Nasrallah’s popularity climbs
Reem Haidar was so impressed by Hassan Nasrallah that she begged for one of the Hezbollah leader’s robes as a keepsake. Last week, her dream came true; his aides delivered one to her home in Beirut. Nasrallah’s popularity among Lebanese Shiites has exploded into something approaching cult status — expanding well beyond the following he had prior to Hezbollah’s 34-day war with Israel. Full Story