{"id":36493,"date":"2014-10-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/36493\/this-week-in-the-middle-east-october-18-2014"},"modified":"2023-05-08T09:01:58","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T09:01:58","slug":"this-week-in-the-middle-east-october-18-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/36493\/this-week-in-the-middle-east-october-18-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in the Middle East: October 18, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"Activists jailed, innocents bombed, protesters sued, and UK Ambassador making Fattoush.. just another week in the Middle East<br \/>  <br \/>  <b><big><big>UK Ambassador in Lebanon Swaps Job with Maid <\/b><\/big><\/big><br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/36493.png\"><br \/>  (Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.com.lb\/News\/Lebanon-News\/2014\/Oct-13\/273925-job-swap-redefines-fletchers-domestic-duty.ashx#axzz3GO6EYp12\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Star<\/a>)<br \/>  <br \/>  Have you ever read &#8220;The Help&#8221;? This book is a soft core version of how foreign maids are treated in Lebanon. Tom Fletcher, the UK Ambassador to the country, had a creative idea to shed light on the subject: swapping jobs for a day with an Ethiopian maid. Tom was busy \u201cimproving my Fattoush-making skills,\u201d while the maid went to a meeting with Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk to discuss the Syrian refugee crisis, support for the Lebanese Army, and the terrorist threats facing the country.<br \/>  <br \/>  Read the full story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.com.lb\/News\/Lebanon-News\/2014\/Oct-13\/273925-job-swap-redefines-fletchers-domestic-duty.ashx#axzz3GO6EYp12\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><br \/>  <br \/>  <b><big><big>US to Supply Lebanon Army with Combat Weapons<\/b><\/big><\/big><br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/36493-1.png\"><br \/>  (Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.com.lb\/News\/Lebanon-News\/2014\/Oct-16\/274260-kahwagi-us-to-supply-lebanon-army-with-combat-weapons.ashx#axzz3GO6EYp12\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Star<\/a>)<br \/>  <br \/>  FREEDOM, M&#8217;urica style. Lebanese Army Commander Gen. Jean Kahwagi returned from Washington this week assured that the US will support Lebanon in its fight against terrorism by supplying the country with weapons. <br \/>  <br \/>  Read the full story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.com.lb\/News\/Lebanon-News\/2014\/Oct-16\/274260-kahwagi-us-to-supply-lebanon-army-with-combat-weapons.ashx#axzz3GO6EYp12\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><br \/>  <br \/>  <b><big><big>Two Lebanese Sued For Saying What Everyone Is Thinking<\/b><\/big><\/big><br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/36493-2.png\"><br \/>  (Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/ginosblog.com\/2014\/10\/09\/alleged-photo-two-innocent-lebanese-were-sued-for\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Gino&#8217;s Blog<\/a>)<br \/>  <br \/>  The sign reads &#8220;128 Thieves,&#8221; which just so happens to be the exact number of MPs in parliament. You can read between the lines.<br \/>  <br \/>  Read the full story <a href=\"https:\/\/ginosblog.com\/2014\/10\/09\/alleged-photo-two-innocent-lebanese-were-sued-for\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><br \/>  <br \/>  <b><big><big>Small But Sweet Victory Against Censorship in Lebanon<\/b><\/big><\/big><br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/36493-3.png\"><br \/>  (Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/blogbaladi.com\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Blog Baladi<\/a>)<br \/>  <br \/>  &#8220;After a long battle with the censorship authorities, we are excited to announce that the sequel of the censored play \u201cBto2ta3 aw ma Bto2ta3\u2033, \u201cLa 3younak Sidna\u201d produced by MARCH and directed by Lucien Bourjeily was approved by General Security.<br \/>  <br \/>  Here\u2019s to hoping this is the first of many victories in the anti-censorship struggle in Lebanon, and that the General Security\u2019s Censorship Bureau continues with this open-minded approach to the issue of freedom of expression.&#8221;<br \/>  <br \/>  Read the full story <a href=\"https:\/\/blogbaladi.com\/ekhirta-ata3it-march-and-lucien-bou-rjeilys-play-on-censorship-was-approved\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><br \/>  <br \/>  <b><big><big>Bomb Wounds 11 at Muslim Festival in Egypt<\/b><\/big><\/big><br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/36493-4.png\"><br \/>  (Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.com.lb\/News\/Middle-East\/2014\/Oct-16\/274363-bombs-go-off-at-muslim-festival-in-egypt-wound-11.ashx#axzz3GOEUH3v8\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Star<\/a>)<br \/>  <br \/>  Bombs went off behind a mosque in Tanta on Thursday evening, as people were celebrating the Festival of Sheikh el-Sayyed el-Baddawi, which draws massive crowds every year.<br \/>  <br \/>  Read the full story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.com.lb\/News\/Middle-East\/2014\/Oct-16\/274363-bombs-go-off-at-muslim-festival-in-egypt-wound-11.ashx#axzz3GOEUH3v8\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><br \/>  <br \/>  <b><big><big>Bahrain Activist Faces Charges For Tearing Up Photo<\/b><\/big><\/big><br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/36493-5.png\"><br \/>  (Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.com.lb\/News\/Middle-East\/2014\/Oct-16\/274343-bahrain-activist-detained-for-insulting-the-king.ashx#axzz3GOEUH3v8\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Star<\/a>)<br \/>  <br \/>  Human Rights Watch said Zainab al-Khawaja appeared before a Bahraini court to face charges related to two previous incidents in which she had torn up photographs of the king. Once in the courtroom on Wednesday, she pulled out and ripped up another photograph of the monarch.<br \/>  <br \/>  Read the full story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.com.lb\/News\/Middle-East\/2014\/Oct-16\/274343-bahrain-activist-detained-for-insulting-the-king.ashx#axzz3GOEUH3v8\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><br \/>  <br \/>  <b><big><big>Baghdad Car Bombs Kill 43 in Shia Neighborhoods<\/b><\/big><\/big><br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/36493-6.png\"><br \/>  (Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2014\/10\/11\/world\/meast\/baghdad-car-bombs\/index.html?hpt=imi_c2\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>)<br \/>  <br \/>  At least 43 people were killed and more than 40 injured in three car-bomb attacks in Baghdad, Iraqi medical sources said Saturday. 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