For sure one of the highlights of 2014 was interviewing Walid Joumblatt & writing this story for Buzzfeed. I don’t think I’ve ever giggled so much while drafting copy.
Here’s the opening graf & one of my fav quotes:
Walid Joumblatt pulled out his reading glasses before opening his iPad. Oscar, his dog, had just curled himself close to Joumblatt’s feet. “He’s 10 years old now, getting old, like me,” the ex-warlord turned mainstream Lebanese politician joked.
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“I have my own style, as you will have noticed,” Joumblatt said, putting his iPad down. “I don’t have a media team, I don’t care about them.” When asked if any of his advisers ever offer him guidance on what to tweet, “nobody dares” he replied, “and I don’t listen.”
read more here.