http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:10:10 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2002/08/12/141319.php#comment-513943 I had the privilege of knowing Fouad closely when he first came to SAIS in 1980 and he was first my houseguest and then my renter after my marriage. Fouad talked much about his south Lebanese Shi'ite roots and his "outsider" POV, although his father gained wealth as a Beirut contract engineer/builder. Fouad was reading The Raj Trilogy and a lot of Freud while he was my houseguest and his knowledge of French and American culture rivals his encyclopedic knowledge of Islam and the grievance mindset of the Shi'ites. Fouad's first and deepest loves are for Egypt and, when I knew him, an incredible fascination with India. 513943@blogcritics.org Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:10:10 EST