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A look at the endlessly interesting and desirable magic of love
By Elie Mikhael Nasrallah Most people are illiterate in the languages of love. I know, I am one of them! We all know that love is the most illusive subject of all time. How to define it, how to gain it, and how to lose it, are all matters of
On kissing, hugging, sex, and “Is everything OK here?”
By Elie Mikhael Nasrallah Blowing candles at birthday cakes parties is surely history, or it ought to be, from now forward. Extending hands for a casual handshake is as risky as living in Putin’s Russia. Hugging, kissing, sincere or pretentious, are now a metaphor for a bear’s hug. Casual sex
Why the Paris of the Arab world is a destroyed and hungry city
ABOVE: Ariel view of Beirut, Lebanon. By Elie Mikhael Nasrallah Beirut, Lebanon’s capital, was once the Paris of the Arab world, now a destroyed city, a hungry cosmopolitan, and an invisible shadow of its previous self. A tragedy of historic proportions amidst a pandemic that knows no mercy or memory. In
On time, celebration and myth-making!
By Elie Mikhael Nasrallah What is more valuable than time? By far, time is the most precious commodity we know as it is non-renewable, when it passes it never returns, and once lost it is forever gone. The billion-dollar question then is: Why do we celebrate its loss every year?
On loneliness, solitude and the pandemic
By Elie Mikhael Nasrallah There are folks out there with thousands of Facebook “friends” but no one to call, have a drink with, or watch a sport game together. This modern online friendship is as illusive, deceiving, and pointless as the pursuit of utopia on this earth. Friendship and modernity are
Predictions: Second oldest profession
By Elie Mikhael Nasrallah What does the next year look like? When and from where is the next pandemic heading our way? Every year we agonize over such unsolvable dilemmas to no avail. No one knows. No human being is capable or has the faculties to predict the future of
Is multiculturalism dead or alive?
ABOVE: New Canadian Citizens are sworn in during a Canada Day new citizenship ceremony at Milton, Ontario. (Photo: iStock) By Elie Mikhael Nasrallah What do multiculturalism and Tim Hortons have in common? From an ivory tower perspective, or academic treatise, nothing seems to warrant attention, but in terms of practical
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