Mustafa Fahs

Hezbollah may have succeeded in reviving Lebanon’s troubled memories without actually having to act. Here, the “act” means eliminating opponents, namely political assassination, which has been surrounded by near-certain suspicions since 2005, from former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri to…

On the centenary of the Lebanese Constitution, Lebanon’s Minister of Culture Dr. Ghassan Salame addressed the Lebanese people, as individuals and communities, sects and parties, emphasizing that “the Constitution is a supreme text, but it is not a sacred book.” He acknowledged the legitimacy of…

Last Wednesday, September 30, 2026, Iraqis disagreed over what to call the day. Some named it "Evacuation Day," others "Sovereignty Day." Both names contain a measure of fallacy, even in their dating. The departure of American forces in 2026 does not end the presence that began in 2003, since the…

A review is a positive step when its purpose is accountability or candor, and a negative one when its purpose is to justify mistakes or defend them. Herein lies the vast difference between a partial shortcoming and a strategic failure; and the choice of one or the other goes beyond the present,…

There is nothing unusual about a member of parliament raising their voice, nor about heated exchanges between parliamentary blocs. The real problem arises when raising one's voice becomes a substitute for dialogue, or when defending an opinion turns into an attempt to shield it from the questions…

The Second Nabatieh Appeal was not merely a call to save a threatened city, nor simply a continuation of an earlier appeal that had warned of a danger drawing near. Between the two appeals, the situation moved from a stage of warning to one in which the danger has become existential for the city…

The city of Nabatieh is no more important than the southern towns and villages Israel has occupied and destroyed, or those it controls by fire, nor is it an exception in the exodus of the south and the southerners such that every light should be trained on it now. Nor can the pressure on it be…

In the new Damascus, Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi found new friends for the Kurds. There, he decided to bid farewell to weapons and cast separation outside the geography of a unified Syria, not only because it is impossible, but because its price is high and its profits are small. Meanwhile, the…

Tehran shows intense concern for the geography of its influence — the near geography that abuts it in Iraq, and the far, which abuts Israel from Lebanon, in the south. Inside the national borders of the two countries, Iraq and Lebanon, Tehran sets its own frontier: one that overrides the idea of…

It is an exception in its place and in its time. It draws its foundational symbolism from the place, while giving geography an importance as broad as its three dimensions. As for time, it is not the product of the moment of signing. The choice of timing condenses multiple periods, past and future,…