Comments on: Conspiracy Chronicles, no. 3

By: netsp

netsp — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:00:23 +0000

Wow.

I’ve just been looking over this blog & it’s full of Gems

I have virtually the exact same memory as Rumyal of the old train tracks running into a cement wall along beautiful rocky coastline.It is actually a very dramatic piece of coast.

As for the cooking competition, I’m in.

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By: Qifa Nabki

Qifa Nabki — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:22:21 +0000

Ms. Tee

No, he doesn’t.

For that matter, neither does anyone else.

By: Ms. Tee

Ms. Tee — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:53:38 +0000

Um… Does “J” not read this blog?

By: sean

sean — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:59:55 +0000

I remember having a similar conversation during the first Danish cartoon fiasco. Many people I talked to couldn’t understand that the actions of the Danish government and those of a conservative newspaper were not identical.

As for the list, although I’m always happy to see Beirut get some good press, I’ve got some serious reservations about any list that puts Qatar in the top ten, ten spots ahead of Rome and Cuba, no less…

By: Rumyal

Rumyal — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:54:55 +0000

Ras Beirut,

Let me echo your sentiments one-by-one. We could have a blast in Haifa’s German Colony… and we’ll get Shai too…

You know when I was a kid they used to take us to the Israeli side of Ras Nakura. There you can see the remnants of an old railway that used to go between Beirut and Haifa (and beyond…). The railway passes through one of the caves, which has been sealed with an ominous cement wall, where the border passes. And that’s my childhood memory: beautiful white rocks formations crashing into the glimmering sea, and a railways track running into the wall, side-by-side in perfect disharmony… Let’s shatter this goddamned wall and get the train going again!

And about the cooking context… I know some glorious holes-in-the-wall in Haifa and around that will be hard to beat…

By: Qifa Nabki

Qifa Nabki — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:13:56 +0000

Ras Beirut,

I think the Syrians would win, actually. : )

Our restaurants serve the best Levantine food in the world, no question. But the Syrian kitchen is the motherlode.

By: Ras Beirut

Ras Beirut — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:26:21 +0000

Rumyal,

Reading your views on peace here and at SC, You’re the type of person that promotes peace between us. I want to know that I respect that. Hats off.

Wish I was still in Beirut. I would take you around and show you the magical places of Ras Beirut and the mountains.

I just hope that this conflict is resolved to the acceptable satisfaction of all involved, especially for the Palestinian people (meaning that all have to be flexible, especially the Israelis). Then, I’m sure the Beirutis wouldn’t mind throwing a party for all to celebrate.

Wishfull thinking!! but who knows?

Maybe there could be a cooking contest between the Lebanese, Palestinians, Syrians & Israelis. My bet will be on the Lebanese to win the context hands down.

By: Rumyal

Rumyal — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:45:05 +0000

QN,

If and when Israelis will be allowed in I’ll be there in a blink… Then I’ll be able to tell you about the personal linkages I have to Lebanon (ssshh… it’s a secret for now…)

By: Ras Beirut

Ras Beirut — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:43:13 +0000

QN,

I looked at the NYT web site travel section and sure enough Beirut was the top to visit destination for 2009 in that survey. Made me very proud indeed as she is my place of birth and childhood. It is no small achievment by any measure indeed, given what she has gone through over the last 34 years.

Mabrouk ya Beirut, ya sit el dinyeh inte.

God bless you and your inhabitants. You’ve come a long way baby!!