The Beirut Daily Star, which a couple of months ago expressed dismay that the U.S. had not appointed a successor for the outgoing ambassador, David Hale, reported relevant good news on October 8. Since I also was disturbed by the apparent apathy toward Lebanon at this highly critical period of time, I must report the […]
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I have read in the Baptist Press that you are “troubled” about the pope’s speech to the Congress, and now I am troubled. I speak as a retired Southern Baptist missionary. My husband and I were under appointment to the Middle East for 32 years. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Amman Baptist […]
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This may be news or rumor. I have heard it but cannot verify. The U.S. is going to send a new ambassador to Lebanon, and it is a woman. She, whoever she is, is awaiting confirmation. Meanwhile, because of the tense and drastic situation in the Middle East, Ambassador David Hale is being left in […]
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International Peace Day caused me to discover something very interesting that I will share with you in this article. I tried more than usual that day to think about the things that create peace. I am not the only one who struggles with this issue, of course. There are some wonderful people and organizations making […]
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David Hale, the U.S. ambassador to Lebanon, will reach the end of his term of service within a few days and has been confirmed as ambassador to Pakistan. The State Department has appointed no one to take his place in Lebanon. On August 22 the Beirut Daily Star suggested that the failure to appoint […]
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On the day I intended to post this blog I named it “Happy Hiroshima Day.” It was August 6, the birthday of my eldest daughter and the 70th anniversary of the day America, sweet land of liberty, dropped an atom bomb. But on that day I could neither finish nor post the blog because a […]
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Suddenly, or so it appears to people on the outside, Lebanon has a problem with garbage. Just one day the garbage trucks didn’t come. The dumpsters were full and overflowing, and people were throwing bags of rotting stuff out on the curbs. Pictures of heaped up debris appeared in the papers for the world to […]
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Frances Fuller, Award Winning Author Of ‘In Borrowed Houses’, Thanks Lebanese-American Organization ATFL And Relates An Amazing Story Frances Fuller’s award-winning memoir, ‘In Borrowed Houses’, gives readers a penetrating glimpse of the Middle East from the inside. She puts a face on the Middle East many Americans have not yet seen [Wilmington, NC July […]
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Because bad news tends to grab the headlines away from good news, we often fail to notice or even really don’t hear about hopeful activities and statements. For this reason I have been trying to pay special attention to good news and call other people’s attention to them. Below are ten tidbits picked out of […]
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As Anthony Bourdain said on CNN in his last report from Beirut and as he was quoted in The New York Times, “It makes absolutely no sense, in a wonderful way.” Because he is definitely onto a truth here, I would like to give him a little assistance by citing a few examples, beginning with […]
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