“Whether we agree or disagree with Abdel Halim Khaddam, he remains the last of the Umayyads to slay their horses on the Arab racetrack.
And whether we agree or disagree with Khaddam, he is the last Damascene sword, the last Arab rein from Banias. How I wished he could close his eyes upon the ‘Citadel of Marqab,’ but fate willed that the Eiffel Tower dim its lights in the eyes of the last man from an era of pride.”
