Miguel Abboud

[Miguel Abboud @miguel_abboud]

@nntaleb @PZalloua So sad to miss this will you guys have it recorded?

[Miguel Abboud @miguel_abboud]

@ABidikianMD @YaleCancer @YaleIMed @TradIMYale @YaleHematology Congratulations

[Miguel Abboud @miguel_abboud]

@Drelkak @WHO @aub @AUBMC_Official @FHS_AUB Congratulations

[AUB Office of the President @POAUB]

Six years after the Beirut Port explosion, we remember those we lost, stand with those whose lives were forever changed, and honor the resilience that carried our city forward.

[Miguel Abboud @miguel_abboud]

@GhanemAnthony @MUSCkids @PaolaGhanem @Duke_Oto MUSC proud

[Miguel Abboud @miguel_abboud]

@GhanemAnthony @MUSCkids @PaolaGhanem @Duke_Oto Congratulations

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

The reason you do not verbally attack a dead person, no matter how vile and morally offensive he was, has to do with you & not with him. He is no threat to mankind any longer; have some skin in the game & go focus on living assholes.

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

Vile tu uccidi un uomo morto!
Lindsey Graham is gone, he won't bother mankind any longer, no need to kill him twice. Don't be small. Have some dignity and focus on the living ones.

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

Hearing abt an unexpected death causes anxiety.
Turns out Lindsey Graham died from an aortic dissection, (sudden w/low survival rate).
Easy to check risks & warning signs: aortic dilation or aneurysm, aortic wall abnormalities, hypertension, stiffness (PWV), & valve anatomy.

[Miguel Abboud @miguel_abboud]

@RicardoRKaram Well said

[Haytham Kaafarani @hayfarani]

From Beirut & @AUB_Lebanon. Happy 250th Birthday to the country that I love, the one that gave me back when I gave it, the country that is the absolute best at self-correcting.
#4thJuly

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

Happy Birthday, America --the oldest constitutional democracy,* and the most self-correcting of them all.

*To nitpickers: San Marino is older, but pop. is 30K.

[Miguel Abboud @miguel_abboud]

@Sofia50020Sofia 5379

[Miguel Abboud @miguel_abboud]

@xuzin3sefh 63

[Michael Young @BeirutCalling]

In an important article, Nathan Brown argues that Israel's destructive policy of dominance without settlement, degradation without reconstruction, territorial denial without a political horizon is not improvisation, but the country's doctrine, at Diwan: https://t.co/2Zd4K2xjtP

[Dr. Fadlo Khuri @DrFadloKhuri]

Appreciating genius and creativity in humans, imperfect as we are, helps us become more understanding and forgiving, of others, and of ourselves. My latest Perspective reflects on what we at @AUB_Lebanon can do to help students become the best versions of themselves.

[Michael Young @BeirutCalling]

In 2025, Marc Lynch, wrote a devastating indictment of the U.S.-dominated order in the Middle East after the end of the Cold War in the brilliant America’s Middle East: The Ruination of a Region. I interviewed him for Diwan, and urge you to read both. https://t.co/boQ1amBdTX

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

AUTODIDACTS
In the forthcoming "Anti Zionism: A Jewish History" by Benjamin Moser discusses Maxime Rodinson as "the most learned man in France".

Rodinson left school at age 13. He was a complete autodidact. The Fr system then allowed one to just take (hard) exams w/o formal education.

Rodinson managed to teach Arabic at Al Makased, a Sunni religious school, in Lebanon.

[Miguel Abboud @miguel_abboud]

@nntaleb Rodinson also wrote a landmark biography of the Prophet Mohammad, which really should be back in print.

[Walid Joumblatt @walidjoumblatt]

https://t.co/y3RUSVuorR
Very cool and subtle messages from King Charles on main issues