The Man Behind The Bellemare Interview

While I was researching my previous post, I found out that Arthur Block, the Nethreland-based journalist Now Lebanon contracted for that interview is an interesting fellow in his own right.

He was the subject of an Aljazeera Documentary called “Children of the Cedars”:

Arthur Block has always been haunted by his adoption from Lebanon when he was just six months old. Now, he is determined to lay some ghosts to rest.He was adopted from Lebanon in 1976 — a year after the civil war started and while disorder and corruption was rife.

Twenty-seven years after being adopted into a loving Dutch family, he decided to travel back to Beirut to piece together his past.When he takes desperate measures to track down his biological mother the story takes a powerful turn leaving Arthur faced with some very difficult decisions.

Children of the Cedars follows Arthur’s search for his parents, the truth and himself.

Interesting stuff. Do check the video.