This story has been updated with a follow-up post titled, “If Lebanon’s pine trees die, so will we“. Whether it’s deep in the open woodlands […]
Month: April 2017
On musical transmigration and the origins of ‘Wa Habibi’
We’ve all heard Wa Habibi, a hymn widely recognized as a Christian canticle of the Syriac/Maronite rite. Also known as the Mother’s Lament, the hymn […]
42 years on: We commemorate the start of the war, but not its end
42 years ago, the Lebanese civil war started. 27 years ago, we were told it ended. For 27 years we’ve been commemorating the start of the civil […]
Traditional Lebanese parties must adapt or face extinction
The Lebanese political topography is changing. Independents, long marginalized, are being provided with a meaningful organization to support. The first instance of this phenomenon, Beirut […]