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...glinting like chips of anthracite, are almost hidden in the fleshy folds of his chubby, tanned face. A man of cast-iron principles, Toufeili is a product of the eastern Bekaa, an area notorious for its lawlessness, its feuding Shi'ite clans, smuggling and narcotics production. When Israel invaded Lebanon in June 1982, Toufeili was in Tehran and helped organize the deployment in Lebanon of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards who recruited and trained hundreds of young local Shi'ites to fight Israel's occupation, thus creating the nucleus of Hizballah...
...that I was trying to encourage the Woodward and Bernstein model of muckraking in a land with no First Amendment and no Bill of Rights. Last year, the Committee to Protect Journalists rated Syria ninth on its list of the ten most censored countries. And many in Lebanon blame Syria for the assassination of Lebanese journalists. Nevertheless, there is a fledgling private press in Syria, and although local reporters learn to steer clear of sensitive subjects, there is still room for a limited form of real journalism. Syria Today, the independent English-language magazine where I teach, has published articles...
...History,” Norton, a Boston University professor who formerly served as a United Nations military observer in the region, draws upon his years of study to deliver a clear, concise, and accessible report on the history of Hezbollah and its activity and interaction with other groups in Lebanon. Short personal anecdotes from his time in Lebanon add both color and authority to the book. Norton’s portrait of Hezbollah is a complex one that moves beyond its status on the American list of foreign terrorist organizations. He brings to light many of the group?...
...think about attacking Iran, because it has the capacity to threaten Western interests in the Gulf and throughout the Middle East, directly as well as through allies in Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine...
...comic books and won Israel's equivalent of a Best Picture Oscar for Skin Deep, a movie he co-directed. He also dabbles in punditry: last summer, he wrote an op-ed piece for the New York Times that suggested the Israeli public found last summer's war against Lebanon comforting, as it removed the moral ambiguities inherent in the country's conflict with the Palestinians...