Lebanese Chess

Now that I've graduated from my Master's program at the ANU, I have decided to upgrade my blog. You can now find my blog at: http://...

It took me several months after my arrival into Oslo to wonder into the city's national galleries and art centres. Admittedly, I have ne...

Our PRIO (International Peace Research Institute of Oslo) lecture today focused on what role civil society can play in peacebuilding, primar...

... that caused most Western nations to walk out of the UN chamber in protest. A transcript of his entire speech can be found here . The mos...

A few amateur Palestinians are suspected of launching the two rockets into northern Israel the other day. Nothing out of the ordinary. You k...

Parliamentary elections were held in June. We are now in September ... still no government. An excellent editorial (below) in The Daily Star...

Explaining my love-hate relationship with Lebanon I wonder if this is endemic among other Lebanese, particularly those of us who have been a...