Consider the word hello. Iraqis who speak English use it when they mean goodbye. Or so it seems. "It was good to see you. Hello," they say. Or, perhaps, "You must leave. That's final. Hello." Foreign ...

With Lebanon experiencing its deadliest day in nearly 20 years this month — not to mention the ongoing conflict in Gaza that has left more than 40,000 Palestinians dead — Marwan Kaabour says he has ...