Sunday, August 13, 2006

A War of Myths and Images

From Annia Ciezadlo, "Sheik Nasrallah, Superstar:"

Today, as he fights a lopsided military battle against the Jewish state, he is becoming an icon – not just in the Arab world, where he was already a hero, but in the umma, the world of Islam. Sheik Nasrallah's war is not just a war between Lebanon and Israel, or even between Iran and America's allies; it's a war of myths and images, a battle to transform the Arab and Islamic worlds. Whatever battlefield setbacks Hezbollah may suffer in Lebanon, on this larger stage, Sheik Nasrallah has already won.

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