Sunday, August 21, 2005



Mega-Tabbulah: Maybe I have been too harsh on Lebanonese political culture. I have mocked Lebanonese casual and bizarre references to a "Lebanonese civilization". But this changed my mind. Here, Lebanonese in one Lebanonese village (Juba`), make the biggest Tabbulah ever (sufficient to feed 2000 people they say), in the hope of getting into the Guinness book of world records. Is this not a sign of a high and very sublime "civilization"? Muhammad Ra`ad, the head of Hizbullah's parliamentary bloc, spoke at the proud event.