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A million miles from ISIS
January 21, 2016
Macro and micro - two perspectives separated by just one tiny vowel. Living in a country which is not your own is a privilege. It gives you the chance to look at things differently. Every time I go for a run or a walk in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, I get to see Islam at the micro level. The level lived by so many million muslims around the world. This story is about that community of spirit.
![Beirut Skyline with Alice Out There from AMO Media Associates](https://alicemorrison.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/IMG_0838-500x300.jpg)
“Thank God for Hezbollah” – the strangest of statements
February 8, 2015
Back in Beirut to lead a two day workshop on reporting women's issues, I was struck as always by the diversity and vivacity of the city. The war in Syria and the advance of ISIS is just across the border. I wondered what its effect would be.