LEBANON! Lebanon is for and always will be for the Lebanese. It is the Christian capital of the middle east and anybody that says otherwise is a stupid mother fucker! I agree with you Mr. Farah for you speak the truth and as it is. All these Arabs are jealous of Lebanon, the country with no desert and camels and stupid 3rd world people that believe in violence as a solution to peace. Lebanon is God's land surrounded by the scum of the earth...ARABS!
i agree with Erika, the world is screwed up by its leaders not setting good example. Anyway i enjoyed reading your article and hope you will travel to the rest of Somalia and let us know the how your experience is. Best of Luck and be safe.
dear greek friend could you explain why there is no (not even one) mosque in Athens? (ps. i dont define myself as muslim)
about a related subject.
hagia sophia was a church for 800 years. and it was used as a mosque for 500 years. Now we converted it to a museum. WHAT is WRONG about it?
one more thing about EU.
just look around. do you want another Iran-Iraq or Syria just the door next to you? Do u want us to join the Arabic union? or form a Turkish union?
try to see the reality. Turkey is backing up your ass. And we are on the same side. I am really afraid for the humanity. (especially european friends)if EU blocks the membership.
bedreddin the thing you are doing and the way you tell gives us the power to help this spinning poor world!
guzel yorum really nice blog... has an attittude..
ama ben su yorumlari yapan kanki arkadasa cok guldum. blog ayri guzel yorumlar ayri guzel bue kardesim. yoksa ay cok guzel yorumlari cidden cekilir gibi diil bi muddet sonra.
:)
iyi yolculuklar!-have a nice trip!
yolun acik olsun!- let your road be open!
güc seninle olsun!- let the force be with you!
Why did you even do to somaliland- what was the purpose, and don' tell you were just curious. it seemed to me that you are judging somaliland and somaliders by some stupid remaks like "For some reason the word “warlord” pops up in my head when I hear “Somali”. Somali Warlord." and "women can be seen hanging around, faces covered by some green paste (the nature of which I have been unable to determine) but is presumably to make their skin lighter." your are so f**cking narrow minded. there isn't a single warlord in Somalidand, get a clue because if there was at least one you would be dead. That stuff women put on their face is a NATURAL FACIAL CLEANSER.
why should somalilanders thank you for talking about their country, what have you done?- nothing, because you didn't notice all the things that they 've done that matters.
I appreciate all comments, but please RTFM before posting some ignorant remark accusing me of inciting to "hate". yok gotu kalkti bunun bu postscript hadisesi falan
To Somalilanders Everywhere Congratulations! The remark "6th September 2005 21:16 - somalian: somaliland" came closer to rejection than any other comment. I have since added a "postscript" to restate things in case I've been too subtle. Do *not* post ignorant remarks. *DO* read the entire blog before commenting on it. And if you want to discuss anything written in the blog, send me fan-mail by clicking on the little button at the bottom of the page which says "contact bedreddin". I'll be happy to clarify or discuss any issues.
somaliland it is great that you travel and write the places you have seen. however, as a somalilander i see a lot of disrespect and lack of knowladge about your article to Somalian calture. it is incredibaly ignorant of you to state those words.."hate us..." somalis as a tradition they are very generouse people, they believe a religion that teach them to welcome their guest regardless to their background ...(we might have some enamosity among each other for tripism reasons...part of nomadic calture). your article is bias and stereotyping people. another thing stop the false propoganda about the safety for Us citizen in somaliland...it is very safe comparing to some neighberhoods in chicago. we as a Somalis and Somalilanders might not be rich or wealthy, but we are rich in our hearts. it is ashame to write about a country without a knowladge to its calture and people. well, i understand where you comming from i lived here more than ten years (USA) the average American seem to believe some how similar believes when it comes to Africa, but average american hopefuly have braver heart than you because h/se wouldnt use those words of hate and false propoganda....and please dont forget somaliland is a country which was destroyed by civilwars and trying to stablish its ground zero. my friend try to write more opjective next time and please learn from places and caltures you see...without labeling with hate crating words...peace to you asnd to all humans every where... stay real!!!!
