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/ 19 February 2008
While many Iraqi professionals take advantage of the "brain drain" robbing the war-ravaged country of its best talent, one man has vowed to stand his ground and care for the brains that remain. With little money but a great deal of passion, Munir Faraj (40) is the last remaining neurosurgeon still working amid the chaos and sectarian barbarism that grips modern-day Iraq.
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/ 14 September 2007
The killing of one of his key Iraqi allies on the day he announced a troop pull-out from Iraq came as a stark reminder to United States President George Bush of just how precarious the situation still is in Iraq. Political analysts believe the country will unravel even further, hastened by Bush’s decision to withdraw 21 500 combat troops by next July.
The highway south from Beirut to the coastal city of Tyre was a symbol of Lebanon’s love for the open road and proof of revival after the bitter 1975 to 1990 conflict. But that was four weeks ago. Today, Lebanon’s dreams of recovery from years of civil war have been shattered by Israel’s devastating month-old offensive.