Safety in the Middle East

This past week there was an explosion roughly a few blocks from my house. It was a car bombing, here in Beirut that most people have heard about. As a result, a lot of people ask me, “Don’t you feel afraid?”

Short answer, “no”. If you look at crime rates in the Middle East, and then compare them to those of the States or South Africa, you will see quickly that a lot less people die from violence in Lebanon, than in those countries.

For example in Houston read this report. You will notice that thousands of people are being murdered per year. Here in this report you can see how Lebanon ranks among the world in regards to people who die from “Murder” etc,