Reem Haddad reports on how Christian Palestinians in Lebanon have welcomed Muslim refugees from Syria.
Articles by Reem Haddad
Lebanon
Living in Lebanon is like watching a dramatic thriller unfold. At times it’s exciting, at other times heart-wrenching or just petrifying.
- April 1, 2008
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In hope of justice
In the last of her monthly letters Reem Haddad returns to the murder that has obsessed her nation.
- January 1, 2006
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Speaking in tongues
Faced with her daughter’s pioneering of a new language built from Arabic, French and English, Reem Haddad tears her hair out.
- December 1, 2005
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Charmless change
Gentrification has hit the oldest areas of Beirut, to Reem Haddad’s great chagrin.
- November 1, 2005
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Doubters and dreamers
The triumphant return of a warlord sees Reem Haddad lamenting people’s short memories.
- October 1, 2005
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Breaking silence
Arab women have suddenly started appearing on reality TV, to Reem Haddad’s surprise.
- September 1, 2005
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Yesterday's men
The same faces are back, and Reem Haddad can’t believe what she’s seeing.
- August 1, 2005
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A test of wills
Explosions rock Beirut, prompting in Reem Haddad fears of the bad old days of civil war.
- July 1, 2005
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The long goodbye
After years of self-censoring silence, Reem Haddad says goodbye to the Syrians.
- June 1, 2005
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Playroom of the Gulf
Letter from Lebanon The country has become a playroom for ‘Gulfies’, as Reem Haddad explains.
- March 1, 2005
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Asdghig's long march
Tribute to a survivor of the Armenian genocide, by Reem Haddad.
- January 1, 2005
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Life lessons
Shadi was a boy living on the street when Reem Haddad first tried to help him get an education. But then he disappeared. What has happened to him since?
- October 1, 2004
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Bones and myths
Reem Haddad celebrates the remarkable life of a British woman who became a local legend
- September 1, 2004
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Torn in two
When a Peruvian woman's children were kidnapped by their Lebanese father, Reem Haddad was asked to intervene.
- August 1, 2004
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Beastly beauty
How Beirut has learned to love liposuction and tummy tucks, by Reem Haddad.
- July 1, 2004
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Satellite wars
The al Jazeera satellite TV station has changed Arab people’s perception of the world. Its runaway success has spawned a host of imitators, as Reem Haddad explains.
- February 1, 2004
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Taking the veil
Why educated women are deciding to take the veil, by Reem Haddad.
- September 1, 2003
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The Perfect Wife
mail-order Russian brides are all the rage in Beirut, according to Reem Haddad.
- August 1, 2003
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Beach of dreams
Reem Haddad is thoroughly sick of profit-hungry politicians in her Letter from Lebanon.
- March 1, 2003
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Seeking Hemalatha
Reem Haddad trails exploited Ethiopian and Sri Lankan maids in Beirut.
- November 1, 2002
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Across the divide
A Syrian teacher who uses TV to teach Golan Heights children talks to Reem Haddad.
- October 1, 2002
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A visitor in the mountains
My grandparents’ grave and the rancour of civil war, by Reem Haddad.
- September 1, 2002
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A taste for commerce
Letter from Lebanon – how a woman in the Bekaa Valley started producing fine wine, by Reem Haddad.
- August 1, 2002
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Return to nature
Local hunters have been converted to conservation, as Reem Haddad explains.
- July 1, 2002
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An honourable marriage
Reem Haddad on how Hizbullah women stand by wounded resistance fighters.
- June 1, 2002
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The ring of security
How refugees rejected by banks are going it alone, by Reem Haddad.
- May 1, 2002
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When memory is a village
In her Letter from Lebanon, Reem Haddad meets the man who has recreated every detail of his lost Palestinian village.
- July 1, 2001
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Message of War
Reem Haddad uncovers Ariel Sharon’s brutal past in Letter from Lebanon.
- April 1, 2001
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