Bourdain in Salon: “Watching Beirut Die”
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 07.29.06 | 12:04 PM ET
On Wednesday, Anthony Bourdain fielded questions at the Washington Post about his recent experience in Lebanon—he was filming his Travel Channel show “No Reservations” when the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah began. Friday, he wrote a terrific essay about it for Salon. “It’s not what I saw happen in Beirut that I feel like talking about, though that’s what I’m doing, isn’t it?” he writes. “It’s not about what happened to me that remains an unfinished show, a not fully fleshed out story, or even a particularly interesting one. It feels shameful even writing this. It’s the story I didn’t get to tell. The Beirut I saw for two short days. The possibilities. The hope. Now only a dream.” Bourdain’s story has stimulated a flood of letters from Salon readers.
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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
marilyn skyba 08.20.07 | 7:30 PM ET
Hi Anthony,
Your Beirut journey was absolutely riveting - I watched on 8/20/07. I am 2nd generation american lebanese and a maronite catholic. My parents were born in the usa. I have never been to the middle east, and your report was just amazing. Every american i know of lebanese decent is a decent american, warm & loving and they will open up their house to you. The essence of the people is so wounded because of what has happened in that country. I pray for peace some day soon in that part of the world. I commend your excellent reporting and hope you can travel there again. My best.