Second Exile
When the Civil War ended, Mohamed fled from the threat of war crimes prosecution over from the United Nations-supported Special Court for Sierra Leone. His old friend Nabih Berri arranged for him to escape to Lebanon on a diplomatic passport. By now Berri's Amal Movement was a full Hezbollah partner in Lebanon's legislature.
Jamil died of a stroke in Lebanon.
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“The exile is a singular, whereas refugees tend to be thought of in the mass. Armenian refugees, Jewish refugees, refugees from Franco Spain. But a political leader or artistic figure is an exile. Thomas Mann yesterday, Theodorakis today. Exile is the noble and dignified term, while a refugee is more hapless.... What is implied in these nuances of social standing is the respect we pay to choice. The exile appears to have made a decision, while the refugee is the very image of helplessness.”
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