Qifa Nabki
Lebanon
Damocles’s Armory
I know several foreigners who are traveling to Lebanon this summer, and so I’m routinely asked about the chances of “something happening” while they are there. I usually adopt a thoughtful expression, pause for a moment, and tell them not to worry. This seems to work. Sometimes, if I am feeling mischievous, I adopt a … Continue reading
Special Tribunal for Lebanon Recruiting Lawyers
A reader of this blog asked me to advertise the following vacancy: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon is looking to recruit Lebanese lawyers and jurists for its National Visiting Professionals program. The positions are relatively well paid at over 1000 euros per month and include travel costs to The Hague. This would be a great … Continue reading
News & Notes (May 21, 2010)
There’s a new blog on the block, published by Mideastwire, the company that provides a daily digest of translated articles from the Middle Eastern press and runs the Beirut Exchange. I would highly recommend checking it out and subscribing to its RSS feed. Nick Noe (the co-founder of Mideastwire) has assured me that they will … Continue reading
OneMideast.org Launches
I’m pleased to announce the launch of OneMideast.org, a website that has been in development for about a year now. Here’s the skinny on it: OneMideast.org is an online discussion arena intended for raising and debating ideas central to the Arab-Israeli peace process. The project, which represents the first joint Syrian-Israeli online dialogue of its … Continue reading
FPM Engages in Post-Election Soul-Searching
The preliminary results of the first round of Lebanon’s municipal elections are in. Predictably, all sides are claiming victory, with Michel Aoun’s Free Patriotic Movement tabulating their wins at around 51% of all council seats, while Samir Geagea has confidently announced that a majority of Christians in the Mount Lebanon region support the March 14th … Continue reading
Qifa Nabki 
And the people say…