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Lebanon does Valentine's Day in political style: Feb 14 connotes Hariris, past and present.

February 14th, 2012 - 09:57 GMT

AMERICAN IN ARABIA sighs on Feb 14: Arabs Do Valentine's the “Debbie Al-Downer” Way

The Arab “Debbie Al-Downer”: Lebanese & Syrians puts a political dampener on Valentines Day. The Lebanese have a political party-alliance named after the day just to remove all traces of romance. And Syria's First Lady stoically and faithfully 'Stands by (her) Man'.