I can easily hold two opposing beliefs at the same time without any problem, which I find - well, mind-expanding, really. Rabih Alameddine beliefeasilyexpand Change image and share on social
I know many sports fans that don't enjoy soccer. The argument is that there's no action, not enough of it. Rabih Alameddine actionargumentenjoy Change image and share on social
I started writing half a paragraph of a mystery novel, half a paragraph there, and they were terrible. Rabih Alameddine halfmysteryparagraph Change image and share on social
If you want to know whether soccer is big in America, pick a weekend, go to any park in the land, and pay attention. We're there. We've always been. Rabih Alameddine americaattentionbig Change image and share on social
All living languages are promiscuous. We promiscuous speakers shamelessly shoplift words, plucking bons mots and phrases from any tempting language. We wear these words when we wish to be more formal, more elegant, more mysterious, worldly, precise, vague. Rabih Alameddine bonelegantformal share on social
In Lebanon, there are completely different opinions and values in one country in terms of religion, modernity, tradition, East and West - which allows for a kind of intellectual development not available anywhere else. Rabih Alameddine completelycountrydevelopment share on social
English has always had a special fondness for other European languages, a neighborly soft spot - perhaps because Britain has been invaded by speakers of those languages from the onset of its recorded history. Rabih Alameddine britainenglisheuropean share on social
The Lebanese Civil War, 1975-1990, spanned four World Cups. It would have been a more symmetrical five had the Lebanese begun in 1974, but you know, we're Mediterranean, and timing isn't our forte. Rabih Alameddine begincivilcup Change image and share on social
I stuck out more in an English public school than I would have had I marched in a May Day parade with the Red Army in Moscow or sashayed the Yves St. Laurent catwalk with supermodels or hunted seals with the Inuit or - well, you get the idea. Rabih Alameddine armycatwalkday share on social
