Ecce Libanus
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Trying to retire before hitting 25 |
| Location | United States |
| Introduction | The Knights Templar (member since 1099) AAA-Plus of North America (member since 1998) The preposterous delusion claiming the ancestors of the modern Lebanese, the ancient Phoenicians, to have come from the Arabian Peninsula as a complete people, id est, as "Phoenicians", is just that; a preposterous delusion with no historical or archaeological bases! Sabatino Moscati, the modern doyen of Phoenician Studies dismisses this claim as wishful thinking and an ideological (read Arabist) fabrication! He writes that "the formation of the Phoenician nation [...is] the result of an historical evolution in the Syro-Palestinian area, and not a migration of people from outside." In other words: The Phoenicians did not come from "elsewhere" to settle in Lebanon as an "old race" in a "new country". The Phoenicians developed their identity in Lebanon; they are a sui generis Lebanese spontaneous generation. |
| Interests | Cooking with Rachel Raye, Bobby Flay, and Alton Brown (I wish I had a Chemistry teacher like him instead of Monsieur Rouhana.) |
| Favorite movies | I comme Icare, Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob, Midnight Express, the Breakfast Club, La Moutarde me Monte au Nez, Casablanca, Ferris Bueller's Day Off |
| Favorite music | Pink Floyd, Yes, Queen, Fayrouz, Green Day, Tangerine Dream, English Beat, Dire Straits, Elvis, Joe Cocker, AC/DC, CSN, ELP, Brahms, and did I mention Fayrouz? |
| Favorite books | A la Recherche du Temps Perdu, Lettres Persanes, Le Genie du Christianisme, Memoires d'Outre Tombe |
If you were a cannibal, what would you wear to dinner?
My birthday suit!