Deborah Solomon has become an official peddler of Islamophobia in the U.S. She tries to deflect from her prejudice by pretending to be less alarmed about Muslims than the haters that she likes to interview and promote. In the U.S., anti-Semites are taken out of the public sphere, while anti-Mulisms/anti-Arabs are dragged into the public sphere. And it is easy for the haters to lie and fabricate because the interviewers known nothing about the subject matter. I read this woman's book, and I would count almost a lie-a-page. For anybody who knows anything on Lebanon, or even the ones who know little on Lebanon, you read this and know that she is lying: "Your last book related the story of your childhood in southern Lebanon, where you hid out in a bomb shelter for seven years after your house was destroyed by a Muslim militia. Were you surprised it became a best seller? No, I was not surprised. Anyone can relate to a story about human suffering inflicted by radicals." Do you know anybody in Lebanon who spent more than a day or a couple of days in a bomb shelter? She talks about the civil war like an uninterrupted affair that went on for years, while civil wars go through phases and often undergo months of peace and calm. And then this:Where do you live? I do not share that information because of the death threats I receive. Threats from anyone we know? Al Qaeda mentioned my name on their top Internet sites and recently sent a press release about my work. If you are worried about death threats, why would you put a glamorous photograph of yourself on the cover of your new book? In Lebanon, we were raised to be glamorous, feminine and sensual. It’s the only good thing we inherited from the French." Please insert your own jokes here. (thanks Kathy)