Two Beirut Steps Among The Most Beautiful Steps Around The World
BoredPanda published a list of the 17 most beautiful steps around the world and two of them were from Beirut.
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 agovia 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 agoThe 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 agoTo 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 agoThe 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 agovia 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 agoFor 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 agoI 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. ...