NEWS & REPORTS
Democratic Left remembers Samir Kassir
on Feb. 14
The Democratic Left Movement (DLM) had additional reasons
to participate in the Feb. 14 first annual commemoration
of the Rafik Hariri assassination, according to DLM
members.
As he runs for president, Aoun
praises sectarianism
Kesrouan
MP Michel Aoun presented yet another one of his interviews
in which he reiterated his candidacy for Lebanon’s
presidency describing himself as Lebanon’s sole Christian
leader.
Siniora in tears as he recalls
days of life-long companion
“I chose
to speak in AUB because it has the youth and because the
martyr was always interested in education,” said Prime
Minister Fouad Siniora during a commemoration event of
late Premier Rafik Hariri’s assassination.
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EDITORIALS
Democracy
The Lebanese democracy looks absurd. Numbers in a rally do not
count. If they do, estimates vary between 200,000 and one
million. In both cases, they mean nothing to some groups. A
parliamentary majority does not rule and is always under
attack from other groups that it does not represent a majority.
What’s wrong with Islam?
A suicide bomber on Tuesday killed 27 innocent Iraqi shoppers
at a crowded market. The news was broadcast on most TVs across
the Arab region as people went around with their lives as
normal.
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Op-Ed
An Uprising within the Uprising
by Samir Kassir
Perhaps the local Lebanese need to be distanced from the
routine of following the daily events in order to sense the
thirst for answers that is mostly felt by those Lebanese
living abroad and thus realize the missing angles of this
historical moment and become concerned about how to achieve
its full potential.
Be real!
by Kamal Sanjakdar (BEIRUT)
It is true that the confessional system and the weak
position of Lebanon in the region always open doors for
crisis. Unless this system is reformed and a strong state
is built on secular basis we will have a crisis every 15
years.
One million give March 14 another
chance
by
Shadi
Hannoush
(BEIRUT)
What next
is a legitimate question after this huge popular mandate
on Feb. 14, 2006.
When the nation takes history into
its own hands
by Marc Daou (BEIRUT)
Last
year's events brought to the fore front a unique kind of
popular activity. This activity contributed to the making
of a new era in the history of Lebanon. This activity was
also a turning point in the history of the Lebanese people
along the path of building a free, modern and independent
state. This path has proven to be hard to deviate no
matter how hard the Syrian regime, its allies and its
supporters in Lebanon try to put obstructions, commit
murders, shake the security among other means used for the
destabilization of Lebanon.
Secularism dies
by Ali Hassan Salameh (NEW
YORK)
British historian David Irving was jailed
for three years by an Austrian court yesterday, despite
finally admitting the reality of the Nazi Holocaust and
the existence of gas chambers after a career spent denying
both.
Comrades, go back to the streets,
you go back to clarity, Samir said
by
Bashir
Hilal (PARIS)
Once again we witness a Lebanese one-million
demonstration. A short while prior to this demonstration,
even most of the optimists couldn't have believed that
such a crowd – in terms of numbers and the diversity of
regional and sectarian affiliations -- could have come
together due to the nation's building up tension.
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FEATURES
To
all leftists: Let’s discuss Rafik Hariri
Ever since he came to power in 1992, Rafik Hariri has been a
sworn enemy of Lebanon’s leftists. The reasons were clear. The
leftists are by default opposed to billionaires in power with
a neo-liberal agenda for the economy, which is perfectly in
line with leftist thought and perspective.
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HISTORY & CULTURE
Oscar-nominated film gives
bombers new look
This
Oscar-nominated film for best foreign movie depicts the
dilemma of two suicide bombers who were assigned to the
job, but were both hesitant to do what they were asked to
do. The film is one of the rare voices of peace and
moderation through which director Hany Abu-Assad sends
several messages.
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Youth News
No Frontiers celebrates
eighth anniversary
No Frontiers celebrated its eighth
anniversary at the American University of Beirut by
issuing The No Frontiers Gazette and launching its website
on a private domain
www.bilahoudoud.org and
www.bilahoudoud.com
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LIGHT NEWS
Is Star Academy modernizing
Islam?
While a number of Muslims were protesting what they believed
to be offensive cartoons against their prophet, other Muslims
were secluded in an academy learning how to sing and dance.
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