“After the allied victory of 1918, at the end of my father's war, the victors divided up the lands of their former enemies. In the space of just seventeen months, they created the borders of Northern Ireland, Yugoslavia and most of the Middle East. And I have spent my entire career — in Belfast and Sarajevo, in Beirut and Baghdad — watching the people within those borders burn.” PeopleWarEndsFatherSpaceEnemyCareersLandMiddleMonthsVictoryEastFormerBordersDividedMiddle EastIrelandSeventeenBaghdadNorthern IrelandYugoslaviaBeirutBelfast Author:Robert Fisk
“Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at the height of the civil war, someone wrote in to the BBC complaining about my appearance.” WarProblemRememberLiteratureHairAppearanceComplainingHeightCivil WarBeirut Author:Kate Adie
“Lebanon was at one time known as a nation that rose above sectarian hatred; Beirut was known as the Paris of the Middle East. All of that was blown apart by senseless religious wars, financed and exploited in part by those who sought power and wealth. If women had been in charge, would they have been more sensible? It's a theory.” IfsHas BeensWarNationsReligiousWealthKnownMiddleTheoryHatredRoseEastParisOne TimeSensibleMiddle EastLebanonBeirutReligious Wars Author:Roger Ebert
“To the stern student of affairs, Beirut is a phenomenon, beguiling perhaps, but quite, quite impossible.” ImpossibleStudentsAffairPhenomenonBeirut Book:A Writer's World Source: A Writer's World