About the Author
Cyrus Farivar
سیروس فریور
English: [suh-ROOS FAR-ih-var]
Persian: [see-ROOS-eh fàr-ee-VÀR]
Freelance Technology Journalist
Freelance Radio Reporter/Producer
Author, "The Internet of Elsewhere"
cfarivar [at] cfarivar [dot] org
Current location: Bonn, GermanyTwitter
Lebanon Archive
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And I Have My Lebanon
Posted on August 13, 2006 | 1 CommentMana, the woman who I wrote about for Wired News a few weeks’ ago has finally evacuated to Europe. In order to keep herself busy, she’s started an online store of products of interested to Lebanese expats and Lebanophiles. I think I’m going to get... -
Letter from Beirut
Posted on July 21, 2006 | No CommentsNote from Cyrus: The following is an email from a friend of a friend studying Arabic for the summer at the American University in Beirut. I’ve edited it slightly for spelling. You can read the whole email here. From: Gabriel Nevin [himynameisgabe@hotmail.com] Date: 19 Jul... -
Blogging From the Belly of Beirut
Posted on July 21, 2006 | No CommentsWired News: By Cyrus Farivar 02:00 AM Jul, 21, 2006 As we drove back down the hill we could clearly see new billows of smoke rising beyond our neighborhood, and a loud double blast shook the air just as we were turning into our driveway.... -
Beirut Apple reseller: “It’s very difficult”
Posted on July 21, 2006 | No CommentsMacworld: By Cyrus Farivar The lone authorized Apple Center in Beirut, Lebanon, has been forced to shut its doors since the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah ignited a week ago. And that store faces an uncertain future, as its owner prepares to flee the fighting.... -
More on Lebanon-Israel
Posted on July 13, 2006 | No CommentsI’ll admit, I’m no expert on Middle East anything, but doesn’t attacking Lebanon’s military and then criticizing them for not deploying more military (“If the Lebanese government does not deploy its armed forces as a sovereign government should, we will not allow Hezbollah forces to...
