Friday Mezze: Remembering Sabra and Shatila / DOUNANAMezze - المزة - a wide selection of small dishes served as appetizers, including such delicacies as hummus, cheese, eggplant, brains, stuffed grape leaves, calamari, and much more
Dear Family, Friends, and Colleagues, As I work on a new, long column, which hopefully I will post on Sunday or Monday morning, I want to share two new items I recently learned about and embraced. First - in response to my most recent column which posted three days ago which referenced the work of June Jordan - I learned that every year - on the anniversary of the Sabra and Shatila massacre where Israeli-backed Lebanese Phalange militia killed between 2,000 and 3,500 Palestinian refugees and Lebanese civilians in two days in 1982 - American poet June Jordan’s poems are read aloud. Each year read aloud in the camp. Stay strong, loved ones, stay strong. Robert Azzi / The Other is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. You're currently a free subscriber to Robert Azzi / The Other . For the full experience, upgrade your subscription. © 2026 Robert Azzi / The Other |