Robert Fisk: In Lebanon, the men do the dying, and the women do the mourning
By Robert Fisk in Beirut
Published: 14 December 2005
They will bury Jibran Tueni today.
"You animals, you insects," the woman screamed in the Greek Orthodox church yesterday as his old father Ghassan leaned forward to shake our hands. "Jibran is still alive. He lives now."
Article Length: 880 words (approx.)
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