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By: maggers

maggers — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:04:12 +0000

Oh please, "Nayla decided to run by herself"
This is not about making an article look sexy but about describing how ridiculous the lebansese cast is getting - And i mean by that, the whole cast- so no one would get offended.
What hurts me most is that almost half of the population doesn't feel represented by those people, and it's still almost impossible for independants to make major changes in this country.

By: abutters

abutters — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:22:13 +0000

Nayla Tueni is on a March 14th list. Nayla Tueni didn't get on that list on her own.

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By: aliharb

aliharb — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:25:00 +0000

ericraff, you got a point, but I had to object the author's conception of Nayla's candidacy. He doesn't know a darn thing about her intention. "Tueni's candidacy highlights another part of the March 14th strategy: they're running several children of anti-Syrian politicians assassinated since 2005." Who are "they" that are running children of assassinated people? Nayla decided to run by herself. Mr. Andrew Lee Butters is just trying to make his story more interesting that a sexy young Lebanese girl is running as the daughter of an assassinated politician. It is very common for American journalists to present their materials in a hot format to get more readers. However, they neglect the fact that their stories might be offensive and biased. Don't get me wrong, I am a Lebanese American journalist.

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By: ericraff

ericraff — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:51:25 +0000

I agree with you aliharb, but regardless of Nayla's intent, there's no escaping the general perception, as it has been for quite some time, of political families. I only hope that she'll represent a break with usual dynastical policies, rather than "giving power for the youth". I'm not looking for fresh faces in parliament, I'm looking for competent ones. I'd like to see some people running on completely innovative platforms, rather than using their last name for further credibility (or lack of it)

By: aliharb

aliharb — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:41:07 +0000

Maya1983 is absolutly right about the mistranslation. However, the FPM led by its ex-general joined Hezbollah because the general thought that the Party of God's power could get him the presidency he fought for for 20 years. It has nothing to do with protecting Christians from Hezbollah.
By the way, I got offended by your discription of Nayla Tueni. Nayla is running as Nayla not as the daughter of Gibran. She decided to represent Lebanon's young people in the parliment. There are no games.