Burj el Murr: Tower of Bitterness

Burj el Murr was built in the 1970s yet has only been used as a sniper hideout during the Lebanese Civil War. After reading about the Holiday Inn hotel being auctioned off soon, I tried looking for updates on the Burj el Murr but found none. Instead I ended up on this dark 11 minute video done by Lina Ghaibeh on the Burj. PS: Just ignore the warning and watch it on VIMEO.
Beirut

Bullet-scarred Holiday Inn Hotel In Beirut Set To Be Auctioned In Coming Months

10 years ago
via Geographylists The shareholders of the iconic Holiday Inn hotel in Beirut have been locked in a dispute for years over its future, but it appears that they’ve reached some sort of settlement as this ...
Beirut

Beirut’s Acting Governor Nassif Qaloush Resigns

10 years ago
The Lebanese Cabinet accepted Nassif Qaloush’s resignation on Friday. Qaloush was Beirut’s acting governor and was accused of sexual harassment because of this video that circulated online. I still have my doubts regarding the video ...
Beirut

Old Beirut Articles From The International Herald Tribune Archives

10 years ago
To begin with, I am glad that Jad is finally back to blogging after a long absence as I’ve always looked forward to his posts and his “Looks like Beirut” certificates. In fact, that’s where ...
Architecture

Cool Find By Sandra Rishani: The “Grudge” In Beirut’s Manara area

10 years ago
The Grudge is an extremely narrow building standing on a mere 120-square-metre piece of land, that was built back in 1954 just to block the sea view for some residents. Apparently there was a quarrel ...
Architecture

Excavation Underway For The New ABC in Verdun

10 years ago
via Amer This picture was posted today by a friend of mine, showing where ABC Verdun will be located. I always dug out a couple of pictures showing how the land looked like before the ...
Beirut

Achrafieh2020 “Use Your Power” Video Competition

10 years ago
For those interested, Achrafieh2020 is organizing a video competition aimed at raising awareness on energy saving, solar and alternative power. You can use your smartphone, camcorder and DSLR cameras to record your video. For those ...
Beirut

Old Footage (1958) Of The Beirut International Airport

10 years ago
[YouTube] The quality of the videos is quite impressive! There are more videos to check out about Lebanon [Here]. ...
Beirut

FAIL: Tourist Information At The Beirut – Rafic Hariri Airport

10 years ago
I wonder how hard it is for the Ministry of Tourism to spell-check Lebanese cities. Hamra is spelled differently twice, Achrafieh three times and Broummana is misspelled. ...
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