These are the kind of articles that you read in the mainstream US press about the Middle East that have no connection to the Middle East. This article talks about "cultural revival" in Beirut. As evidence, the author (I bet he knows not a word of Arabic) he cites the numerous songs composed in memory of Hariri. Have you listened to those songs? Have you read or listened to the lyrics? Read Samah Idris' last article on Lebanon in Al-Adab.