Interviewed at NOW Lebanon

Hanin Ghaddar “interviewed me at NOW Lebanon”:http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=82362 over coffee as I was wrapping up my recent trip to Beirut. The transcript is a bit rough and ungrammatical, but it’s perfectly readable.
The comments there are rude and obnoxious because the deranged “Angry Arab” blog linked to the interview and sent his troll squad over. It might be nice if a few friendly voices posted a comment or two for some balance.