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Tag Archives: Beirut
Who Said Cities Don’t Smell
I was born and raised in a small village east of the Bekaa valley in Lebanon. A friendly place where everyone was somehow related to everyone else. There were three schools in the village and the school I went to … Continue reading
A Shattered Society
In the comfort and quiet of my sitting room in Montreal I watch the late night news about the riots in UK. I watch as hooded youths burn and thrash the streets of London. I watch images of shops and … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Amazon UK, Beirut, book, books, cars, children, city, civil war, country, death, e-book, Edward Said, Ernest Hemingway, Europe, fear, happiness, history, journalist, London, loneliness, magazine, Mahmoud Darwish, memory, Middle East, neighborhood, news, newspapers, politics, radio, religion, riots, society, The Lost I, time, tv, UK, women, youth
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The Magic Of The Giller
In 2006, on September 9, we moved into our house in Montreal, after waiting a whole month for our furniture to be delivered. Our personal belongings had been shipped from Dubai and the boxes filled every room of the house. … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Amazon UK, BBC, Beirut, book, books, Canada, cold, cure, Dubai, e-book, editor, gala, hotel, house, immigration, internet, job, Lebanon, library, life, literature, magic, Margaret Atwood, Maya Angelou, Montreal, news, newspaper, night, novel, November, October, people, publishers, story, talk, Toronto, touch, writer
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Rendezvous With Robert Fisk
In December 10 2005, Robert Fisk was in Dubai for the signing of his book ‘The Great War For Civilization’ in the Jashanmal bookstore in Emirates Mall, the mall with the indoor ski slopes. I didn’t want to miss him … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Amazon UK, Anjar, Armenian, audience, Beirut, bestseller, book, books, bookstore, children, civil war, Civilization, December, Dubai, e-book, home, honesty, husband, independent, indoor, journalist, kids, McGill, Middle East, news, notebook, opinion, Paulo Coelho, publisher, read, reader, reading, Robert Fisk, story, style, University, war, young
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There Is No Such Thing As Normal
“The hardest thing in life to learn is which bridges to cross and which to burn.” David Russell Unfortunately most of us don’t realize that we have crossed the wrong bridge until it is too late. At some point in … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, answer, Atlantic Ocean, Beirut, bridge, burn, Canada, city, country, cross, die, dream, Dubai, experiment, happiness, home, hope, human being, husband, job, Lebanon, library, life, memories, minute, Montreal, move, nature, normal, ocean, past, Persian, prisoner, proverb, question, Richard Bach, routine, sad, Sidney Sheldon
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How Much Is Too Much?
During a recent conversation with my mother over the phone I told her I would try and pay them a visit even if it’s only for one week, just to see them, since my father is bedridden and my mom … Continue reading
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Tagged Arab world, Beirut, Canada, children, city, civil war, Damascus, death, divine, Dubai, Egypt, family, father, fear, friends, heart, husband, intervention, James Clavell, Lebanon, Libya, life, live, luck, Middle East, Montreal, mother, news, Robert Fisk, safety, Syria, tanks, teenagers, television, unrest, victim, war, Winston Churchill, yemen
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Nevermore
It all started in grade 12 when I gave my book to a girl in my neighborhood. Prior to that, when I was a little girl growing up in a small village east of the Bekaa valley in Lebanon, there … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Beirut, Bekaa Valley, birds, books, bookstore, borrow, Calculus, copybook, Dubai, Edgar Allan Poe, English, Ernest Hemingway, friends, girl, grade 12, graduation, high school, humiliation, Lebanon, Magrudys, Mathematics, Middle East, mom, mother, neighbor, notebook, notes, novel, old, problems, Raven, reader, reading, sorry, student, University, village, writing
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It Was Just The Beginning
Mother’s day, May 8th 2011, Montreal. I am having coffee with my daughter. It is a beautiful day outside, sunny and warm. At last after what seemed like an endless cold and wet winter, we are able to go out … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Amazon UK, AUB, Beirut, books, Canada, children, country, e-book, East, education, Ernest Hemingway, family, father, graduation, hero, Jean Paul Sartre, killed, Lebanon, life, literature, Middle East, Montreal, mother, mother's day, novel, opportunities, parents, quotes, reader, reading, signs, sniper, story, teenagers, University, West, world, writing
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Call Me Crazy
If I say I love books, I love to read, I wouldn’t be doing myself justice. What I have for books is more than love, more than passion. It started way back in my childhood. Both my parents loved to … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, American University of Beirut, April, Beirut, book, childhood, children, civil war, crazy, Dubai, experience, family, father, grandparents, Gustave Flaubert, handbag, heart, Honore de Balzac, horror, journalist, Lebanon, library, literature, Middle East, Montreal, mother, parents, publishers, reader, reading, reporter, shoes, signs, story, suffering, torture, women, writer, writing
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I Must Go On, I Can’t Go On, I Will Go On
Once again I have come at a crossroads in my life. Do I go on doing what I do for the benefit of others? Or do I for once quit, turn the corner and start a new page. For me … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Amazon UK, Beirut, book, Canada, chichikir, civil war, discount, dream, Dubai, e-book, ebook, experience, family, fate, international writer, Ivan Turgenev, journalist, literature, Middle East, promotion, reader, reading, reporter, sale, sales, signs, social network, story, teacher, The King's Speech, The Lost I, turmoil, Twitter, uprising, women, writer, writing
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