MedTrekking into Sidon, Lebanon’s third largest city that’s mentioned in the Bible 71 times.
Sipping fresh lemonade with Mother Thekla, the abbess at the Convent of St. John the Baptist’s in Enfeh, Lebanon.
Discussing Syrian refugees and Lebanese government corruption with outspoken, US-educated Ibrahim Muhanna.
Encountering military troops marching on the Mediterranean coast north of Byblos, Lebanon.
It took The Idiot just three days of MedTrekking on the Lebanon coast north and south of Beirut to remind himself of the unique historical, cultural, religious, ethnic, military and political diversity found at this Mediterranean basin crossroads sandwiched between Syria and Israel.
Introducing The Idiot and the Odyssey saga to students at the American University of Beirut on Lebanon’s Mediterranean seaside.
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