Biggest Library in the Middle East .. In Baalbeck
The man has over a million books in his library, he has been collecting books about everything since he was 7 years old back in 1925 !!!
Abdo Mourtada el Husseini died a month ago.
He refused all offers to sell the Library and move it to Beirut, he got an offer from the Kuwaiti government, and another from Rafiq el Hariri, but he refused them and insisted the library stays in Baalbeck.
There was an article about him in Al-Akhbar today.
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He should have moved the library to Kuwait. Hezbollah will make short work of it in a massive bookburning ceremony
March 25th, 2007 | #
From our foreign affairs and counterterrorism newsletter launched today The Croissant, comes a summary and translation of a very interesting article from the Kuwaiti daily Al Seyassah.
Here it is:
· Citing a top Lebanese source:
Fear of a new wave of political assassinations in Lebanon just before the Arab summit in Riyadh on March 28-29
· Why?
- Syria wants to trigger an earthquake in Lebanon in order to divert attention during the summit
- Syria would use this strategy to escape the International tribunal set forth for the murder of ex- Prime Minister Rafik Hariri
· Main potential target:
Surprisingly, Syria’s usual ally, the president of the Lebanese Parliament Nabih Berri
· Why Nabih Berri?
- He is trying to ink an agreement with Saad Hariri, under the patronage of Saudi Arabia
- This solution to the Lebanese crisis does not suit Damascus
- So Damascus will have no problems sacrificing him
March 25th, 2007 | #
May he rest in peace. I wish more people were like him in Lebanon, we’d have less hyperboly and more of a dialogue.
March 25th, 2007 | #