The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday
The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday: Unexpected Encounters in the Changing Middle East
by Neil MacFarquhar
Hizbollah isn’t exactly known for its courtesy in this part of the world, at least until now.
Though it rigorously controls media access to southern Lebanon, the political party, social services provider and militia group is at least polite to those whom it approves. Each year, writes Neil MacFarquhar, the PR-savvy “Party of God” sends birthday emails to its approved journalists, sometimes written in verse: “On your birth day/ I wish …
