You know that scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark where they find the Holy Grail in this Temple carved into a rock in a huge moon-shaped gully? Well that’s Petra and I’ve been here…
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Tea with Hamas and Hezbollah
I’m sitting on the rooftop of the Hotel Albergo, listening to a favorite old tune, Moon River, and looking out over the Achrafiyeh neighborhood of Beirut. As at every meal, I’m immediately presented with little…
Tuborg’s Fresh Air Post
High in the hills north of Beirut, we are treated to a most spectacular day. Here in Gabby’s ancestral village, we fall in love with a new side of Lebanon. The landscape is open and…
What happens in the Bekaa valley….
David has a friend named Hikmat who lives in the Bekaa Valley. I have never met Hikmat but know him well from the scene in my husband’s Frontline Documentary, Lebanon Party of God. In this…
How About Baalbek for the Springsteen tour?
We’re in Baalbek to visit David’s friend, Hikmet, who lives on a hill above the ruins. I don’t know if these are one of the Seven Wonders of the World, but in my mind, they…
No beer at the Sheik’s house
We’re in no shape to show up at Sheik Fadlallah’s restaurant after our long morning at the camp. We’re covered in dust, more than a little dismayed and needing to emotionally download what we’ve witnessed. …
Sabra & Shatila
I first learned about the massacres in the camps Sabra & Shatila when David worked on a documentary about it for ABC news in 1982. It was one of his first projects as a television…
Fireworks not bombs
Our first night out, we wander along Monot, a street teeming with Mercedes, Audis, and nightlife. Groups of three and four, arms linked, parade in the streets as we make our way to the Glass…
Arrival in Beirut
We arrive in Beirut at the Rafik Harriri International airport and immediately see the vestiges of the recent election. Giant posters adorn every building. Massive photos of General Aoun, the younger Harriri and other political…
Paris Airport
Why is it when I’m surrounded by the smell of croissants and the fashionable French that all my French vocabulary comes flooding back? Just yesterday, I could not conjure up the word for napkin (serviette)…