The Beirut Wall Of Shame Turned Into A Piece Of Art In Less Than An Hour

via Patyl I still can't believe they actually built a cement wall to block the entrance to the Serail and prevent protesters from getting any further. I'm totally against what happened two days ago and I'm glad Interior Minister Mashnouq distinguished the troublemakers from the genuine protesters but I don't see the need for a wall. In all cases, I passed by yesterday to check it out and graffiti artists were already there turning the…

A Tragic End To Fares, The Little Syrian Boy Who Sold Flowers In Hamra

Everyone knew Fares in Hamra and everyone loved him. Fares left his hometown in Syria due to the war and came to Beirut where he used to sell flowers in Hamra street. I always used to bump into Fares when I go to Hamra and he would always be smiling and happy. Fares came back to his hometown in Syria a while ago but was unfortunately killed by an airstrike . Children are unfortunately paying…
Beirut

Old Buildings Of Beirut On The Verge Of Extinction

10 years ago
CNN featured Beirut’s old buildings as 1 of the 25 magnificent structures on the verge of extinction. Here’s what they said: As if decades of civil war and bombardments weren’t enough, the remaining old buildings ...
Architecture

The Memorial: An Urban Act To Draw Attention To The 17,000+ Missing And Disappeared In Lebanon

10 years ago
The Lebanese Civil War lasted 15 years from 1975 to 1990, killing more than 150,000 people and leaving some 17,000 missing. The government has done nothing to clarify the fate of the disappeared and missing ...
Art

A Huge And Impressive Sabah Mural In Hamra – By Yazan Halwani

10 years ago
A beautiful work by the super-talented graffiti/street artist Yazan Halwani. I love the colors and the location that he chose as it’s an iconic building that is located at the heart of Hamra. Here’s what ...
Art

A Huge Graffiti Tribute To The Lebanese Diva #Sabah (Sabbou7a) By ASHEKMAN

10 years ago
Ashekman brothers have been working for the past couple of days on a huge graffiti mural as a tribute to the legendary Lebanese singer Sabah (also known as Sabbou7a). The huge mural was completed yesterday ...
Beirut

Summer Season Is Looking Good So Far For Lebanon

10 years ago
The number of passengers during the first four months of 2015 reached a record high of 1,969,222 passengers and showed an increase of almost 10% when compared to the same period last year. Similarly, Lebanon’s ...
Beirut

An Amazing HQ Lebanon Video From The 1960s

10 years ago
If you are like old pictures and videos of Lebanon, then Kheireddine El-Ahdab is the man to follow. He always shares the most amazing old videos and pictures of Beirut and Lebanon and his latest ...
Beirut

Giveaway: Five Tickets To Watch The Amazing Yasmine Hamdan At O1NE Beirut On Sunday!

10 years ago
Yasmine Hamdan – Source Update: Winners of the Yasmine Hamdan tickets are: Agnes Semaan Amira Mourad I will send you emails later on today on how to claim your tickets. If you can feel the ...
Art

Go Watch Venus Play By Jacques Maroun (Rated 18+)

10 years ago
Picture via Charbel Saadeh To be honest, I’m not a big fan of plays and the ones I’ve seen in Lebanon so far were truly disappointing, but I finally managed to convince a group of ...
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