Showing posts with label Beirut. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Beirut. Show all posts

Wednesday, 18 November 2015

Comparing Beirut and Paris

Analysis: Just as innocent - comparing Beirut and Paris

A Lebanese journalist asks why we categorise Lebanese victims as we mourn French ones.

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The irony was not lost on some in the Australian press, who noted that there werethree times as many Lebanese Australians as French Australians. And yet, when the country's prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, tweeted "Australians' thoughts, prayers & resolute solidarity with the people of France", there was no mention of Lebanon.
"You'd think if we were able to identify with anyone, it would be with Lebanese Australians - after all, so many of them are among the most beloved in this nation, and have contributed enormously to public life," wrote Chris Graham in New Matilda.