Qifa Nabki
Archive for October 2009
Israel Unveils Plans for Massive Hummus-Themed Resort
TEL AVIV, Israel — Fresh on the heels of a successful Lebanese bid to win the Guinness World Record for the largest plate of hummus, the Israeli Ministry of Tourism has announced plans to steal back the record by launching a massive “hummus-themed luxury resort and spa” in the north of the country. “Hummus-Land” (pronounced … Continue reading
Lebanon Bibliography Launched
The crowdsourcing experiment that we ran here a few days ago was such a success that I’m trying to come up with other ways to leverage all of y’all’s ingenuity to solve other pressing problems. (You don’t do windows, do you?) You can find the assembled “Lebanon Bibliography” by clicking the link in the page … Continue reading
Lebanon Panels & Papers at MESA ’09 (Boston)
For those of you in the area, the annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) is going to be held in Boston next month (Nov. 21-24, Boston Marriott Copley Place; click here for the website). Perusing the program, I see at least three Lebanon-related panels and twenty-four Lebanon-related papers, and I will probably … Continue reading
Syria, Turkey, and the Four Seas Strategy
Haaretz correspondent Yoav Stern has written an interesting article for Syria Comment called “Syria’s Four Seas Strategy“. It’s worth a read, but if you’re too busy to click over, here’s the executive summary. Turkey’s cancellation of a joint air force exercise with Israel last week is just the latest nail in the coffin of the … Continue reading
Put On a Happy Face
The past twenty-four hours have been bewildering, even by Lebanese standards, for all of the mixed signals coming out of Beirut about the cabinet formation. Yesterday, there were widespread reports of “optimism” and a “positive atmosphere” regarding the talks. Today, however, all this exuberance has evaporated in the wake of what The Daily Star is … Continue reading
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