Sunday Update
It's Sunday evening; the city has been quiet all day, but I am afraid that is not the case everywhere.
There is continued fighting between the Druze militia and Hizbollah (or alllies) in the mountains.
Extended fighting yesterday in Tripoli was calmed today, with the intervention of the Lebanese army.
The airport road remains blocked, as do other major roads around the city
Although Beirut has returned to some sense of normal on the surface, this trouble is far from over.
ACS has closed for another day, and our schedule for the rest of the year is under discussion. For some time, ACS has used Teacherweb to enable teachers to have information online that students can access
Our plans to move have been delayed for a week. We were planning to move to a small school apartment for a few weeks until we could move into our new apartment down on the Corniche at the beginning of July. That first move was supposed to be this weekend. Didn't happen. We have asked the new owner of the apartment for a little more time here, and he has been agreeable to that. The movers may come tomorrow to start packing, but their business address is the Airport Road, and that's one road that is blocked...
One of the remarkable things about the internet is that we all have access to the same sources for news.
CNN is a good one, of course, but there are others:
www.naharnet.com website for An Nahar, a Beirut newspaper. The paper is in Arabic, the website is English
www.nowlebanon.com
www.yalibnan.com
www.dailystar.com website for The Daily Star, Lebanon's English newspaper
If you read these websites, you will know almost as much about what is going on as we do here.
Of course, you will have to depend on me to know if the dry cleaner is open.
There is continued fighting between the Druze militia and Hizbollah (or alllies) in the mountains.
Extended fighting yesterday in Tripoli was calmed today, with the intervention of the Lebanese army.
The airport road remains blocked, as do other major roads around the city
Although Beirut has returned to some sense of normal on the surface, this trouble is far from over.
ACS has closed for another day, and our schedule for the rest of the year is under discussion. For some time, ACS has used Teacherweb to enable teachers to have information online that students can access
Our plans to move have been delayed for a week. We were planning to move to a small school apartment for a few weeks until we could move into our new apartment down on the Corniche at the beginning of July. That first move was supposed to be this weekend. Didn't happen. We have asked the new owner of the apartment for a little more time here, and he has been agreeable to that. The movers may come tomorrow to start packing, but their business address is the Airport Road, and that's one road that is blocked...
One of the remarkable things about the internet is that we all have access to the same sources for news.
CNN is a good one, of course, but there are others:
www.naharnet.com website for An Nahar, a Beirut newspaper. The paper is in Arabic, the website is English
www.nowlebanon.com
www.yalibnan.com
www.dailystar.com website for The Daily Star, Lebanon's English newspaper
If you read these websites, you will know almost as much about what is going on as we do here.
Of course, you will have to depend on me to know if the dry cleaner is open.
posted by MIke at 10:23 AM
1 Comments:
Hi there Robert,
It's Sandy in Muscat. Reading your blog is bringing back memories from the war, although the situation you are in now is much different and more dangerous. At least then, you knew who your "aggressor" was. Now, it is among the Lebanese themselves. I just can't tell you the profound sorrow I feel right now. Lebanon in the hands of Hezbollah just wouldn't be the Lebanon we know....although I have seen a Shia woman on the Corniche completely covered sporting a SEX sparkly belt. I have a suspicion that her type of Shia won't be in control of what media is allowed (Future), what schools teach, what social foundations are allowed to remain open. Please take care and keep blogging.
Sending peace and love your way,
Sandy ,Mazen and baby Maya
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