Today we are headed to South Lebanon, through the ancient port city of Sidon, with the goal to get to the place they call Fatima Gate. Fatima Gate is at the former border crossing with Israel and…
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“I come from Palestinia”
The very first network documentary my husband ever worked on was a film about Sabra and Shatilla for ABC News. Sabra and Shatilla is a Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut. The film was broadcast in…
Visiting Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley
Baalbek is one of the greatest Roman ruins in the world, located near the Syrian border on the main road from Beirut to Damascus. Much of the Bekaa is now a Hezbollah stronghold. In fact,…
Where’s Israel?
It’s not every day that your average tourist itinerary includes a stop at the Musee de Mleeta, affectionately known as the Hezbollah Museum, but my husband, David Lewis, has arranged for us to have a…
Genuflecting Beirut Style
Under the guise of “when in Rome, do as the Romans,” on our first full day in Beirut, my travel partner Mary and I decide to go to church. There’s a large Greek Orthodox Church…
Sunset in the Achrefiah
The Rafik Hariri International Airport is a happening place. Not just because it’s named after this famous slain Sunni Prime Minister who was car-bombed on Valentine’s Day a few years ago — his death a…
Whistles and Flashlights in Haiti
Our visit to KOFAVIV may have been the most emotionally challenging stop on our Haiti tour. Our tour guide, Willa Shalit explained that KOFAVIV (Commission of Women Victims for Victims) is a center for young…
Carnival in Jacmel
You travel to Haiti, this country that is the poorest in the Western Hemisphere. A country without a stable government and has just experienced a natural disaster of unspeakable proportions. The last thing you expect…
Lunch with the Sisters
You have to laugh because Ananda Leeke, the Ambassador for the Heart of Haiti program keeps talking about the “Digital Sisterhood.” While in Haiti we lunched with the sisters, but this time, it was actual Sisters…
PR-tinis and Port au Prince
Here’s what I love the most about social media. It connects you with people whom you really are destined to meet but simply never would. We become intertwined in new and unusual ways and build…