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Politics in Lebanon is a hereditary illness

  • March 17, 2015
  • by Frederick McCraw
The phoenix has won the cockfight, but now it’s limping around in a heap of blood and feathers. Politics in Lebanon is a hereditary illness.
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Ginger Syrians

  • December 20, 2014
  • by Michael Stark
Ginger Syrians, or ‘Gyrians’ as we know them are not just a curiosity in Aleppo, but a phenomenon. Michael Stark writes about drinking culture in Syria.
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