1.0Œuvre d'orienthttps://www.oeuvre-orient.fr/en/wpAdminOeuvreOrienthttps://www.oeuvre-orient.fr/en/author/wpadminoeuvreorient/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="NOpWTsZOnW"><a href="https://www.oeuvre-orient.fr/en/luc-balbonts-blog/">Luc Balbont's Blog</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.oeuvre-orient.fr/en/luc-balbonts-blog/embed/#?secret=NOpWTsZOnW" width="600" height="338" title="“Luc Balbont's Blog” — Œuvre d'orient" data-secret="NOpWTsZOnW" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.oeuvre-orient.fr/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> Born on April 23, 1949, journalist. An Arabist, Luc Balbont has lived since 1989 between France and Lebanon, where his family resides. Over the course of 40 years in journalism, he has covered many of the events and upheavals in the Arab world, from the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990) to the Arab Spring of 2011. […]