Beirut Diary

May 11, 2008 - 7:30 AM by Stephanie

We here at Israelity don’t really bring up The Situation.

However, we DO follow events.

And sometimes we come across writing we feel compelled to share.

Writer Charles Malik in Beirut has been semi live blogging the unfolding events with 1st hand accounts of what’s going down.

A sampling:

The insanity of the last few days is over (at least for now), but everyone is still extremely tense. The return of masked gunmen to Hamra this afternoon gave all of us a shock that more could happen. Even if this afternoon escalation had not happened, Beirut residents are still traumatized and angry.

The atmosphere is horrible, and our attitudes will not change until our neighborhoods change. When traffic returns to our streets, students return to schools and universities, pubs and restaurants re-open, the physical damage is repaired, the political flags are taken down, and the usual Lebanese/Gulf Arab hedonism bring back the superficiality, music blaring from garish cars, and overly preened style our anger and frustration might lessen, and our spirits might be lifted.

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