it’s a tiny sliver of a country, only about 4,000 square miles along the beautiful eastern mediterranean, home of the ancient phoenicians. ‘Lubnan,’ named for the white-capped Mt. Lebanon, was the jewel of the Middle East.

i have often wondered whatever happened to my friends and colleagues from AUB, although i do know that some have died and others have moved out of the country.

i personally do not support the Israeli occupation or invasion of any part of Lebanon. it’s pretty darned obvious they don’t belong there, their tactics aren’t working, displaced thousands upon thousands of Lebanese and they’ve turned a land of significant ancient history into a killing field. the reality is that Israel has had ‘designs’ on their neighbor for ages, considering Lebanon is rich with fertile valleys and rivers, beautiful mountains and beaches.