Cyrus Farivar

Note 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 2006 08:35:43 -0700 Subject: To: While it has been far from continuous, and I honestly have not been scared for my safety much since this war has started, I have for the first time felt…

I’ve been informed that at last check, my radio piece on MobMov will be on The World today! Will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams): New York – 3 pm Eastern – WNYC – 820 AM – www.wnyc.org Washington, DC – 3 pm Eastern – WAMU – 88.5 FM – www.wamu.org Los Angeles – 12 pm Pacific – KPCC – 89.3 FM – www.kpcc.opg Boston – 4 pm Eastern – WGBH – 89.7 FM –…

Wired 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. A minute later, the power went out. The generator took over so we could get the groceries up in the elevator, to find my mom upstairs giggling madly because the blast had made her jump…

Macworld: 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. Jean Medlej, 51, and his family will likely evacuate Lebanon at the earliest opportunity, which may come as soon as this weekend. Dual citizens of France and Lebanon, he and his family are on an…

Catherine pointed me to the music video for The New Pornographer’s “Sing Me Spanish Techno“. It’s pretty funny.

MSNBC: Bush: See the irony is what they need to do is get Syria to get Hezbollah to stop doing this shit and it’s over. Blair: Because I think this is all part of the same thing. What does he think? He thinks if Lebanon turns out fine, if he gets a solution in Israel and Palestine, Iraq goes in the right way, he’s done it. That’s what this whole thing’s about. It’s the same with Iran. Bush: I felt…

The NYT has a sweet map.

I’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 move again onto the other side of the border,” said Defense Minister Mir Peretz of Israel) to get rid of Hezbollah seem a bit bizarre?

Try The Daily Star or Ha’aretz. Daily Star : LEBANON UNDER ATTACK Israel targets Lebanese air bases, Kuwaiti nationals among dead and UN prepares envoy to Region Ha’aretz : One rocket fired from Lebanon hits central Haifa Two Israelis killed, 120 hurt in rocket attacks Rockets slam into towns Nahariya, Safed, Carmiel Hezbollah gunners continue shelling communities across northern Israel; two people critically wounded in latest strike on Safed.

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