“Lina, My Little Muslim Friend” Last week, a Lebanese friend of mine, whom I shall call Samira, went with her daughter and granddaughter to the children’s toy department at London’s Selfridges. Upon entering the store, she was stunned to see little veiled Lina and her playmates on display. The Muslim dolls Lina, Amira and Aamina, …
What’s in A century? I am not sure how many of us Arabs are aware that, in 1920, our Levantine forefathers were the authors of a constitution that decreed Islam merely as the official religion of the king, omitted any reference to Islamic law, and arrogated to religion authority only over religious affairs. To civil …
Lebanon’s Cemeteries of People and Ideas “Parking lots are mass graves here.” It took some time to move past researcher Malena Eichenberg’s words. I was reading about Lebanon’s disappeared. This is every civil war’s chilling catchphrase, I thought. Any two fratricides may not meet in cause, triggers, pace, length, or brutality, but they are almost …
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