'No one can intimidate us anymore' (Some great pictures from Lebanon)

Daily Star ^ | Tuesday, March 01, 2005 | By Linda Dahdah and Habib Battah

[Guillermo]

Believe it or not, Arab women are good looking.

Even the Gulf Arab women are...just watch Thomas Friedman's documentary, a lot of which was shot at a Qatari University...those girls in class were babes.

[wtc911]

Great story....kind makes all those "Iran Student Revolution has begun" threads look pretty lame.

[SuziQ]

What's wonderful to see is all these young people agitating for self-determination. They've only known a country politically dominated by a neighbor, so it's interesting to see them wanting something different which they've never known, but their parents and grandparents have.

[McGavin999]

Anyone know what percentage is Shiia? Hizbollah is Shiia but I don't think they represent the entire Shiia population. They are also in a strange position because they have tried to portray themselves as Lebanese heros. If they take the side of Syria in this popular uprising their are dead to the Lebanese people.

[OXENinFLA]

You missed the best one.......

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Mon Feb 28, 4:10 PM ET
A Lebanese woman waves a US flag during a celebration following Lebanese Prime Minister Omar Karameh's resignation. The Lebanese capital exploded in rapturous cheers as tens of thousands of demonstrators hailed the 'people power' that led to the downfall of the government in the face of unprecedented public protests.(AFP/Joseph Barrak)

[smith288]

Even the Gulf Arab women are...(babes).

I take issue with that blanket statement...

Helen Thomas, Lebanese descent

[Eurotwit]

Thanks, I love that photo :-)

I took all the pictures in my post from a gallery at the Daily Star site.

It's cool that this picture was taken by a photographer from AFP ;-)

Cheers.

[Mat_Helm]

Lebanese ping

[annalex]

1- The Cross of our savior Jesus Christ In red, the sign of martyrdom and glory.
2- The bearing cross of the Lebanese Christians The sign of their suffering throughout history.
3- The Diagonal cut at the base of the cross It symbolizes the strength of the Lebanese Christians’ will and their determination to keep the cross planted in this region of the world.
(source)

[nuffsenuff]

I know... I was only kidding.

I live in Northern VA, trust me... I've seen really hot Middle Eastern women.

[EternalVigilance]

That's awesome!

[mugs99]

Hey! There's some good looking Lebanese women!

They're true world class beauties! I worked in Beruit in the sixties, before Lebanon was destroyed by radical Islam. Great people...much better than Paris.
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[Don Carlos]

I don't get it.

Neither did the first guy. :^)

[TheForceOfOne]

The most powerful word known to mankind......

FREEDOM!

[AuH2ORepublican]

"40% or so, at least it used to be."

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It used to be around 60% Christian when Lebanon became independent in 1948, and it was probably 75% Christian at the beginning of the 20th Century. Nevertheless, there has been so much emigration of Christian Lebanese to America and Europe during the past century (including my great-grandparents, who passed through Ellis Island in 1913), and especially during the past 50 years or so, that the Christian population is probably under 40% now.

[Clemenza]

How did a bunch of Lebs get to Puerco, excuse me, Puerto Rico? I've met several Lebanese from Panama (where all the "gentleman's clubs" are run by Palestinean Christians), Argentina, and Brazil.

[AuH2ORepublican]

Lebanese moved all across the U.S. (although the heaviest concentration was in Michigan), and many moved south to Puerto Rico after entering the U.S. Since almost all Lebanese immigrants to America were Maronite Catholics, the fact that Puerto Rico was like 95% Catholic back in the early 20th Century (it is like 75% Catholic and 25% Protestant nowadays) may have had a lot to do with that. I think that's also the reason why so many Lebanese moved to heavily Catholic South Louisiana---in fact, the past two Congressmen from the Cajun 7th CD have been Lebanese-Americans, Democrat Chris John and Republican Charles Boustany.

You're right about the large number of Lebanese throughout Latin America---again, I think Catholicism was part of the attraction. In fact, Lebanese have been hugely successful in politics in South America, with former Argentine President Menem and at least two recent Ecuadorian presidents being of Lebanese descent.

[Clemenza]

two recent Ecuadorian presidents being of Lebanese descent.

Speaking of which, what is Abdala Bucaram doing these days.

If one looks at the large Lebanese population in Brooklyn, NY, you will see that Christians dominated the immigant population through the mid-1980s. Since that time, however, there has been a large influx of Shiites from Lebanon, particularly into the Bay Ridge area.

[PigRigger]

"We are all together here to say that we have had it," said Myriam Khoury and Danielle Kattar, both 24

And this has nothing to do with the WOT or the freedom that has been planted in Iraq and Afghanistan....As the seeds of freedom blossom across the Middle East, the democratic party and the UN becomes more irrelevant by the minute.

May God be with them, their struggle has only begun....

[PigRigger]

Thanks for sharing that picture....we appear to have inspired and awakened a quiet majority within a land brutally ruled by fascist thugs. They have decided to make their voices heard....they have brought tears to my eyes...

This photo should be shown to all our troops and the to the families of those who have fallen in the Iraq and Afghanistan....Their cause is just, it is righteous; many will be freed because of their sacrifice and bravery....They are the freedom.s sword...

May God Bless and Protect our Troops as they bring the fight to the enemies of freedom