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	<title>Rumeli Observer &#187; Lebanon</title>
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	<description>I live in Rumeli Hisari. It is from here, the very edge of the European landmass, that I observe the world. Some of these observations I will share on this blog  as a  Open Society Fellow.</description>
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		<title>Lebanon under my skin</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerald</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bosnia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lebanon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beirut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mazower]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lebanon got under my skin.
It was not the beauty of the place.  Beirut is a city with little to discover for the classical tourist.  One can walk along the Corniche &#8211; the  boulevard along the Mediterranean coast. One can spend time getting lost in the shopping streets of Muslim West Beirut.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beirut Place d&#8217;Etoile</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:57:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerald</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lebanon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sectarianism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Turkey]]></category>
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It is my prefered routine upon arriving in a new, unknown city: First, drop all luggage at the hotel.  Second, take a taxi to the nearest foreign language bookstore. Third, find a nice cafe in the city centre to read through the pile of new books on the country in question. Forth, go [...]]]></description>
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