Nevertheless, anyone with memories of durable big stars and well-made hokum is likely to be sorry if one evening there is nothing available in or out of the house except TV soap opera, Ben Hur, and Marienbadism.

Sometimes I wonder if this country is being controlled ab extra.

Kishkeh, a Syrian appetiser by Moayyad Hamoud

The property of couple having no child is also inherited by the husband's brother's sons who take responsibility of oldhood and performing death rituals, family ceremonies.