Read about it here, here, here and there…

Imad Mughniyeh, a major resistance figure wanted by the US for his suspected role in the 1983 bombing of US barracks in Beirut, was killed in a car bomb in Syria… Click on Fathi Abul Ezz’s cartoon below to read more about him…

Farah uploaded more photos to her flickr account of the pro-Palestinian, anti-Mubarak protests that took place in front of Mubarak’s Embassy in Beirut… Click below to watch the set…

Once again the Lebanese workers are proving their power, unity, in the face of a sectarian neo-liberal govt… Check out Simon’s blog for continuous updates…

Farah uploaded to her flickr account some pix of the protest that took place in front of Mubarak’s embassy in Beirut, demanding the opening of the Rafah crossing… Click on the pic below to check out a photo-set..

Simon has great news…
Truck drivers have staged an indefinite strike along the international road in the Akkar Abda, northern Lebanon. The drivers are unhappy about regulations over the weight of their loads at the Syrian and Jordanian borders. They claim that they are not treated as well as foreign drivers and want the government [...]

An independent group of young artists working on a short drama film, on the Summer 2006 Lebanon War….

[Lebanese/Spanish film-makers Laila and Nadia Hotait, San Francisco. Photo by Hossam el-Hamalawy.]

[Photographer Su-Yin Mah, San Francisco. Photo by Hossam el-Hamalawy.]

[Nadia Hotait, San Francisco. Photo by Hossam el-Hamalawy.]

Click on the photo below to read an excellent posting by Simon on silk workers and the making of the Lebanese working class…

[Lebanese writer Fawaz Tarabolsi, during Socialist Days 2007, Cairo's Press Syndicate. Photo by Hossam el-Hamalawy.]

A photo of Nahr el-Bared camp for Palestinian refugees, shot from a helicopter. I don’t know the name of the photographer, but it’s courtesy of Farah…You can click on the picture to enlarge it, and see the extent of the damage following the terrorist bombing campaign by the Lebanese army…

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Simon reports…

Via Farah…

Public Service Announcement…
Who is the Terrorist? A Critical Conversation on Hezbollah
As part of Culture Shock 2007 at McGill University
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17th, 6:30pm
Leacock Building, Room 232
McGill University
688 Sherbrooke St.
Montreal, Canada
Click on Ben Heine’s cartoon below for more details…