tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19881627.post115447013692347707..comments2023-11-03T09:36:21.419-04:00Comments on Levantine Dreamhouse: Beirut Hospitals Running on FumesRabi Tawil (AKA Abu Kareem)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01852076137303801731noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19881627.post-1154804091914979722006-08-05T14:54:00.000-04:002006-08-05T14:54:00.000-04:00For reference:Lebanon crisis mapsFor reference:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://viarecta.blogspot.com/2006/08/lebanon-crisis-maps.html" REL="nofollow">Lebanon crisis maps</A>Philip Ihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17815549376670840475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19881627.post-1154571916707485262006-08-02T22:25:00.000-04:002006-08-02T22:25:00.000-04:00SB, You are absolutely right. For years I thought ...SB, <BR/><BR/>You are absolutely right. For years I thought of those days and those experiences would intrude unexpectedly into my dreams. But I thought I had put those experiences in the far recesses of my memory. I never imagined that I would see dark days like that return to Beirut. <BR/><BR/>What many people in the West don't realize is how far Lebanon had come since then and how close it was to achieving "normalcy". This is what is so heartbreaking to the Lebanese and those who know and love Lebanon.Rabi Tawil (AKA Abu Kareem)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01852076137303801731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19881627.post-1154563648696678722006-08-02T20:07:00.000-04:002006-08-02T20:07:00.000-04:00Abu Kareem,As you will remember, back in 1982, the...Abu Kareem,<BR/>As you will remember, back in 1982, the AUB Hospital continued to function even during the darkest hours of that fateful period.. Not only it continued to care for its patients, but also it became home for hundreds of dispossessed and displaced refugees, who sheltered in the deep 'bowels' of the Hospital basement.. What is happening today equals, and perhaps surpasses, the worst of the worst moments in Lebanon's modern history..<BR/>Fares, I suspect Abu Kareem would agree with me that, as much as we would like to forget THAT experience, I am sure neither of us will ever do!.. That exprience is part of the reason why the current situation hurts so much, particularly for those of us who still remember the dark days on the summer of 1982...The Syrian Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13918783557049896806noreply@blogger.com