Lebanon’s Cabbies on the Syria-Israel Negotiations
View from a ’72 Benz C250 series, issue no. 1. Beirut’s service taxi drivers are more oppressed than usual these days. The new Interior Minister, Ziad Baroud, is proving his mettle by enforcing the...
View ArticleA Lebanese Cabbie on the Christian Reconciliation
View from a ’72 Benz C250 series, issue no. 2 I took a taxi from Hazmieh to Ras Beirut yesterday evening. The cabbie, a polite 50 year-old man from Achrafieh, engaged me in a discussion of Christian...
View ArticleMartyrs & Broken Bones
View from a ’72 Benz C250 series, issue no. 3 Last night, I took a taxi from Gemmayze to Hamra. The driver seemed to be in his 40’s, and he wore a smart felt cap and a wool sweater vest. A little...
View ArticleDeadline Nears for Lebanese Voter Registration
View from a ’72 Benz C250 series, issue no. 4 “Three quarters of the people who get into my cab think the elections will be called off for ‘security reasons’.” I’m in a taxi, heading from Mar Mikhael...
View ArticleSheikh Nadim, Abu Laymouneh, and the Mother of all Battles
View from a ’72 Benz C250 series, no. 5 It took all of thirty seconds to determine that Abu Georges, the driver of the white ’78 Peugeot with the immaculate interior, was a perfect candidate for a...
View ArticleKishk, Awarma, Apples, and Hashish
View from a ’72 Benz C250 series, no. 6 I went out for dinner last night with some family visiting from out of town and a few friends. We piled into a service taxi heading down Hamra Street and gave...
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