Since I am now comfortably situated in Beirut again with an apartment and semi-reliable ethernet access, I am going to attempt my hand at this blogging endeavor again. Writing has never come easy for me, so my goals are humble; I will simply be aiming for a minimal lucidity and clearness in my posts, and maybe an occasional original and illuminating analysis of what’s going on in this often confusing and contradictory area of the world. My interests have also veered significantly towards development issues in the Middle East, so I will try to work out my jumbled ideas on this topic while also leaving room to rant about Arabic, Farsi, Lebanon, the Levant, U.S. foreign policy, Islam, terrorism, Iranian machinations, Persian carpets, Central Asia, and whatever else strikes my fancy. Who knows, its even possible the winds of change might arrive from distant America to blow across these barrenly autocratic (or in Lebanon, anarchic) lands.
It’s not easy
I’ll certainly add you to my feeds, and pass it to a few in the circle.
Courage mettedrinker!