Word: beirutization
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...swept aside by anti-Western extremists. They haven't only demurred from allowing the U.S. to invade Iraq from their territory; they've actively rallied the Arab world against such an attack, choreographing Iraq's diplomatic rehabilitation among its neighbors at the April summit of the Arab League in Beirut...
...Arab pop music, attempting to get Washington's take on the news across in snippets that infrequently interrupt the Top 40 barrage. So far, only Arab audiences in Jordan, Dubai, and Kuwait have been able to tune in to Radio Sawa (the signal doesn't reach Cairo or Beirut clearly), but its popularity doesn't necessarily signal an acceptance of an American political message. Because its clear in Cairo that many Arabs are happy to go on consuming American products - from cigarettes to radio stations - while remaining fiercely critical of American policies. Just ask the staff at McDonald...
...Born in Beirut, Iskandar graduated from Stanford University and moved to Boston in 1990 to begin his career at the Monitor Group. In 1993, he earned an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School...
...many times in the past, intelligence reports of terrorist plans--even against specific targets--have failed to prevent horrific strikes. In 1983, we had a number of reports that terrorists were targeting the U.S. Marine compound in Beirut. On Oct. 23, 1983, 241 U.S. soldiers were killed...
...moment to walk outside our prejudices. Those who stay home may think the outside world is dangerous (and the more they stay home, the more dangerous it will seem). Yet as soon as we travel, we are reminded that, for example, during the 1980s when war was tearing apart Beirut, San Salvador and Kabul, Washington had a higher murder rate than any of them. Last year, when I took my 70-year-old mother on holiday to Syria, she quickly saw that its people were much friendlier than the country's dictatorship suggested, that the roads were clean and that...