I follow the Lebanese election with the help of Qifa Nabki. Rami Zurayk, As'ad Abu-Khalil, and Josh Landis provide alternatives to the usual cant in the mainstream American media.
My own village, I have discovered, is solidly in the March 8 camp, because its representative is a member of Nabih Berri's Liberation and Development bloc. Berri is one of the Shi'ite representatives of my district, but since my village is Christian, we vote for the Catholic representative, Michel Moussa.
I am not sectarian at all, but I do notice that the three Lebanese bloggers I linked to above are all Southerners - like my father.
The more I learn about Lebanese elections, the more confused I get. But it is a good thing that they voted, that the elections were generally pretty fair and impartial, and that everybody seems to be accepting the results.
Let's hope that things calm down and everybody lives in freedom, liberation and sustainable development. No war!
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