 home discuss pieces professional about faq search links To Beirut -- peace to Beirut with all my heart
Robert Fisk, writes for The Independent of Britain and has lived in Beirut 30 years. He ended his must-read article Sunday, July 23, The Empire Leaves Beirut to Burn, by quoting Fairouz, the most popular Lebanese singer:
To Beirut -- peace to Beirut with all my heart And kisses -- to the sea and clouds, To the rock of a city that looks like an old sailor's face. From the soul of her people she makes wine, From their sweat, she makes bread and jasmine. So how did it come to taste of smoke and fire?
Fairouz was to perform at this year's Baalbek festival, cancelled like all Lebanon's festivals.
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