Carl Byron
on Lebanon
Family, History & Foreign Policy
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Carl Byron on Lebanon -
Family, History & Foreign Policy
Topic -
History, Culture &
Current Events of Lebanon
following the cease fire of Monday 14 August 2006
Carl Byron provides an
unusual perspective on the current conditions in Lebanon. Born in
Beirut to a Lebanese mother and a father in the United States Foreign
Service, he spent much of his formative years in Lebanon, parts of
Southeast Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Washington, DC as his
father's assignments rotated. He visits Lebanon regularly to see
his mother's family and has thus had frequent and localized observation
of the culture, history, and recent events of the region. Though
there were some close calls with random rockets, his family escaped
injury or property damage.
During his years with the late, great LA View, Byron covered
subjects ranging from Algeria to Zappa in his reportage, reviews and
essays about current events, local politics, performing arts,
literature, and travel.
As a writer, composer and performer, Carl Byron brings a
natural-born eclecticism to most aspects of his creative endeavors and
has rarely met a boundary he didn't try to cross.
Click
here for BBC's Lebanon profileClick here
for BBC's Lebanon TimelineClick here for
Seymour Hersh's
Watching LebanonClick here for
Robert Fisk's
Postwar AnalysisClick here for
The Daily Star
English language newspaper for Beirut
Recommended Reading
by...
Kamal S. Salibi Professor Emeritus of History -
American University of Beirut
House of Many Mansions: History of Lebanon Reconsidered Read excerpthere
