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About: Anthony Elghossain

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I am a Lebanese-American. I was born in New Jersey, raised in Florida, and came of age in Beirut, Lebanon. I currently live in Washington, DC. My father’s family is from Zahle – as they will gladly and boisterously tell you – and has been traced back to Jaj, a village near the Batroun-Jbeil border area, by way of ‘Ain al-’Abou in Baskinta. My mother’s family is from ‘Ebrine, a village in the Batroun caza, and can trace their origin to that area as well. I am a student at The George Washington University Law School who maintains an active interest in the Middle East and American foreign policy (towards the region and more generally). Previously, I worked as a journalist for The Daily Star-Beirut and blogged for the now-defunct The Thinking Lebanese. I have lived and learned in both the United States and Lebanon (with brief stints in Europe) and write because, quite simply, I enjoy doing so.

Posts by Anthony Elghossain:

• December 20, 2012 The Sword and the Pen: Violence and Silence in the Levant

• October 16, 2012 Sweet Nothings: Lebanon, from the Space Race to the Hummus War

• May 20, 2012 Feel the Flow: How to Play the Game in Beirut

• March 2, 2012 Confessions for a New Lebanon (Revisited)

• January 26, 2012 Mr. Hitchens Goes to Beirut: Lessons on Violence and Silence in the Levant

• January 19, 2012 “It’s Time to Finish the Job:” Biggie’s Take on the Region (Christmas Conversations, Volume II)

• January 13, 2012 “Go Back to America:” The Guest Strikes Again (Christmas Conversations, Volume II)

• January 2, 2012 Christmas Conversations, Volume II: Introduction, Arab Spring, and Steve Jobs

• December 19, 2011 The Botox Revolution: Appearances, Activism, and Beirut’s Socialite Reformist Scene

• December 13, 2011 The Big Cat’s Out of the Bag: A Moment of Truth, a Lifetime of Duplicity from Bashar al-Assad

• December 4, 2011 An Oasis of Steel and Glass: A (Westernized) Levantine Impression of Abu Dhabi

• November 26, 2011 Keepin’ Busy: Articles on Independence and the LF, Apathy in Casablanca, and Egypt on the Horizon

• November 20, 2011 Life in Lebanon: An Update on the “User’s Manual” and “10 Resolutions” for Lebanon

• November 16, 2011 Tell ‘Em Why You Mad, Son! Understanding Lebanon’s Uncivil Political Discourse

• November 8, 2011 The Bourgeois Pigs and Lebanon’s Leftist Elite

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