Scuderia Phoenicia is a Lebanese car spotter who takes pictures of the cool cars he spots and then uploads them onto his Flickr page. He’s got a pretty good collection of cars so far and I’ve realized we’ve got a pretty good amount of 458′s (pictured above) in Lebanon already. Check out the cars he’s spotted [Here]

Photo edited by myself in a previous post

I remember arguing with someone over that picture asking him how did he identify the gunmen as being Sunnite? The answer was the photo is from Associated Press and it says so.

AP Photo by Hussein Malla

That ought to be a valid reason but it turns out the pictures are taken by a Lebanese called Hussein Malla and are fake. In fact, “The gunmen are purportedly taking cover (behind a useless pile of tires) and firing at an unseen enemy, but right next to them are several unconcerned bystanders who are themselves completely exposed to any return fire, and yet making no effort to hide or seek protection. Instead, many of them are standing around calmly and even laughing and smiling (as are the gunmen in some of the pictures), probably at the ridiculousness of the obviously staged battle.” [Link]

You can check out more of Hussein Malla’s fake pictures [Here].

Via BeirutSpring

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I took this picture earlier this morning. Dar3oun is a beautiful village right after Harissa with old Lebanese houses.

I am posting regularly pictures on Instagram. My account is LeNajib (Same as Twitter: LeNajib) if you wish to follow me.

Eyes that feel: Picture from NewsObserver

Center for Civic Engagement and Community Service, in partnership with Ojos que Sienten A.C and Image Festival Association “Zakira,” are organizing a workshop “Seeing beyond Sight,” sensory photography for the visually impaired, May 21-27, from 10am to 2pm at West Hall, Auditorium A. [AUB]

The workshop will be given by by Gina Badenoch, Founder of Ojos que Sienten A.C.

I was discussing this workshop with few tweeps yesterday night and I thought it was a bad joke at first. I had no idea such workshops existed but they do and I think it’s a great opportunity that visually impaired individuals should not miss.

For those of you who know people that are visually impaired or are interested in this workshop, I strongly recommend that you register (it’s for free) by sending the below information to ccecs@aub.edu.lb.

Name:
Major / position:
Email:
Contact number:

You can check out more information on the AUB website [Here].

Jounieh Bay

“Night Collective” is a photography group founded by Fernando Borges in 2009. Lebanese & foreign members range from amateurs to professional photographers. They meet every Tuesday night & walk around a pre-selected area, capturing photographs. [Facebook Group]

Lebanese Gaby Nehme, Karim Boukarim and Tarek el Wazzi are members of the Night Collective group and are organizing their second exhibition “Night, Lights & Shadows” between May3 and May19 at the Art Lounge, Wednesdays through Saturdays from 4pm to 9pm.

I checked out some of their pictures and they are beautiful. You can check out all of them [Here] and read more about the exhibition [Here].

Chekka

Picture from A car free Beirut Facebook Page

We all dream of a car-free Beirut but that’s not gonna happen anytime soon. Nevertheless, we can still allow ourselves to enjoy beautiful old pictures. Check out more [Here].

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I can’t get enough of this authentic Lebanese house in Ayntoura. One can only hope no one will come up with an ugly building next to it or facing it.

Here’s another picture of it taken by myself in broad daylight. [Picture]

[Photo by Magh]

Columns of Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque, also known as the Blue Mosque.

[Photo by Magh]

Via JadAoun

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Prayers were said for the first time in decades in Sidon’s main synagogue Monday, as two rabbis visited what is now the house of Palestinian refugees and other Jewish sites in the city, drawing the surprise of locals. Rabbis Yisroel Dovid Weiss and Alter Vaskhkal from the anti-Zionist Neturei Karta International movement toured the city years after the last of Sidon’s known Lebanese Jews left, entering what was once a synagogue in the former Jewish neighborhood of the old city. [DailyStar]

Even though I am from a village close to Saida and I know the city pretty well, I didn’t know there was a synagogue there. I did some research and there’s apparently four synagogues in Lebanon, one in Beirut being renovated, one in Sidon and one in Aley. I couldn’t find any reference to the fourth one.

Beirut’s synagogue is located in Wadi abou Jamil quarter and its renovation, funded majorly by the tiny Jewish community of Lebanon and also by Solidere has begun in 2010. [Link]

For those interested, I found some really old pictures of Synagogues and Jewish neighborhoods that you can check [Here]. There’s also a YouTube video on the jews of Lebanon that you can watch [Here].

I think it’s really important that we preserve such monuments despite our ever-lasting conflict with the so-called Jewish state.

Can’t believe we messed up this beautiful bay!

The Zouk power plant was already there.

For more old pictures of all Lebanese regions, check [Here].

Thanks Boudz – via plus961

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I found this cool picture of an American Navy Seal taken in Beirut in 1983. I don’t think I ever saw this Pepsi can he’s holding in Lebanon. The oldest one I remember back from when I was a child is the glass one on the left of the picture [Pic].

The oldest Pepsi can I recall is this [one].

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Another great picture taken by Sietske.

[Pictures by Youssef Karam]

Check out beautiful pictures of Ehden on EHDEN ALWAYS N’ FOREVER Facebook group.

More Lebanese towns should follow their example and upload pictures onto their Facebook groups.

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Sawfar is one of the most beautiful areas you pass by on your way to Zahle or the Beqaa and in Lebanon as a whole. The village consists of old Lebanese houses and a stunning green scenery. The Corniche is one of its most beautiful roads with trees, villas and old Lebanese houses on each side of the road.

You can also find in Sawfar the Donna Maria Sursock’s residence that was built by her husband Alfred in 1909. The Villa looks a little like a small fairy tale castle and is interesting because of its decorative elements in cast cement, a novelty at the time. [Link]

[Picture from sietske-in-beiroet]

Beautiful pictures from Sietske on her visit to the Barouk Cedars Reserve. You can check out the rest [Here].