Interesting article on preserving our mother tongue in Lebanon. I am not very optimistic about the government’s campaign to preserve the language. So long there is a perception of prestige to speak English or French there is no hope. Its in the home things need to change and nowhere else.
Archive for June, 2010
Speaking Lebanese
Posted in Uncategorized on June 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Limits to US respect for democracy
Posted in Uncategorized on June 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
When it comes to democratic global governance, voicing your opinion and voting in contradiction to US interests is a red line (article). In the recent UN Security Council vote by Brazil and Turkey against UN sanctions being imposed on Iran meant that they were, according to the US, "outside of the body of the international [...]
