Posted on April 17, 2019
A number of recent-day world and other events seem intertwined with the life of MB. Read More
Category: Irish man in the Middle East Tagged: Budapest, catholic, Christianity, Fire, Matthias Church, Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris
Posted on June 22, 2018
For most of history, the city of Troy was considered a mythical place of ancient Greek legend. It’s existence, mythical or not, was founded on its mention a number of times in the poem ‘The Illiad’ by Homer (ancient Greece, not modern Springfield!). It was referred to by different names in the poem, Troia being one of them, after King Tros. Read More
Category: Irish man in the Middle East Tagged: Achilles, Adventure, Brad Pitt, Canakkale, Guidebook, Hector, Helen, King Tros, Mustafa Askin, Paris, Priam, Temple of Athena, Travel, Trojan Wars, Troy, Turkey
Posted on November 15, 2015
Somebody asked MB today how the whole Paris thing was being viewed out here in the Middle East and was it subject of as much discussion as it is back home? Read More
Category: Irish man in the Middle East Tagged: Beirut, Paris, Peace
Posted on April 16, 2015
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. So said Mr Newton. Read More
Category: Irish man in the Middle East Tagged: Bite you real bad, Ethnicity, Fallout, Guns, Ian Paisley, Internship, Kick in the ass, Killer, Masters Degree, Paris, Skin colour, Sudan, University
Posted on February 5, 2015
When the war started my family moved to a village in the mountains outside Beirut. My grandfather came with us as he had no other choice. His wife, my grandmother, was dead many years past. He then lived with us in the village house until his death. I remember as a child enjoying waking up each morning and looking forward to hearing my grandfather’s stories from his younger days. Read More
Category: Irish man in the Middle East Tagged: Beirut, Casualties, Children, Conflict, Diabetes, Heart Attack, Lebanon, Paris, Speech, Therapy, Trauma, War
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