Falling In Love With Beirut
Eliza surprises Geraldine with a declaration of love for her adopted city.
It’s only taken nine months. But Eliza has finally got past the chaos and misery of Beirut to fall for its beauty, charm and interesting past.
It’s a relationship she was never able to build during her previous posting to Jakarta, Indonesia.
In the final days before the election the women discuss the possibility of a new Labor Government and the legacy of the Rudd-Gillard-Rudd years.
They talk books before Geraldine rushes off to the Opera House to watch Jonathan Biggins transform into the former Prime Minister Paul Keating.
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Ronnie Chatah Walking Tour of Beirut https://www.bebeirut.org/walk.html
Mohamad Chatah murdered https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/mohamad-chatah-lebanons-man-of-dialogue-is-murdered-in-beirut-9027578.html
Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Attack Saudi Oil Facilitieshttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/14/world/middleeast/saudi-oil-attack.html
The NYT Daily Podcast: John Bolton’s Plan for Iran https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/13/podcasts/the-daily/bolton-iran-nuclear-deal.html
Hotel Mumbai - movie https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5461944/
Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know – Colm Toibin https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Mad-Bad-Dangerous-to-Know/Colm-Toibin/9781476785172
The President in Missing – James Patterson & Bill Clinton https://www.amazon.com/President-Missing-Novel-James-Patterson/dp/0316412694
Brothers of the Gun: A Memoir of the Syrian Civil War – Marwam Hishamhttps://www.amazon.com/Brothers-Gun-Memoir-Syrian-War/dp/0399590625
Inside Syria’s Secret Torture Prisons: How Bashar al-Assad Crushed Dissenthttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/11/world/middleeast/syria-torture-prisons.html?fbclid=IwAR1BryXMyYJbqWRe9H3GJFbV8Xpfm6gr87rTh0tWeY99u-GArtzUZkwx7SA
The Gospel According to Paul https://www.artsontour.com.au/tours/gospel-according-paul/
Keating on Dutton – ABC Radio https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-14/paul-keating-peter-dutton-political-stake-through-dark-heart/11110814