The entry way to the hospital was worn and looked more like Cairo airport than

I can scarcely believe that I have finally arrived in the Middle East. I am

This afternoon I took a service (like a taxi but cheaper) home from the office

As I climbed the ancient steps to the top of the ruins of Byblos, I

This weekend I traveled to Syria, where I expected the oppression and lack of democracy

As Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon met in Washington with US President George W. Bush

“We have to decide whether this is important enough to put in since it means

I held my breath as Fadi and I tried to walk nonchalantly past the Lebanese

* This blog originally appeared as an article by Courtney in the Daily Star, a

I met a Lebanese man today recently returned from Iraq who told me about a

“Forbidden.” This is the message you receive, in English, if you try to visit hotmail.com

The view as we drove down the Lebanese coast in a topless jeep on our

I slept late on Sunday having spent the two nights before being “culturally acclimated” to

Beirut is a fabulous city that blends the best of Europe with its Middle Eastern

Phillipa and Tewfik Mishlawi moved my belongings into my new studio near the American University

“Sometimes I think it would be better if the Middle East didn’t exist; just burn

There are many opinions in Beirut about why America went to war with Iraq, although