Au contraire! This is exactly the type of stuff I hoped to read.
Because Lebanon to me really is one of those if-it-could-happen-there-it-can-happen-anywhere types of places. Like in the early 70s, Beirut was the Pearl of the Mediterranean, a fabulous playground for movie stars and international spies. And now, Beirut is a Third World city. And 50 years really isn't so long a period of time.
Those kinds of changes really fascinate me. They become a symbol of how Yeats was really right About the center not holding.
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Date: 8 Oct 2022 03:01 pm (UTC)Au contraire! This is exactly the type of stuff I hoped to read.
Because Lebanon to me really is one of those if-it-could-happen-there-it-can-happen-anywhere types of places. Like in the early 70s, Beirut was the Pearl of the Mediterranean, a fabulous playground for movie stars and international spies. And now, Beirut is a Third World city. And 50 years really isn't so long a period of time.
Those kinds of changes really fascinate me. They become a symbol of how Yeats was really right About the center not holding.