The Furious Spinner

Fellow writer and blogger Patricia Lay-Dorsey is in Lebanon. She is an activist who happens to be disabled with MS. In December of 2001, Patricia learned that "Rabih Haddad, a respected and active member of Ann Arbor's Muslim community for two and a half years was arrested by three INS agents on December 14. He is being 'detained indefinitely' at an undiscosed location with no bail. He has been charged with no wrongdoing." He and his family had lived in the United States for years. When Patricia learned of his detention, she began writing letters and encouraged her friends to do the same.

It took nearly two years, but eventually the work Patricia, her friends, and others did got him released from detention—unfortunately, the United States also deported him. Now Patricia (with her motorized scooter) is in Lebanon visiting and staying with Rabih Haddad and his family. (Hats off to them for continuing to be so kind in the face of the injustice done to them.) She is spreading the word in Lebanon that many Americans were (and are) against the war. She is amazing. As Patricia said in one of her posts (when she was homebound with a sprained ankle), "Being an activist doesn't always require you to be out on the streets. Sometimes a keyboard works just as well."

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