib) before making important alliances, and there are aspects of the old stories that apply here, supposedly giving the name resonance and importance. (If ...

Carrying The Burden

"Israel and Australia are like sisters in Asia," Tamir said in an interview with Haaretz during a visit to Israel this week. "We are in Asia without the characteristics of Asians. We don't have yellow skin and slanted eyes. Asia is basically the yellow race. Australia and Israel are not ...

The Shootings in Ramel al-Ali

I know Ramel al-Ali reasonably well. It's in Southern Beirut you pass it on your way to to the airport using the old airport road which for a variety of reasons I prefer. It's a pretty poor neighbourhood there's a lot of support both for the Hizb and for Amal ...

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E Pluribus Unum?

This is what the American government does to the foreign lands it wants to rule. When it cannot manage to conquer them by its own strength it sets neighbour against neighbour. It starts a civil war. The Romans did it. The French did it. The Ottomans did it. The British ...

Kfar Kila

Most of our readers don't know Lebanon so I'll interpret. Kfar Kila is a border village in Southern Lebanon. Looking at the background to the photograph I would say that the photograph was taken at the approach to the "Fatima" gate. (You can tell from the uniforms that the ...