This is the Grand Serail, the Ottoman palace which houses the Government of Lebanon.
The summer in Beirut was hot, weekends were spent at the beach reading, having breakfast at Paul's Bakery downtown and playing Squash at the local sports club in Ashrafieh.
On weekday evenings we cooked our usual delicious meals. During the Summer we had some visits from friends and family.
On the next topic covered by this posting, the US elections. We have been following from Beirut quite closely the campaigning in the US. Living in the Middle East we have a particular interest in the topic as the election of a US president has much implications for the future of this region. M sent me a great website which I recommend all to visit:
The results are not surprising however, the majority of people outside the US support without hesitation, Barak Obama. A World with McCain as president, will be a World worse than the one we currently live in. I am not sure how worse it can actually get. Three major conflicts are ongoing, all with major US involvement: Palestine/Israel, Afghanistan, Iraq. Yes, Palestine/Israel because without US support (financial, militiary and political), Israel would not be able to maintain its occupation of Palestine and its daily humiliation of the Palestinian people. Afghanistan is actually deteriorating and Iraq is just stagnating in sectarian violence. McCain rejects dialogue with nations like Iran and North Korea.
Last Sunday night, Fareed Zakaria (whose GPS show on CNN we watch every week), explained why he will vote for Barak Obama. His brilliant description of both candidates and his balanced, intelligent and composed opinion on why Obama should be the next president of the US, I found highly inspirational and very convincing. His website has all the previous shows: http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/fareed.zakaria.gps and his endorsement of Obama can been seen from this link: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2008/10/20/gps.zakaria.endorsement.cnn?iref=videosearch
Enjoy.
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