Comments on: In his own words: interviews with Daniel Sharon

By: shahab karımı

shahab karımı — Thu, 22 May 2008 00:59:24 +0000

dude … he was my room mate in cyprus for 2 years …. i cant believe it :O

By: don

don — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:26:07 +0000

i personaly know daniel, his harmless and thinks just like every other international human person would think…you all sound very third world to me.thank you

By: lisoosh

lisoosh — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 04:17:27 +0000

What a fascinating story. I’ll have to disagree with the other commenters. He doesn’t sound naive or like an excessive risk taker, just someone who has spent so long living his life one away he forgot things could be different. At the most he was guilty of a little obliviousness.

I really enjoyed reading his story.

By: beer7

beer7 — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:41:54 +0000

Dave, I agree and hope that this might help him grow up.

Yes, the guy sounds like a teenager but he is not: He converted to Islam 10-11 years ago when he was 19 according to his own words, he is now at least 29 years old.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:24:26 +0000

The way he talks and (mis)judges his environment leads me to think that he will be in trouble again in no time. I hope he will learn to be more careful and avoid such situations. There will not always be a German embassy to bail him out. Also, as far as I know the proceedings in the “Auswärtige Amt” of Germany, they will present him a huge bill and will try to expatriate him as soon as possible.

By: Bad Vilbel

Bad Vilbel — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:36:16 +0000

Glad you’re back, Lisa.

I don’t understand why some commenters feel the story has to be political or have some sort of major newsbreaking consequence. Sometimes, it’s nice to read human-interest stories, or ones such as this which are unique enough (this kind of thing doesn’t happen everyday) to shed an interesting light on Lebanon and/or Israel at a given point in time.

Good stuff, as always! Cheers!

By: SnoopyTheGoon

SnoopyTheGoon — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:13:41 +0000

Silly and irrelevant – most people here seem to agree with it.

Could I use the word “dork” in relation to our hero?

By: Laura

Laura — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 19:46:27 +0000

Ditto – to what Aaron said. Good to read your blog again, Lisa.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 19:21:46 +0000

This is an interesting story, and one that we (or at least I) had not heard about in the west. I must admit that my first concern was not about Daniel and his experience, but with you and your Lebanon experience. I hope you were not discouraged by the controversy surrounding your trip to and report about Beirut. I am not really in a position to take political stands on principle about this sort of trip – that means I can be as hypocritical about my qualitative judgments as I want. So I thought what you did was good, and what Daniel did was rather silly and irrelevant. And I hope you keep going out of your way to understand the “other” as not that different than you (or me). For what its worth.

By: adinag

adinag — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:51:21 +0000

Sof-sof! I keep checking and checking for updates;)

The best kinds of stories give us odd, singular protagonists and rare glimpses into a world that would otherwise remain obscure for us.

This journey totally captures my interest and as tempting as it is to try to impose political agenda (it is the middle east, after all) or to judge him, you have to admit – it is a pretty captivating read.