As'ad AbuKhalil: it made him conscious of the level of corruption as a foundation of Lebanon and he lost hopes with different politicians. he had admiration with some individuals that were not tainted by the dirty Lebanese politics. also the atmosphere of the house was centered around politics, from one side my father and mother were providing continuous discussion on politics and news, from the other side my father's job gave us access to numerous magazines and journal on a daily basis, my mother influence was more around literature although she took interest in French literature for some reason