:-) And to think that I may have seen you, maybe on my daily commutes from berut to my university... But I would have forgotten by now, knowing my state of mind when I go to the university.
I stumbled across your site and I have read all the entries. Remarkable! I haven't read any other travel accounts like it. You have more guts than I ever will. Thanks for sharing your stories, and be careful.
Mr Chammas is right I agree with you. Lets put and end to this mandness. Lebanon is part of the arab world and we shouldent fight over that anymore.
Also the Palestinias must be included in lebanese society, they are here, some of them have been living here since 1948, I think is time to include them in our society until the can go back home.
I agree 100% with Mar Girgis Thank god there is someone who puts things in its place. Im sick and tired of reading that stupid Lebanon for the lebaneses (wich considers Christians as the only Lebanese) retoric. Im sick of historical partiality and myths. Im sick of sectarian thinking, of denial and blaming everything on everyone else. Im a lebanese decendent (a christian one MR.Michael Farah) and I feel a shame of people who think like that.
Mar Girgis you response was exelent, well founded and consistent, congratulations brother.
as for bedreddin journal: It is great and very interesting. It seems you are a very sensible and human person. Interested in people and not just in big and fansy bildings. The world needs more people like you.
Legion Shorts Great read, funny as f**k. You're so right about Legionnaires and their gay shorts. I've worked with a few of them and boy do they like their shorties high'n'tight, especially the east europeans, yeuck.
yaw ozledik valla neredeyse bi sene olucak.. en son kasimdi herhalde gidip soyle tophanede bi nargile keyfi yapali sizinle, ozledik valla sizi.. ama sundan emin olunuz, eskiden de heyecanla takip ederdik, simdi de heyecanla takip ediyoruz yazdiklarinizi bedreddin bey..
tahmin ettigimiz uzere bulundugunuz yer biraz sicaktir, eger yuzup serinlemek isterseniz soyle hint okyanusu gecip sydneye bi ugramanizi tavsiye ederiz, kapimiz her daim acik size.. (biliyom cok okuz bi yaklasim oldu ama napayim benden ancak bu kadar..) sevgiler .. bi` dost..
"Although not very democratic, most people seem pretty happy with the way the goverment is running things, especially Bashar. Picture taken in the souq in Damascus."
Lool. That's a well known thing about syria, and apparently you have not been briefed about that. People in syria NEVER say negative things about the gouvernement, from fear of the omnipresent secret services (the "mukhabarat"). It is a soviet-style dictatorship. They will only tell you what they think if they trust you and only behind closed doors.
This is not a myth, several persons who stayed long time in syria and worked with syrians told me that.
blah blah blah you "phoenicians" have nothing else to do than talk politics.
People in lebanon will take you into their house and drive you around, they love the company of strangers, and love to show them how they live. They know that strangers will be thankful and will not judge their way of life.
But beware they like you because you're a stranger. As soon as you become familiar to them, they may start loosing interest. Or on the countrary they may develop friendship.
My trip began (July 19, 2004) as a 14-month leave of absence from my job, with the intention of "seeing the world", and a bunch of unrealistic ideas of what can be accomplished in a year. Turns out a year isn't as long as it seems, so I've recently quit my job (yeay!) to become a full-time traveler. Until, that is, I run out of money or decide I'm ready to rejoin the ratrace.
In the meantime, I'm trying to blog at least once a month from the countries I'm visiting. I'm not interested in Western Europe, so don't expect pictures of Venice here. My blogs are basically my impressions of pla... full info
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LEBANON!
Lebanon is for and always will be for the Lebanese. It is the Christian capital of the middle east and anybody that says otherwise is a stupid mother fucker! I agree with you Mr. Farah for you speak the truth and as it is. All these Arabs are jealous of Lebanon, the country with no desert and camels and stupid 3rd world people that believe in violence as a solution to peace. Lebanon is God's land surrounded by the scum of the earth...ARABS!